LED Strip Soldering Jig
This build was inspired by a teacher whose students were having difficulty soldering “skinny” led strips for their projects. The adjustable jig is designed to hold various sizes of LED …
Category: LED
3D Printing / Circuits / e-Textiles / LED / Wearables
3D Printed Wearable Battery Holder
After a long period without a working 3D printer I just got a Prusa MINI+, opening up a wide new range of potential projects. In particular, I finally am able …
Build a Blob Live!!!
As the name says, Carrie from AlpenGlow Industries and I will be having a live, Build-a-Blob making session on Wednesday, Oct. 13 at her YouTube Channel. See our blog posts …
Build a Blob
The cute creatures shown above are spheroids comprised of nothing more than bent LED string lights and zip ties. The LED Blob is a simple, silly project that’s enjoyable to …
Tiny Edge-Lit Sphere
This project assembles small laser-cut acrylic pieces into a sphere surrounding a 5mm LED for edge-lighting which emanates from the center. I designed it a while ago, but was never …
Infinity Octahedron
I’ve been having a lot of fun with infinity mirrors, and recently built an infinity octahedron from laser-cut partially mirrored acrylic. An octahedron makes a particularly nice base for an …
Infinite Fairy Light Creatures
Infinity mirrors display endless reflections of light inside a finite space. Sandwiching a fairy light string’s LEDs between semi-reflective acrylic layers produces an inexpensive and sturdy infinity mirror for a …
Laser Cutting / LED / Python
Fiber Optic Hyperbolic Paraboloid
Ruled surfaces are mathematical shapes that can be generated by sweeping a straight line through three-dimensional space. A hyperbolic paraboloid is a “doubly ruled” surface which has two straight lines …
Dia de los Muertos Pendant Design
This Dia de los Muertos edge lit LED pendant is a new design for of the Layered edge-lit Pendant project, and it’s perfect for Halloween. The vector files for this …
Layered Edge-Lit Pendants
WARNING: THIS PROJECT USES BUTTON CELL BATTERIES THAT ARE EASILY REMOVED. Button cell batteries can be fatal to small children and animals if swallowed.The small size of these batteries makes …