I KNEW the tool was too wide for parting this tube, I KNEW it was blunt and I KNEW it was set too high................yet I still chanced it. For all these Health & Safety rules we have to adhere to now they will never remove the IDIOT factor!
.........Well they idea works. The epoxy makes the LED slightly less bright though perfectly alright. The bubbles in the glue are a pain. Got to decide what to block up the wire entry side with now, black silicon looking most likely. Will see what my mate thinks and go from there then maybe make another 7.
Just a thought could you have not used a spy hole as in what you put in a door? It would already have a watertight glass sealed top? Or would it be too large a diameter?
Just a thought could you have not used a spy hole as in what you put in a door? It would already have a watertight glass sealed top? Or would it be too large a diameter?
Not a bad shout but unless we counter bore the hole so the "big bit" sits flush it would I think be susceptible to damage. Don't really want to be drilling "twice". Skyped my mate last night and showed him this one I made rigged to breadboard and running. He seems pretty happy with it tbh. Will try it in an actual block next. Rough plan is to make up all 8 then set them up at night equi-spaced across the drive behind the gate i.e. just sitting atop the existing drive. Wait until it gets dark and see what the effect is like!
Could do now with finding an epoxy less "bubbly" than what I've used.
Video(s) will of course follow (hopefully better quality than last time). :lol:
Trying "liquid rubber" where the speaker wire exits the LED insert (courtesy of the bike repair kit). It "poured" a treat. Potting compound seemed a waste.
Debating liquid optical adhesive for the LED end - thinking no mixing = less bubbles? Dries in UV light:
Do you know a dentist? They usually have a curing light in the cupboard somewhere. They used to be the size of a hair-dryer and plug in and they have all moved to cordless now.
Do you know a dentist? They usually have a curing light in the cupboard somewhere. They used to be the size of a hair-dryer and plug in and they have all moved to cordless now.
Well I actually married a dental nurse, she used to have this uniform that zipped up the front and.......... :Blushing
Seriously I have a PCB light box and even one of those old UV tanning lights somewhere which might work? Some of the glue kits come with a UV torch for curing.
(....think she still has the uniform but don't think she'd still fit it :lol: )
