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by Redfern
Tue Jul 21, 2015 5:53 pm
Forum: Lighting & Electronics
Topic: Cheap LED strand at Dollar Tree
Replies: 4
Views: 8416

I went there today and did not find the red cup lights. Instead, I found an even better bargain! From a company called "Garden Collection" I found a string of 10 LEDs attached to a 2 AA battery clip labeled as "10 LED Colored Flower Lights". Instead of red Solo type cups, little,...
by Redfern
Tue Jul 21, 2015 7:26 am
Forum: Lighting & Electronics
Topic: Cheap LED strand at Dollar Tree
Replies: 4
Views: 8416

Hey! I have one of those stores in my town! 5 pre-wired LEDs for a dollar? That's a "steal"!

(Though, with my luck, that'll be an item "my" store doesn't carry.)

Sincerely,

Bill
by Redfern
Thu Jan 15, 2015 2:27 pm
Forum: Construction
Topic: Bussard dome diffusing
Replies: 6
Views: 15150

Someone within the Trek sub-forum once suggested suspending the dome over an open bottle or tube of "super glue". The wafting "vapors" supposedly "fogs" the inner surface of the dome, but the process takes overnight or longer. I can't verify as I don't have the kit and ...
by Redfern
Mon Mar 24, 2014 2:35 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Cowboy Freight Hauler from Battle Beyond The Stars
Replies: 49
Views: 120305

I've always liked the design of this craft. In fact, it inspired me when I designed the main transport for my old (and for all practical purposes, "dead") web-comic. http://forum.cooltuna.com/uploads/FileUpload/68/5adbe0feb52fb9002b1fe3ad60f4c8.jpg Not a physical model, but one I cobbled t...
by Redfern
Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:31 am
Forum: Lighting & Electronics
Topic: Wilson & Fisher color changing light sets
Replies: 1
Views: 2237

Wilson & Fisher color changing light sets

I half searched /half stumbled across a neat, low cost light set that can, in theory, be applied to numerous illumination projects (within reason). It's called, per the subject header, the " Wilson & Fisher color changing LED light set" and seems to be distributed through "Big Lot...
by Redfern
Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:19 am
Forum: Lighting & Electronics
Topic: back lit panel help
Replies: 3
Views: 2384

I remember a snapshot posted at CulTVMan's site where someone took a very "casual" approach and simply wrapped a coil of "cable" lights (a string of LEDs housed in a flexible, transparent tube) around the outer "backside" of the fully assembled kit. You would still need...