Gregory's ServerThe AliExpress vendor cancelled my order for 2200K (color temperature) through-hole LEDs, so I'm out here making my damn 2200K LEDs out of SMD LEDs, legs clipped off other LEDs, and resin. Pffftt
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@zackstern I am, yeah. It's Devcon brand. I don't know if the pressure pot will remove all of the bubbles because it's much more bubbly than resin intended for casting, but I figured it couldn't hurt  @zackstern Yeah, if you don't need a lot of volume, it works. A friend of mine made faux transistors that actually played music like this. My goal here is mostly to make the LEDs more durable because those SMD packages are really fragile when they have long legs soldered to them. If they come out looking decent, too, that will be a nice plus.  @MLE_online nice! Way to get it done! Love the trusty ol harbour freight pressure caster. Never thought to use the SMD LEDs like that🤔 Yes they do. And they look nice! Don't ever let anyone tell you semi-homemade LEDs aren't possible Yay! Emily has baked up some *light* !! 8- ) I will definitely add this to my To-Do list! :- ) @SaguaroLynx I don't know if I would recommend it necessarily. It was a lot of work for a few LEDs, but if you enjoy the process, go for it! It's late, but tomorrow, I'll finish cleaning the bits of wax off of them and I'll coat them with something, maybe more epoxy, or maybe just clear lacquer spray paint  @MLE_online On the one hand, I'm getting awesome "fuck you! I won't do what you tell me vibes" off this project. On the other, semi-homemade makes me think of |
@MLE_online are you pressure casting a clear 2-part resin that’s usually for gluing things? I didn’t know that was a thing, what resin is it?
My usual is mixing smooth on bottles, but casting a glue-style resin seems interesting in some situations.