After getting some good progress on the Falcon it was time to get this bad boy movin along aswell. So today Ive cut some alluminnium tubes for the fibre to sit in. Now this fibre is 0.25 mm so it takes a heap to fill just one alluminnium tube.
I then started drilling out the engines to make way for the LED's There are 13 engines on this beast with 7 large & 6 smaller. I have made it so the LED's heads justs tick out on the large ones where as just the tips stick out on the smaller. I wanted to give them some difference in lighting. I think that will work best. The LED's fit in real good & am looking forward to the electrician showing me how to attache resistors to them so I can hopefully getem lit up soon.
I then started getting the Fibre Optic ready for threading. This was seeming quite a daunting task just cutting so much FO for each hole 1 by 1 so I made up a simple jig to mass produce the same length strands & save time.
2 nails at the length I wanted the Fo & then just went round & round & round until it was all nearly wound around these 2 nails. I had 500ft of 0.25mm Fibre Optic on the reel & I wound about 300-400ft around these 2 nails. I then got some tape & taped one end around to secure the Fibre the cut the other end with very sharp scissors. I then put the scissors through the taped loop & cut the other end. So now I have all this Fibre at the same lengths waiting threading.
Were getting there now & once Ive been shown how to attache the resistors thing will move right along. Its good to work with a good movie on to keep you motivated!
I then started drilling out the engines to make way for the LED's There are 13 engines on this beast with 7 large & 6 smaller. I have made it so the LED's heads justs tick out on the large ones where as just the tips stick out on the smaller. I wanted to give them some difference in lighting. I think that will work best. The LED's fit in real good & am looking forward to the electrician showing me how to attache resistors to them so I can hopefully getem lit up soon.
I then started getting the Fibre Optic ready for threading. This was seeming quite a daunting task just cutting so much FO for each hole 1 by 1 so I made up a simple jig to mass produce the same length strands & save time.
2 nails at the length I wanted the Fo & then just went round & round & round until it was all nearly wound around these 2 nails. I had 500ft of 0.25mm Fibre Optic on the reel & I wound about 300-400ft around these 2 nails. I then got some tape & taped one end around to secure the Fibre the cut the other end with very sharp scissors. I then put the scissors through the taped loop & cut the other end. So now I have all this Fibre at the same lengths waiting threading.
Were getting there now & once Ive been shown how to attache the resistors thing will move right along. Its good to work with a good movie on to keep you motivated!