Guide Making a glowpad - or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the router

Thanks a bunch. if i ever get around to making one i'll be sure to get some pics! and again very nice. but i still have a few questions.

How did you mount the LED's to the plexi? and
What kind of swich did you use in the film canister? i am sorry about the questions but i ust want to get all the facts straight so i can start it and finish it instead of starting , then stopping to ask a Q, then restarting ETC... thanks a bunch

O couldn't you take and ordinary black mouse pad and rip the top layer of and reapply to the plexi?

 

http://www.zone.ee/artz/desk/v2hja_desk_5 copy.jpg
how's mine ??

 

Nice, looks a little small though?

 

well i am quite lazy
So the sensitivity is up

 

I wonder how many people 'get' the title. Nice work, looks good.

 

I did something similar it comes in green too

 

How do you get a frosted look to the plexi? Im trying to make my friend a pad that has a lilly cut into it, sinc eshe likes lillies. Im not sure how to get the frosted look.

 

this has a plastic sheet that was on my other mouse pad, but i had time to experiment and just sanding with 150 grit works just fine so i guess if you make a "negative" of your design out of heavy cardboard, stick it on there with silicone or something that you can easily get off the plexi afterwards you can sand it and get the cardboard and silicone rubber off when it's all done
OR sandblast it very gently

If you just want the design, if you look at the stripe that's holding the frosted plasticyou can see that with the leds it kinda lights up so if you make your design out of a thin coat of silicone rubber or some kind of rubber glue under the pad it'll probably light up like those rubber feet or the glued strip
BUT you'll still need a sanding or something similar to what i have to make your op. mouse work

 

nice nice.!

 

I found some stuff called glass frost, so im trying it to see if it works. =D

 

It should, if it is what i think it is, it's kind of a paint but with a reacton to air that makes the glass looks like when it's very cold outside with snowflakes patterns overlapping eachother. maybe the only problem you'll encounter is on the long run it'll scratch but you may try to clear coat it maybe

 

http://www.rustoleum.com/Product.asp?frm_product_id=38&SBL=1&dds=10

thats the stuff i used, used 2 or 3 coats of it, but it smells like a bitch, and with all the birds i have i cant use it yet. But i ran a test with it, and works great. now ive got to get me some leds and engrave the image i want on it.

 

where's the pictures from the film roll

 

Thnx for the idea, i bought some and frosted my pieces of plexi that i use as light mod, they glow better with it, but now i have to put another led in

 

No prob, make sure you dont spray it like what i did, i got dust and drit on it, so it have a bunch of bumps, and i seen it halfway thur the drying and tried to clean it off, wasnt the smartes idea....

 

yeah, i've found that it works best with just 1 small coat about 8 to 10 in from the piece. the effect is better than sanding

 

saves time too =D

 

LED's replacing lasers

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