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All Surface LED Throwies

All Surface LED Throwies
An LED throwie that can go on many surfaces and isn't magnetic.
 
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Step 1

Stuff You Need:
Battery (button type) 2032 3V
LED's
Tape
Clay, Scalpy, Playdoh, something....

Ok...
Step 1:
Take the battery and the LED, slip the longer wire (remembering that, that is the + one) and slip that over the top which should have the positive sign one it. same with the bottem
(repeat with more led's)
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Jun 17, 2010. 12:23 AMcitebaid says:
i haven't tried. but non drying clay seams like it would work well. you might want to warm it up before trying to get it to stick to something tho. easy to get at any craft stores and walmart and such places have it some times. and it comes in different colors to match your led :P
Jan 21, 2010. 5:19 PMGlockenator says:
some of the clay or sticky tacks or whatever you need to whip at the wall in order for it to stick
Jun 2, 2007. 9:55 PMCharles IV says:
if u let toothpaste dry then roll it into balls that works well for sticking to things...
Apr 4, 2009. 7:34 PMMrPyro1010 says:
i see someone has way too much time on their hands XD
Apr 17, 2008. 7:14 AMcsmiler says:
if you stick an led throwie to your cars extended antenna you would be able to find your car at night.
Aug 24, 2008. 9:40 AMviacin says:
how about covering the car with em instead.
Mar 26, 2009. 7:43 PMYerboogieman says:
My car is plastic. =D
Aug 25, 2008. 8:16 AMcsmiler says:
That would be awsome ,but a temptation for car theives
Sep 17, 2008. 12:52 PMcodongolev says:
unless they were all attached to a remote-controlled unit that shocked anyone who touched them. then it would be a security device.
Jan 6, 2009. 12:24 AMmettaurlover says:
or just hooked up to camera flash capacitors. and i'm not talking about those wimpy things in disposable cameras. i'm talking about the kind that are the size of rolls of film and the HUGE nes!
Jan 7, 2009. 5:42 PMcodongolev says:
yeah. just hide one o' them bad boys wired to contacts in the handle. and make something to discharge them at the touch of a button.
Dec 20, 2009. 3:52 PMnachobobs says:
 That's what she said......
Mar 15, 2009. 12:16 PMShut Up Now says:
you know, someone recently picked the lock on my car and tried (and failed) to hotwire it. it would be cool if yo u make a system that shocks anyone who touches your car while it is locked. couldnt be too hard...
Oct 2, 2009. 12:09 PMnatethegreat88 says:
I was thinking... couldn't you just pick the lock of the car (ignition key) to start it up if you were able to pick the door lock?
Oct 3, 2009. 1:41 PMShut Up Now says:
i guess the guy ran out of time or panicked. either way, i am happy to have my car.
Oct 4, 2009. 6:29 AMnatethegreat88 says:
Maybe he saw a nicer lookin' car drive by and thought that he didn't want your car anymore.
Oct 3, 2009. 3:47 PMmettaurlover says:
not too hard to do that; just yank out the ignition and connect the two wires.
Oct 2, 2009. 1:08 PMmettaurlover says:
no; that requires contact between two points inside the lock as well as being turned in order to work; it's two sets of contacts:one outside the cylinder and one set through the cylinder. this allows the current to pass that starts the car once those contacts meet.
Oct 3, 2009. 12:55 AMnatethegreat88 says:
Oh ok i didn't know that there was a current going through there. I guess it makes sense that you can just hot wire a car.
Oct 3, 2009. 6:47 AMmettaurlover says:
yeah... the key's only a key and it's only a lock so you can't turn the car on with a wet popsicle stick...
Oct 3, 2009. 7:31 AMnatethegreat88 says:
Oh ok. Thanks.
Oct 3, 2009. 10:04 AMmettaurlover says:
welcome. ~~ Sanity is optional. That's why I don't have any. ~~
Mar 16, 2009. 10:17 AMrocketman221 says:
hookup an oil burner ingnition transformer to the body of the car.
Feb 17, 2009. 4:52 AMNozeDive says:
I've seen blinking LEDs that don't require any other components... they blink all on their own. Now, if I could find an infrared blinking LED, I could make a throwie out of it, and use one of the many "digital camera to night vision" hacks, and I would have an infrared strobe, just like the military. I could mark buildings, people, or vehicles with a strobe light that could only be seen with night vision... SWEET!
May 15, 2006. 3:18 PMJunkyard John says:
These would be good for spelunking.
Jul 6, 2006. 7:39 AMVon Klaus says:
not really when you spelunk or cave (as it is called by cavers not spelunkers) you need 3 sourses of light, and they have to be big. like a head lamp and 2 flashlights. then after that use the LED but it really wont help that much. a good LED headlamp has about 8 or more. and yes i am a caver.
Dec 2, 2006. 3:27 PMJunkyard John says:
I was thinking more as a bread crumb trail back to the exit, not as a headlamp
Aug 24, 2008. 9:39 AMviacin says:
lol ya, make like 500 of em and drop them behind you. better hope the light monster doesnt eat em though!
Aug 24, 2008. 10:03 AMJunkyard John says:
No, no, the light monster lurks in the sewers, not the caves!
Jan 6, 2009. 12:25 AMmettaurlover says:
that WOULD work; and you could also make a grenade-like thing to scatter them all over the place as a sort of flare in case you got lost so people could find you!
Jun 13, 2008. 3:52 AMDELTA3X9 says:
i was climbing around in some lava tubes a couple of weeks ago and sure wish i had these little "bread crumbs" .good one..
Dec 9, 2007. 12:54 AMsensoryhouse says:
I GOT IT
Oct 10, 2008. 5:03 PMBig_Duke says:
Is there any way to make a type of glue that would not damage fabrics? I was thinking of making one of these for an adapted game of "tag" for night play.
Jan 6, 2009. 12:21 AMmettaurlover says:
you can use inside out duct tape
Jan 6, 2009. 12:21 AMmettaurlover says:
i use inside-out duct tape for the sticky; it sticks really well! also, you could use super glue on it and apply it a few hours efore you throw it; it will be permanant that way:)!
Dec 22, 2008. 4:00 AMgodfreyandthandi says:
you know its kinda funny how many daeros get lured places by a throwie at night.. also when drunk people try to get them out of trees XD
Feb 8, 2008. 7:08 PMworditsseb says:
you can water down fun tac
Apr 17, 2008. 7:17 AMcsmiler says:
you can also water down soap
Sep 17, 2008. 12:59 PMcodongolev says:
?
Jul 23, 2008. 11:59 PMaljobar says:
We have this stuff in Australia called knead it. There's probably the same stuff all over the world. It's basically a 2 part epoxy paste that you knead together. It's fairly solid to begin with, then after 10 minutes or so it sets ROCK HARD. That would be awesome to use
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