Color changing glowing crystal ball

Hey !
I'm gonna show you a very easy to make decorative object which uses one single RGB color-changing LED.

Step 1 Materials

The parts list for this project is very small , the only things that you need are :

-A cheap crystal ball , the ones with a flat side which is used to stand still , in our case it's a good space to place the LED in. I got my crystal ball from Ikea .. (Tip: use a ball with bubbles in it , like this one http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2188/2238715683_ff8a6a16f6.jpg , so the LED light can shine in the bubbles)
-An automatically color changing RGB LED (The ones with only two pins , which change their color automatically)
-A Jack male cable from some old headphones
-A Jack female connector
-A battery holder which holds as many batteries as your LED needs (in my case 6V so i used a 4AA battery holder)
-A 5 Liter bottle cap

Tools :

Soldering gun
Hot glue gun

Comments

[Speedmite]

Cool, And i might have to try this somtime.....But i probably wont. I have a long list already and not enough time or money. =(

[Hammerhead46]

Where do you find (5) Five Liter Bottles?
I have never seen anything of that size in Arizona.
What are the dimensions of the cap so I can find a substitute?

[Speedmite]

Apple juice lid or gatorade/powerade top.

[SoapyHollow]

Assuming that the drinks come in the same type of container as the oils I import from Europe, the cap for those is generally about 50mm in diameter, which is about 2" in diameter. Hope that helps! Cool project!

[Vladmakesstuff]

I live in Romania and those things are found in almost every store here . . . anyway , you can substitute it with any other cap which has a big diameter , like the cap of a pickle jar , just search for a big cap and that's all ;)

[rc jedi]

MMMM......5 liter coke. Maybe a 4lb bag of spicy pork rinds to go with it? cool project though. simple enough even for me!

[Vladmakesstuff]

Yeap , as long as it fits the gap on the ball , then it is ok !

[conuremom]

Where in Ikea did you find that ball? There's nothing like it on their website.

[Vladmakesstuff]

I am so sorry but i cannot anwser because my parents bought that ball ... and it was from a hypermarket aisle where it was written "Ikea products" ... anyway , it had an ikea sticker on it so it really is from them ; ) , any other crystal ball will work for this project .. and in any color =D

[mathman47]

Quick, easy, fantastic. One of the better Instructables yet. Thanks.

[Vladmakesstuff]

I edited the instructable and corrected the "protective copper" part

[LuminousObject]

Great project, but in step two, you say burn the protective copper off of the wire. If it were copper, you wouldn't have to burn it off to solder to it. Just thought I'd share. Awesome project.

[Vladmakesstuff]

oh you're absolutely right ! it cannot be copper , i was only confused by the copper-ish color , anyway , it still needs to be removed .

[dagenius]

If it were copper, you wouldn't be able to burn it off. Copper is known for it's high melting point

[Vladmakesstuff]

I remember seeing copper in the melting temperature chart in the chemistry laboratory xD

[sjs229]

IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD!

[capricorn]

Nice work mate :) I'll definetly consider this for Christmas ;)

[Vladmakesstuff]

I'm glad you like it :) Anyway , why christmas ? I have it working right now and it looks great in dark zones of the home :P