Cosmic Light With LEDs Embedded in Resin

Step 9 Last Layer of Resin

Double check the placement of the switch and batteries. Mix up at least 1/2 an ounce of dyed black resin. Pour it into the mold to cover the LEDs and fill in under the switch and batteries. It may well take more than 1/2 an ounce. Just be sure you don't pour so much in that you disable the switch or make it impossible to remove the batteries. Once you're happy with the amount of resin leave it to set up.

Comments

[leef_me]

Oh, sweet! So you have a 5 sided box that is partially hollow. The wall thickness really shows sturdy construction. Your drawing is good, but the thumbnail is easy to miss; can you make it bigger? Just a thought, how about mounting the switch so that it is parallel with the back instead of sticking out?

[technoplastique]

I don't know what the deal with the tiny thumbnail is, I'll try a different file tomorrow to see if that makes it better (it's after 3am now and I should sleep sooner or later ;-). My switch sticks out the back because all of the switches I found were so deep that I couldn't drop it down any further. In the future I'd probably try to track down an order something that's a bit lower profile. That method for making a hollow box was a huge deal for me when I figured it out. Two part molds to do that are really limiting, and now that I've figured this out I've come up with lots of other ideas to use it...