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EL Wire Spiderweb

Step 6Finishing touches

Finishing touches
With all the electronics run, the only thing left to do was attach the back and set it on the base.  I opted to attach the back with finishing nails, which was less pretty but allowed me to get back in if anything went wrong.  

All the wires that connect to EL wire are run through a hole in the bottom, and both the sequencer and EL driver sit nicely in the base, with only a power cable coming out the back.

Materials Cost:
5.7mm Cherry MDF from ponoko           $25 materials, $85 making
1/8" Cherry plywood                                  $15
Stain and polyurethane                            $23
EL Wire (14')                                               $18
EL Driver                                                      $9
EL Sequencer                                             $25
TOTAL                                                          $200

EL wire is some cool stuff, and hopefully this instructable inspires you to go forth and create your own random, hard-to-explain, glowy thing.
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Sep 30, 2010. 10:03 AMXeroTrinity says:
This is fantastic. Using light as art has always fascinated me and you utilized it well

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