Jerry-rig Your Old Christmas Lights Into a Led Board

Idea:
Use old unwanted christmas lights and thrown out cardboard to make a cheap wanna-be LED board.

Step 1: Get Lit

Find Lights anywhere they have them. I found them in our garage, but you can also locate them on sale pretty much everywhere after the holidays at Taget, VONS, Long's Drugs, and most likely Wall*Mart.

Comments

[mole1]

That metal screen stuff with 1/4 inch squares... I think it's call hardware cloth... works great for this. Just make sure you put the whole thing against a black non reflective background so your message isn't backlit .
Might also be good to paint the screen stuff flat black first.

[theatre_tech_guru]

also you should use a piece of half inch plywood and drill the holes for the lights

[coretj]

Although it is original, this isn't very good. If you used LED lights it would be different; but you are putting a lot of small glass-enclosed-balls-of-fire through kindling. this is not the best idea. next time drill holes in a wood panel or something with a higher combustion point.

[WriotE]

Thank you!

[tyeo098]

Its Jerry-rig but w/e Itd be cool if it were a Christmas light matrix, avr controlled

[WriotE]

I knew i had the spelling wrong!>< What's a light matrix or avr controlled? I'm like 14 and stupid.

[GorillazMiko]

very smart idea, i just might do this (favorited)

[WriotE]

Thanks!^.