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LED Chess Set - Simple Version

Step 4Soldering

Cut some of the insulation off the cable where you have marked it just on one side of the cable. Cut the marks out with spaces between 3mm and 5mm long.

Cut some of the insulation away from the end of the cable that you marked.

Add solder to each spot that you exposed.

Add solder to every end of twisted wire, all over the whole twist. That will help it from unwinding in the future as well as make it easier to join the cable to the twists.

Find any old circuit board and steal some resistors out of it. They are the ones that are like long blobs on the wire with cute coloured lines around them. If you are not sure what they look like, look for images on the net, they have a pretty generic style. I got some brown, blue and green ones, but I don't know what the colours mean if anything.

Solder the resistors together in a row.

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5 comments

Jun 30, 2010. 12:52 PMalhowell13 says:

The colours do mean stuff! it means how much resistence the resistor has. your lucky you didt blow your LED's

Jul 12, 2010. 9:33 PMeltimbalino (author) says:

Hi alhowell13, Yes, the little thin stripes are code for resistance values, but I was referring to the backgroud colour that covers the whole resistor. If that background colour can effect this project working, please reply with advice for makers.

Jul 11, 2010. 8:33 AMbobster580 says:

... and learn about grammar. Plural of dog =dogs, Plural of LED = LEDs. Leave out the apostrophes and you will look both learned and literate.

Apr 26, 2011. 2:08 AMFocuscar says:

I think u got to the wrong place, it's a chess instructable, not a grammar course.. -.-"

For grammar go to ==> www.learngrammar.com !

Apr 26, 2011. 5:57 PMbobster580 says:

I know that this is not a grammar course, BUT good grammar and good spelling help a reader to understand the instructable more easily.

Jul 12, 2010. 9:40 PMeltimbalino (author) says:

Hi Bobster580, Not sure why you bother commenting on the grammar of a commenter, but if there is a page on my instructions where I've used poor grammar (excuse the Australian spelling though) please let me know so I can fix it. You might like to know there is an instructables group called LED's (sic).