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Step 3Making the Circuit Board
Alright so here we go with the solder of the circuit board. It is kind of hard to explain in words so I took pictures and made a diagram of how the circuit works... Some things to know before starting the soldering.
Make sure not to solder the LEDs really close to the board, you do need room to bend them outward, if you don't bend them outward then you will get big spots, and not a nice defused light.
Do the same thing with the Mercury switch, you will need to bend that so it will turn on and off at the angles you want them to.
With the Resistors I DID solder them so they were on the board, you don't want those to get in the way or break off, so keep those nice and clean.
On the underside of the circuit board you can see I just laid rows of solder instead of adding wire to connect each component, it doesn't matter how you want to do it, I chose this way because it looks nice and clean when it is all done.
Make sure not to solder the LEDs really close to the board, you do need room to bend them outward, if you don't bend them outward then you will get big spots, and not a nice defused light.
Do the same thing with the Mercury switch, you will need to bend that so it will turn on and off at the angles you want them to.
With the Resistors I DID solder them so they were on the board, you don't want those to get in the way or break off, so keep those nice and clean.
On the underside of the circuit board you can see I just laid rows of solder instead of adding wire to connect each component, it doesn't matter how you want to do it, I chose this way because it looks nice and clean when it is all done.
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Sep 4, 2008. 5:12 AMtreg
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you can also grind the top of the led untill they are flat and frosted. This will allow to to turn the led directly to the frosted platic (more light) without spots.
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