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Step 2Complete Throwies
You can see how my LEDs look rather large compared to others. I ordered "Super-Brite" to see how they differed. They are a lot brighter (probalby reduces glow time) but they are not diffused! Big mistake. Now all of the light is projected just through the front of the LED, while I want it to come out of all of the plastic around the LED.
Since I only ordered 50 Magnets (the most expensive part) I decided to figure out another way to get these to stick/stay up somewhere. On my college campus, we have TONS of big willow-like trees that have no leaves right now. I decided if i out some kind of loop on a Throwie that it might catch on part of a branch or something. Below you can see I just wrapped some 550 military cord around the LED. I could never get it to catch anything. I will try fishing line this week and see if it is any better.
Here is what I learned over all from my first Throwing:
-Check a building first to make sure it's not a Engineering test lab inside. :|
-Our campus street lamps are non-magnetic.
-More people than you think noticed the Throwies on the stop light pole.
-Obviously a production line is easier. One person tape, one put LED on battery, then a magnet taper.
-Blinking LEDs will be WAY more noticable and could cause some real stress if Thrown in the right place.
-Only some lights from a auditorium stage are magnetic.
-A stratigicly placed red LED looks like a "hidden" camera.
-Red is cooler than Yellow in every aspect.
-My LED Throwies happen to be very durable. (miss-threw probably 15 times on the streetlight straight up and didn't always catch it. It fell on the asphault. The LED wires may bend, but with a good taper, it will generally stay complete through a lot of abuse.
-Stanbys want to throw them. :)
Since I only ordered 50 Magnets (the most expensive part) I decided to figure out another way to get these to stick/stay up somewhere. On my college campus, we have TONS of big willow-like trees that have no leaves right now. I decided if i out some kind of loop on a Throwie that it might catch on part of a branch or something. Below you can see I just wrapped some 550 military cord around the LED. I could never get it to catch anything. I will try fishing line this week and see if it is any better.
Here is what I learned over all from my first Throwing:
-Check a building first to make sure it's not a Engineering test lab inside. :|
-Our campus street lamps are non-magnetic.
-More people than you think noticed the Throwies on the stop light pole.
-Obviously a production line is easier. One person tape, one put LED on battery, then a magnet taper.
-Blinking LEDs will be WAY more noticable and could cause some real stress if Thrown in the right place.
-Only some lights from a auditorium stage are magnetic.
-A stratigicly placed red LED looks like a "hidden" camera.
-Red is cooler than Yellow in every aspect.
-My LED Throwies happen to be very durable. (miss-threw probably 15 times on the streetlight straight up and didn't always catch it. It fell on the asphault. The LED wires may bend, but with a good taper, it will generally stay complete through a lot of abuse.
-Stanbys want to throw them. :)
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I found a website but am not sure how trust worthy the site is to purchase from (http://www.superbrightleds.com). Radioshack has some, but they are more expensive.
I'm looking to design a costume with a bunch of these led lights in it so I need to figure out how to affix the lights to clothing. But the first step is finding these lights cheaply!
Any leads/help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!