Solar Necklace T-Shirt

Step 3 Motor pouch

In order to be able to fasten the motor to the t-shirt we need to create a little neoprene pouch for it (again you could also use another kind of sturdy fabric instead of neoprene). And the pouch has to connect both motor contacts to the outside (poppers).
First start by isolating the shell of the motor with a strip of isolation tape. Then strip about 2 cm off both motor wires. Now, on opposite sides of the motor, tape the ends of the wires underneath 1 x 0,5 cm pieces of copper conductive tape with conductive adhesive.
Now you'll want to cut a piece of neoprene that is as high as your motor and about 1cm shorter than the circumference. This will make the pouch tight enough to hold your motor in place. Don't forget to add two evenly spaced tabs - so that when you close the circle, the tabs stick out at opposite sides. See photos.
On the inside of the neoprene fuse two pieces of conductive fabric so that they will make contact with the pieces of copper tape and reach all the way out to the end of each tab.
Now sew the neoprene pouch together and add two poppers to each tab. Place the motor inside and make sure that the copper tape lines up with the conductive fabric. So far it does not matter which side of the motors goes where, as it only changes the direction the motor is turning.