homebrewed shaped LED / heart LED

LEDs comes in many designs and shapes. But you can also create your own. Here we show an example, a heart-shaped LED.

Of course you can also build individual letters or anything you like. We are pleased to hear of your ideas :-)

the Lichtbändiger from Germany

Step 1 Design

First make a design of the LED should look.

Therefor we create a design with Coreldraw.

Comments

[Prestond]

where did you buy your acrylic resin? I did a google search and didn't really get any promising results

[lighttamer]

I bought it here in Germany from "Dreve Dentamid GmbH". They ship also worldwide.
It is an material for ear molds. Maybe you can google for "earmold" to buy it in your country.

[Prestond]

http://www.smooth-on.com/Urethane-Plastic-a/c5_1120_1156/index.html

Its a plastic mold, but I think it amounts to the same thing

[lighttamer]

Yes it looks good. But I think it is more toxic like the photoplast material.
http://www.smooth-on.com/msds/files/Crystal_Clear_Series.pdf

[zack247]

i was thinking of using epoxy resin, but what does epoxy NOT bond to?

[missgroves]

brilliant instructable, nice and clear and inspiring. i had never thought to use resin for this and as i'm now learning about led's and i already cast in resin i am very excited about the potential.

[zappenfusen]

I can think of scores of simpler ways to achieve the same result, none requiring a "Pressure Pot". Anyone else?

Zappenfusen

[trailleadr]

Maybe you should suggest some instead of coming off as overly critical. :)

[Wesley666]

Couldn't you use a simpler mold made out of Silicone or something that would be flexible and would do the say job without the pressure pot?

[lighttamer]

Yes you don't need a pressure pot. Without, maybe some littlle bubbles could be in the mold. but there is no problem with them.

But if you made it with simple silicone, you should chose one without UV protection. Because the UV light must come through the mold to the UV acryl. Or, you use two component acryl, but with that acryl you must use the pressure pot :-)