I just watched your resin test print video, and commented about light up wearables, only to go back and find THIS! I have that exact same soldering iron, too. I ordered a pack of different sized tips pretty cheaply for it from amazon, too, which made soldering some of those extra small LED pads a bit easier for me. (I swear some days those tiny little contact pads are actively dodging me!)
@@PlexiCosplay Looking back at my comment, I feel like I tried to give you advice on something you're already an expert on, for which I apologize. Yes, I am definitely enjoying all of the great info here and I am in awe of your work.
Can you share details about your actual soldering iron and solder? I've got electrical solder and a soldering iron, but it doesn't seem to heat up efficiently and melt the solder as well as yours. AND re-heating the solder is nearly impossible with what I'm using - this looks like heaven. Thanks!
Interesting! I did find that I had to use a slightly higher setting (4 on my 1-5 settings) to really get the solder the way I liked, and I found that through trial and error. I use the Weller 40 Watt station, which you can get here for pretty cheap: amzn.to/3vYKPdf
Additional technique question, what’s your experience adding LED strips to fabric? I was prepared to sew on some 2mil foam as an anchor to attached the LED and defusing foam to, but was curious if you know of an easier way.
Just what I was looking for. Thanks for how to wire up LED light strips.
Thanks so much Ted! I'm so glad it was helpful.
So helpful! I've never seen this method before. Thank you for sharing!
I'm so glad it was useful! Thanks so much for the support
Very useful! Been wanting to add some led's to some of my builds. Thank you!
Ooo please tag me if you ever do LEDs in a build! And thanks so much for the kind words and support
Thank you for this!
Thanks for your support! Hope it's helpful
This was super useful plexi !! And just the thing i needed for my next build 😁
Thank you bb!
I needed this tutorial! Thank you for taking your time to make this!
I'm so glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and supporting!
I just watched your resin test print video, and commented about light up wearables, only to go back and find THIS! I have that exact same soldering iron, too. I ordered a pack of different sized tips pretty cheaply for it from amazon, too, which made soldering some of those extra small LED pads a bit easier for me. (I swear some days those tiny little contact pads are actively dodging me!)
Yes! I am too lazy to change tips unless I'm doing hot cuts, but I'm so glad you're finding helpful info here
@@PlexiCosplay Looking back at my comment, I feel like I tried to give you advice on something you're already an expert on, for which I apologize. Yes, I am definitely enjoying all of the great info here and I am in awe of your work.
Oh I didn't take it that way at all!!! You're great
That was helpful, thank you! But where did you hide your battery in the prop?
Hey! I put the battery in a hollowed out 'spike' that attached at each cardinal direction :)
Awesome video! What batteries did you use for your battery pack? Also is there an amazon link for that pack
Can you share details about your actual soldering iron and solder? I've got electrical solder and a soldering iron, but it doesn't seem to heat up efficiently and melt the solder as well as yours. AND re-heating the solder is nearly impossible with what I'm using - this looks like heaven. Thanks!
Interesting! I did find that I had to use a slightly higher setting (4 on my 1-5 settings) to really get the solder the way I liked, and I found that through trial and error. I use the Weller 40 Watt station, which you can get here for pretty cheap: amzn.to/3vYKPdf
Additional technique question, what’s your experience adding LED strips to fabric? I was prepared to sew on some 2mil foam as an anchor to attached the LED and defusing foam to, but was curious if you know of an easier way.
Depends how much the fabric will be moving. More movement means more tearing away. You can purchase some mesh to sew a little channel for it!
What’s your technique for attaching the diffusing foam? Are you able to use contact cement right over the LED strip?
Hi! You can contact cement right over the LED strip! That's what I do if I'm attaching it right to the lighting.
@@PlexiCosplay thanks for the quick response!