A few tips for you, to help the soldering of the wires go smoother and create a stronger joint, it helps to tin the wire first. this is simply applying solder to it before soldering to the led. To help with the protection of joints, slip on heat shrink to the wire BEFORE soldering. After the soldering is done simply slide the heat shrink up over the joint and apply heat with a open flame for a short period. Just some helpful info for you.
I've seen your books around for ever but this is the first time i've seen your video tutorials and they're amazing!! I'm gonna have to buy your books now!
You are a sheer delight and a breath of fresh air. I will be buying your led book soon. Thanks so much. I'm retired and really tight with money, so buying this book is a big deal for me, and it means I really like you and what you're doing. Became a puppeteer last year and I made a big stage in my studio where I'll be creating puppet videos. I'm hoping to incorporate lighting in different areas of the video. They look cool. I don't do this very often btw. Thanks for sharing...
If by "most basic battery" you mean just the LED across a button cell then that's still a difficult question to answer. There are different sizes of button cell. The different colours of LED require different Voltages to operate and as the battery runs down the LED will slowly become dimmer so it's subjective when the battery is 'done'. As the batteries aren't very expensive it's probably worth just trying one to see.
wwoooow!!! nunca vi un tutorial tan bueno como el tuyo, de verdad se ve que eres una persona muy amable... muchas gracias por tus videos. Saludos desde Bolivia!! wwoooow !!! I never saw a tutorial as good as yours, you really are a very kind person ... thank you very much for your videos. greetings from Bolivia!!
Omg I LOVE this video!! Why? Because I’m an idiot when it comes to electrical stuff and you made it super simple by breaking everything down into their simplest forms! Thank you !
your videos have been a inspiration over the years. ill be doing my first light up prop, so i went and bought your digital books. i just wish you had amazon links to these little pieces (switches, batteries and such).
Glad to help! The problem with links is that they only work for one country and not for everybody who watches my videos, because they come from all over the world :(
I searched so long for tutorials... and i think that would be so Hard to learn. now i'm feeling like a little Idiot cause it is so easy. Tanks for helping
That's interresting. I'm looking up LED stuff to try and make a simple and easy to swap tissue wrap with glowing runes on it, to wrap around weapons for LARP. Not easy to find something to make it portable and safe. (since I can't hide the battery easily inside. At least I don't think a thin and small battery like a watch one would be enough to light it up.)
Fantastic video! Planning to make a Coleman Stryker outfiit from the Iron Kingdoms universe, and both his weapons and armor would look amazing with some LEDs installed. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you thank you THANK YOU so much, you've literally just solved my problem. I've commissioned my props for Combat Medic Ziegler, but I still need to make the armour for the arms which involve some LEDs. Well you've shown me just how easy it can be and I'm relieved haha. I'll get to work!
I need to get your LED book so I can learn how to do stuff, I plan to put LEDs in some parts of my Lucario themed armor. They'll be in the staff(shaped like a bone to represent the Bone Rush move it learns) and in the palms of my gloves(for the Aura Sphere attack).
Hi there. Great video you explain how to put something together so we'll. I will always watch them. I miss your puppies in this one though. They are so cute. Thank you again. God bless.
+DragonSoulStones get the ebooks! they're never sold out, cheaper, and you can print the patterns out of the armor and sword and stuff. or if you're like me, print it out and tape it onto your work station so you can refer to it easier when trying not to blow something up lol
it's important to note if you use any battery other than a button cell you'll need to add a resistor to the circuit. otherwise you'll burn out your LED real quick!
I am no expert, but I recommend you to use a small resistor in series to your voltage source to avoid that the LED acts like a short circuit. This should keep your batteries alive much, much longer. Cool video though.
Your videos are sooo helpful Kamui, I keep coming back to your channel to rewatch old videos because I learn something different every single time! If that makes sense xD
thank u so much for this! my friend and i are planning on cosplaying genji and zenyatta and when i saw thought you cosplayed symmetra i only screAMED!!! your cosplay is wonderful!!!
Sooo, with the Transpa-art, can you make a shape out of that, then sand that to make it milky and then add a LED to it? That would make it much easier to get the right shape for light accents :)
I think I need to find an excuse to put the info in this video to use.... hmmmm.... hmmmm.... What to light up...? O.O I got it!!! Thank you for this video!!! Will treasure this info and pass it on to my dad!!!! >< Ghoooooooost Riderrrrrr!
Hey, Svetlana, Benny, very helpful video thank you. You used many LEDs on one battery at the beginning, but how would you use many LEDs while still using an on/off switch for props? Hoping you read older videos' comments.
Hello, non-English speaking, so use google translator and eventhough you understand just to see how you do, I wanted to suggest that you will place your videos and subtitles hard time finding it in my language tutorials that are really good. Greetings and thank you very much, I've always wanted to do a cosplay and am learning as your videos.
