Re: Little lights

That's a thought.  I've scored some fiber and gotten good little lights at
intervals, but it's a bit small.  I  am considering covering the slashes
with tiny glass beads, or dipping the whole thing in clear acrylic sealer to
see if I get a bit of magnification.  But while the bottle's out I'll try
dipping an LED.   Do you think the heat from the LED would cause it to
seperate over time?  I use Liquitex acrylic medium, so maybe it's flexible
enough.  Of course, it's blowing and raining cats and dogs here so the stuff
won't cure before Thanksgiving!!

    --Pat

"Robbie Banks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> You can get 1.8mm and 3mm LED's from RS and Farnell.
>
> Was thinking about the icicles. How about making some hardset epoxy and
> dipping the LED's in when the glue is quite tacky so that it coats it and
> forms strands. Thenyou could hang them up to cure. Viola, instant bespoke
> coloured icicles to be mounted on a strip of breadboard.
>
> Just an idea.
>
> Robbie
>
> "Tapper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Fishing line!!!  Amazing.  Thanks: I'll try it out.
> >
> > "Watson A.Name - Watt Sun, Dark Remover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
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> > message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > mentioned...
> > > > Thanks, that's cute.  But that is table-top.  Dollhouse scale is 1
> inch
> > = 1
> > > > foot; my house is 3 feet tall.  I'm not looking for a Christmas
> Village;
> > I
> > > > built a house and want to decorate it.  Thnaks for the info anyway
> (it's
> > > > something to shoot for!), and the NG tip.
> > >
> > > I went by the hardware stoe last night to get a key made and they had
> > > a layout of more than a dozen xmas/winter houses, train station,s
> > > ferris wheels, etc, most with the fiber optics and multicolored lights
> > > in them.  I think they use nylon monofilament fishing line for the
> > > fiber optics, and run them to a central point where the light is.  I
> > > haven't seen inside one of these yet, I guess I'll have to investigate
> > > further.  They even had a snow making machine that sits in front of
> > > the model, dropping flakes on the ground.  It operated off a wall
> > > wart.  Cute.  But the neatest one was a working model of a roller
> > > coaster ride, and on the front was the word
> > >  ---------
> > > ( TORNADO )
> > >  ---------
> >
>
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