> That's ∗my∗ $6, your $15 (kids gotta eat). (the astute will realize I got
> $3000 worth of LEDs.)
yeouch! (not the $15, I don't mind even that much for something so cool,
but the idea of buying $3000 worth of LEDs). is it the combination of
bicolor-ness and the pretty lens that turns it into a custom job? or are
bicolors so unusual to begin with?
> On another note, it was suggested that I change to ∗threaded∗ spacers, to
> you don't
> have to juggle with them rolling around when trying to stick the screws
> through the pc board.
> I will do this in the future (of course, I have about 1200 plain ones. Maybe
> I can sell them to Barlow....)
You can keep sending me plain ones ;)
I used to try to do all four at once, that was tough. Now I set the
bracket down, set two spacers on top of the holes on the inside (flange
side), drop screws through those two holes on the board and lower it
carefully onto the bracket, pick the whole thing up and add nuts. Then
the outer two are easy, one at a time.
I think the challenge of the smooth spacers adds "suavity value" ∗grin∗
> > The only difficulty I had during the construction was the tempco. After I
> > pulled the tempco down to the board, I bent the two transistors over to
> > make contact.
> This is not all that critical, but the point is don't press the 2
> transistors in ∗as far∗ as the other ones.
> But not so long as to have them on top of the beast!
Hey, why were we supposed to press the tempco resistor all the way down to
the board, anyway?
peace,
Chris