Category Archives: Al’s Workshop

Houston…we have a problem.Finishing off some details and when I turned on the lights most of the Blue was missing – bugger! Tested again this morning to confirm and the RGB LED strip is indeed faulty, the controller itself is … Continue reading →

This is my first customer order for one of these so here prepping in Word 2019 to print a double A4 landscape cutting template. Lighting this one up will be tricky cos ain’t much room between the letters.

After working out how to mount the IR receiver we can go ahead and complete the lighting.

We need to mount the IR receiver board (PCB) so that the actual IR photo diode is visible from the front through a ‘window’ which needs to look neat and tidy.

Mounting the Normal – Auto slide switch.

I need to mount a tiny IR receiver (for infrared remote control) on the front of a silhouette light stand in such a way that it has line-of-sight to the remote control AND hide it from view behind a window … Continue reading →

Just finished hot gluing the Fairy LED’s onto the back of the doggie so turned it over to check the lighting effect. Also did some more planning about installing the LED controller.

With the first coat of stain on the stand and the doggie ready for the lights we can move over to the electronics/electrical workbench. For this job I’ve come up with a new hybrid lighting idea will I will likely … Continue reading →