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    Plastic Acrylic LED Signs

    Here are some Acrylic LED Signs. Really easy to make, just need a piece of Acrylic and a LED light box.
    For these LED Engraved Acrylic Signs, I used a Vision Engraving & Routing Systems 1624 Engraver and a Express Small Engraver
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    Plastic Acrylic LED Signs-img_3562.jpg   Plastic Acrylic LED Signs-img_3584.jpg  


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    LED Signs

    Hi,

    Nice looking signs. Keep up the good work.

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    Thanks!


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    If anyone wants to download the Robot file click below
    You can download the Robot graphic at this link- http://www.visionengravers.com/visiongraphics/2012/0412-Robot.zip


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    Where can I find an LED light box?


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    i have 10' of mini led light bars in 2' strips i also have 2 9" neon tubes that came with a switch box and 12v plug. now is here i get confused. i want to take all these lights and just conncect all the + and - wires together and put them to the togle switch. now ive heard that i need a resistor for the high watt led lights. is this true? and with the neon tubes can i wire all the leds to it. i want to because it has a beat control finction.
    so what im thinking is wiring all led strips to neon tube controler cutting off the 12v plug and wiring to a toggle switch.flexible led strip lighting id leave out the switch but i want a bunch of blue led switches to glow aswell


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    Why don't you just use a diode, resistor and hid LEDs to make your strip then you can plug it directly in to the wall?
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    Awesome looking signs. What kind of bit did you use. I tried my hand at it and have had mixed results...

    These are cut with a 60 degree freud v bit. Any advice would be great
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    Keep the spindle speeds low if you have a two flute bit. I use an insert bit at 90* to do most of my signs with the kids in school. We use a diode with a back pressure of over 120v, a 1/4 w 22k ohm resistor and a string of LEDs everything is wired in series with the cathodes of the LEDs and the diodes both aligned. Ac hot line is attached to the diode and the neutral is attached to the resistor end. The whole circuit is encapsulated in polyester resin. I test all circuits out before letting the students use them.
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    Sorry to interject, but for safety's sake - doesn't that circuit apply rectified line voltage across a 1/4W resistor?

    Back of the envelope that's about 5mA putting dissipated power at I^2 * R around at least 1/2W. What am I missing?

    eta: beautiful, inspiring work btw


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    Quote Originally Posted by dougkeenan View Post
    Sorry to interject, but for safety's sake - doesn't that circuit apply rectified line voltage across a 1/4W resistor?

    Back of the envelope that's about 5mA putting dissipated power at I^2 * R around at least 1/2W. What am I missing?

    eta: beautiful, inspiring work btw
    I'm not an engineer but I remember my college electronics class that when dealing with ac electronics multiply the dc answer by .7 something. I'm sure I'm wrong with the math but the circuit does work remains cool and is incredibly cheap to produce. I should put a current meter and measure the amount going through the circuit. I'll try that the next time I'm doing this project.
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    I am really interested in Plastic Acrylic LED Signs to make it. I am trying to make LED SIGN. But all in vain. Can any one share with me video, how to make Acrylic LED signs?


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