So here is a project from. The box of shame. The place where projects being Devoned to death go to rest. I few years ago I wanted to build Pete a billboard for his trucking company to put on his layout. I started it but was never really sure exactly how I was going to build it so it looked good and was also structurally sound and could be left outdoors.
A couple problems have been solved now that technology and I have caught up. Instead of trying to glue a bunch of styrene together. I now have 3D printing. The sign itself was going to be a challenge to make the way I wanted it, have good color, and live up to the elements. I always wanted to do it with a piece of styrene and a waterslide decal. Well color laser printing on waterslide decal paper is a thing now and I bought a color laser printer to do it. So this now gives me a water proof waterslide decal.
Another hurdle was how to do the lights to light it up. Micro LEDS have been around and I have them. But even they have wires that are too large to easily fit two in a conduit and not have the conduit be way oversize. ROOSTER I do believe it was gave me a solution that would have worked by using the conduit itself as a wire by making it out of brass tube and soldering on lead to it and then only running one wire in it. That was the route I was going to go. Then Bob posted or resurrected a post on wireless LEDs. Problem way solved. I will make light fixtures to hold the wireless LEDs and then put the induction coil in the base. Should work great and solve that problem.
I found a 5v wireless LED set up that comes with 10 white LEDs. I have a bunch of dollar store path lights. I have designed a solar cell rack that will hold 5 of the cells that I can then wire in series to give me a little over 5v. I am designing and printing a 5 cell battery holder using the dollar store lights batteries. This then will run the induction coil.
Stay tuned this will be fun. So far the sign is printed. And the frame and post are printed.
