The day of the LCD

So ive spent most of today building a frame to hold the LCD screen and cam. so far so good and although i didnt have time to power the screen up i was still able to get blobs with the screen in place.

good day for me!

quick vid

just a quick video of the MT in action. as you can see its miles away from being finished but its working so that's a good thing!

I got blobs!!!!

Just a quick update as ive tested me LEDs with the acrylic and after a few tweaks i got blobs!! ive very happy with this as i had allot of extra light from out side and the whole room was very bright and this didn't cause any issues.

so now its time to build the table but this is now on hold as need to wait for pay day then its all good!

adding the LED's to the mix

ok so now its time for the real test and to try the LED's work the endlighten. i bought some wood to use as a frame and got my friend to router the edge so i could drill holes and pop the led's through it. after a the routering was complete i started to drill the holes and once finish i put the led's through the holes but this wasnt good and i lost to much of the light so i was stuck on what to do.

After a few beers and thinking i had a look in my tool box and found those little tac's that you hammer into a wall to hold wires in. as they were 5m with and s was the leds that fitted perfectly and this is what i decided to use to hold the leds on a frame of wood.

its arrived

Today after i got home from work i had a knock at the door and it was the delivery guy with my endlighten glass!!! so its all coming together and on Saturday i will polish the edges and try to attach the LED's to the side but im having troubles as the resistors from the LED's are getting to hot and need to some how attach to the glass.

lets see what Saturday brings!

First test

Ok so just got home from work and had a very quick test with the LED's.
i put 3 out of the 4 strips around a peace of glass with the modded cam underneath the glass. it was very tricky as i had my partner hold the power supply and i was trying to adjust the program on the laptop to get some good blobs. like i said it was a very quick test but still managed to get some form of blobs but not the best. the real test is when my endlighten turns up, if that doesnt work well............................................................................................

Well got into work today and on my desk was my LED's all wired up and ready to go (cheers John), so once i get home i will give it a test but without the Endlighten acrylic and screen as the acrylic hasn't arrived and the screen isnt in a box yet so will place the LED's over a peace of glass with the camera underneath it but it should still technically work.

Fingers crossed as if this doesn't work i will cry. please work, please!!!!!!