digital strip test in film tube

[angus40]

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[PJNMCT]

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Love it!
THESE are the kinds of ideas I'm looking for.

[JDM1oc]

Pretty cool! How long do those come?

Josh

[angus40]

The strip is 6803 @5meters  per roll . there is 10 meters there .

The tube is 5 ft they come in sizes of 36' 48' 60' and 72' .

Your local glass shop will have contacts for window film installers.

I called a few and they were happy to give me the tubes free.

[tbone321]

Now this is the kind of info that should have been in the origional post or vid.

[PJNMCT]

Now this is the kind of info that should have been in the origional post or vid.

This is the type of stuff that comes along in a follow-up if there is interest in the original.

Good stuff!

One more question though - what material is the tube made from?

[Beanbag109]

Yes, what is the tube made from? Where did the strips come from? Controllers? Cost? Links to the BOMs.

All real cool ideas!!

[barbotte]

One more question though - what material is the tube made from?
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the tube are 3 inch .. made of frosty plastic witch make the light reflect as it is .... they are the core tube from the vynil used on window tinting roll ... they are free for the taking all you need to do is go to window tinting shop ans ask for their empty tube and voila .... I used MEK to glu them togeheter but there is also other glue that will work ... righ now i am working on making arch with them wich you see see there it is the first try so its not perfect
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[Timon]

I've been told that there is a ten foot but they are really hard to find a tint shop that uses that wide.

That said these can be joined with the right solvent such as MEK, Chloroform and several others. Just make sure that there are no gaps at the joint for max strength.

Update:
Found this on welding Polystyrene:

- Dichloroethane: Y
- Acetone: Y
- Cyclohexanone: Y
- Dichloromethane: Y
- MEK: Y
- Methyl benzene: Y
- Tetrahydrofuran: Y

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[angus40]

i need mother nature and the gods to converge at the same time  to give me free time and good weather  to try a few ideas out that i think will make shaping these tubes into arches etc relatively ez.

Will keep all posts in this thread as to the how to's and how did you's .

If any of you have ideas don't be shy speak up .

[PJNMCT]

How about a pic of just the tubing?

Thanks,
-Paul

[gatorengineer]

Without having any of the tubing in hand, it would seem you would have to cut slots in the bottom of the tubing and weld that back together.  That's just a huge shot in the dark without every actually touching the stuff.

Very cool.  Snagging this one as my own along with the acrylic for tune to signs.

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[angus40]

here is the tube

[Mike Hill]

I hope this works....going to try and pick some up from a local shop.

[gatorengineer]

I'm visiting a local shop too.  Now I'm only missing an etherdongle, smart string hub and about 50 smart string controllers.  I have no blinky flashy.  Shoot, I'm fine without a coop, but there is nothing...nada...zilch.

I'm considering selling my 2 Lynx express because I'm not sure what the point of having "dumb" lights are.