Has anyone tried this.
The idea is to use one Led and have several FO going to the Led... but to get different colors for running lites, etc..... I thought of why can't you use the transparent colors found by Tamiya, food coloring etc. to tint the ends of the FO (facing the light source) to get different colors?
Has anyone tried this idea?
Tinting FO?
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I have used these color fiberoptic cables I found on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/300ft-of-COLORED-FI ... 240%3A1318
I've also used a single white LED for the light source with standard clear LED cable, then cut the leads off the color and size LED I want to use for the running lights and/or strobes. Then put the LED in a small bench vice and drill a small hole in the bottom of the LED for the size fiber optic cable you want to use, and put the end of the fiber optic cable into the hole. I secure the fiber optic cable to the LED with a little clear RTV and let dry overnight. You can also mushrroom the end of the cable and drill the hole in the LED a little larger. This will give off a little more light. After the RTV has dried I paint the bottom of the LED and RTV with a couple coats of silver paint to prevent light from leaking out of the bottom of the LED and to increase the light reflectivity.....then a final coat of black. Don't use super glue to secure the cable to the LED. Super glue will damage the outer layer of the fiber optic cable. Hope this helps.
I have used these color fiberoptic cables I found on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/300ft-of-COLORED-FI ... 240%3A1318
I've also used a single white LED for the light source with standard clear LED cable, then cut the leads off the color and size LED I want to use for the running lights and/or strobes. Then put the LED in a small bench vice and drill a small hole in the bottom of the LED for the size fiber optic cable you want to use, and put the end of the fiber optic cable into the hole. I secure the fiber optic cable to the LED with a little clear RTV and let dry overnight. You can also mushrroom the end of the cable and drill the hole in the LED a little larger. This will give off a little more light. After the RTV has dried I paint the bottom of the LED and RTV with a couple coats of silver paint to prevent light from leaking out of the bottom of the LED and to increase the light reflectivity.....then a final coat of black. Don't use super glue to secure the cable to the LED. Super glue will damage the outer layer of the fiber optic cable. Hope this helps.
I used clear Tamiya acrylics on my Keaton Batmobile's dashboard. I used a single white 5mm LED. I built a small box out of sheet styrene with a hole drilled in each end. The LED was inserted into one hole and the bundle of FO was inserted in the other hole. This works very well. The blue glow is a blue LED "dome light" for general illumination of the interior.
Some good items here.....
belkin321, those FO you got on ebay... how long do they come and how thick? The site did not seem to mention that. WAIT... found the info.
Also... where do you get clear RTV?
robiwon, so you found that using the Tamyia transparents worked well for you? Did you find that they gave you the colors you wanted or were they too weak? Meaning the color was too thin?
belkin321, those FO you got on ebay... how long do they come and how thick? The site did not seem to mention that. WAIT... found the info.
Also... where do you get clear RTV?
robiwon, so you found that using the Tamyia transparents worked well for you? Did you find that they gave you the colors you wanted or were they too weak? Meaning the color was too thin?
starmanmm....
I use GE Silicon II, clear, Household Glue, 2.8 oz. You can find it at Home Depot or Ace Hardware etc. It says Silicon, but it's still RTV. It's in a gold and white tube. I added the link below so you see what the tube looks like.
Good luck.
http://paint-and-supplies.hardwarestore ... 49427.aspx
I use GE Silicon II, clear, Household Glue, 2.8 oz. You can find it at Home Depot or Ace Hardware etc. It says Silicon, but it's still RTV. It's in a gold and white tube. I added the link below so you see what the tube looks like.
Good luck.
http://paint-and-supplies.hardwarestore ... 49427.aspx
Starmanmm
I used a five zero brush to put a drop on the end of each FO. I would then do a light test. If it needed to be more red or blue etc, I would just add another layer. I think the most I did was paint the tips twice. The ends were mushroomed a bit, that helped them take paint better.
I like the Tamiya Clear acrylics a lot, they're so versatile and the jars are huge compared to other bottled paint!
I used a five zero brush to put a drop on the end of each FO. I would then do a light test. If it needed to be more red or blue etc, I would just add another layer. I think the most I did was paint the tips twice. The ends were mushroomed a bit, that helped them take paint better.
I like the Tamiya Clear acrylics a lot, they're so versatile and the jars are huge compared to other bottled paint!
