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I was intrigued by the pictures of the TRON sign despite all of the drama so I ordered some EL (electroluminescent) wire from Thats Cool Wire. I took a recognizer jpeg off of Google images and cut out a stencil. I spray painted it on wood and then cut out holes to route the wire. I drilled smaller holes behind the EL wire paths to use small picture hanging wire to tie and secure the wire that I bent into shape. I had some extra wire left at the end of the project and instead of trim it I coiled it behind the sign to give it a backglow effect. Total cost was about $60. It's pretty amateurish but I just wanted to play around with the EL wire. Here it is in my gameroom:
My next project is to order one of Brett's TRON keychain signs and use the blue EL wire in the cutout of the sign to make a glowing keychain holder.
This EL wire stuff is pretty neat and if I had made a bigger sign the lines would be much more crisp. This wire can't be bent to tightly. Overall it has sort-of-a-neon-look to it.
Anyone else have any EL wire projects?
My next project is to order one of Brett's TRON keychain signs and use the blue EL wire in the cutout of the sign to make a glowing keychain holder.
This EL wire stuff is pretty neat and if I had made a bigger sign the lines would be much more crisp. This wire can't be bent to tightly. Overall it has sort-of-a-neon-look to it.
Anyone else have any EL wire projects?