- September 8th, 2013, 8:06 pm#458625
I don't know if there are a lot of fans looking to do leds inside their goggle lenses but here is what I am doing and I hope to get the right effect. I don't really have the time or energy to do the inside goggle heads-up display with ramping leds and whatnot but I thought having green light coming from the lenses would be cool (especially at night).
So first I looked around for a small light source (size of a 9-volt), preferably one that's already green. I was looking for a keychain fob type of light when I saw these battery powered glow sticks on sale:
and i bought two of them. I took them apart as you can see on the right I have my light assembly with 2 green leds with long legs so as to reach in opppsite directions.
so then mounted the light inside my goggle frames on the back of the perfect fit aluminum plates I just received from Multi Media Mayhem :
and from there I was able to adjust the angle of the LEDS so it looked about like this:
At this point I am just waiting for my resin lenses from Nick-A-Tron to come in the mail in order to finish these for Rose City Comic Con.
So that's as far as I could go and i hope to post a completion pic soon. I hope this helps anyone looking for a 10 dollar light rig for the goggles. I paid $4 for the green "Life Line" glow stick and about $5 for some assorted leds at radio shack.
Thanks for reading!
So first I looked around for a small light source (size of a 9-volt), preferably one that's already green. I was looking for a keychain fob type of light when I saw these battery powered glow sticks on sale:
and i bought two of them. I took them apart as you can see on the right I have my light assembly with 2 green leds with long legs so as to reach in opppsite directions.
so then mounted the light inside my goggle frames on the back of the perfect fit aluminum plates I just received from Multi Media Mayhem :
and from there I was able to adjust the angle of the LEDS so it looked about like this:
At this point I am just waiting for my resin lenses from Nick-A-Tron to come in the mail in order to finish these for Rose City Comic Con.
So that's as far as I could go and i hope to post a completion pic soon. I hope this helps anyone looking for a 10 dollar light rig for the goggles. I paid $4 for the green "Life Line" glow stick and about $5 for some assorted leds at radio shack.
Thanks for reading!
- Dave in Seattle
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Dr Ray Stantz: Symmetrical book stacking. Just like the Philadelphia mass turbulence of 1947.
Dr. Peter Venkman: You're right, no human being would stack books like this.
My 1st Ecto Goggles viewtopic.php?f=12&t=34721
My 1st Hero Pack Build viewtopic.php?f=2&t=41824&p=4873189#p4873189