The effect of infinity, which is created using LED strips, is very popular these days. It is used in apartment renovation, computer modding and in many other areas. Today we will look at a video tutorial on making the Iron Man reactor from a comic book and film of the same name, since this particular reactor uses this effect. Thus, we get a clear example of using this idea in others homemade.
First, check out the video
What we need:
- LED Strip Light;
- two-wire wire;
- soldering iron;
- glue;
- scissors;
- stationery knife;
- black marker.
Note that the author uses a ready-made set of blanks that are designed to assemble such a "reactor", however, if you wish, you can make everything yourself, although we are interested in the process of manufacturing the effect, and not the "reactor" itself. Let's get started.
First of all, we clean our two-wire wire with an office knife.
Next, we take the LED strip and paint the silicone coating with a black marker near the LEDs to mask the tape itself.
On LED strips, special contacts are provided for soldering the plus and minus wires: these are two points near the LEDs. We release the contacts from the silicone coating and solder the wires to them.
Next, we take the workpiece and glue the LED strip. It should be noted separately that the workpiece should have an opening of the desired shape. The author, for example, has a round hole. Also, the workpiece must be of sufficient thickness so that the edges of the LED strip do not recede from the edges of the workpiece.
We proceed to the process of supplying current. The author uses a rechargeable battery, which is issued complete with blanks. If desired, can be replaced with an alternative power source.
Now we need two mirrors or two films with a mirror surface, as in the author. It should be noted that one of the mirror elements should be slightly transparent.
We mount the mirrors in the front and back of the workpiece, leaving the LED strip in the middle.A mirror that is slightly visible should be in front so that the effect is visible. In such a simple way, you can get a very spectacular optical illusion, which is also called the effect of infinity.
