Yet another FM Sign

[gizmomkr]

This is a VERRY rough cut - Spacing and alignment need work, but I wanted to see if it was even worth it before I bought some coroplast and spent several hours.

I may order some extra material if anyone else is interested.

i used MUCH larger EL Wire on the top than I did on the bottom. The large stuff is much easier to read in daylight, but the small stuff can make the sharp bends that the larger material can not.


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[gizmomkr]

Here is version 2 - I changed some colors and mounted it to some coroplast.

Not quite perfect, but it was free hand. I could use a tracing projector to get it dead on, but I think it will do for this year.

My bigest fear is that we move to an area where that station is in use. sort of a pain to change the station.


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[EdwardCox]

That is cool:cool:

[boborino]

Where did you get your EL wire from? Are you using batteries, or do you have some type of AC inverter connected to your LOR?

[gizmomkr]

I have order from both http://www.elwirepros.com/ and http://www.thatscoolwire.com

Elwire Pro's has slightly better prices for most stuff, but as best I can tell, a small operation that you cant really call and ask questions if you have any...

Thats cool wire is in Texas, and has 2 pepople that are very friendly and knoledgeable that answer the phone all the time. They even ran and pulled some parts for me just before 4:00 one day to make sure my order went out that day.

I have order from both and been verry happy with both companies.


I dont use Bateries. I use a small inverter - It takes 12vDC, and its fed from a 12v "wall Wart" type supply. I COULD connect it to my controller, but I dont have any desire to make the FM sign turn on or off.

[boborino]

Ok.. I assume you aren't cutting them in small segments and doing a bunch of soldering.. so how are you making the segmnets? Are you covering the unseen portions with tape, or sticking them through some solid material like a light bright?

[Larry Leonhardt]

There is also a new Yahoo group about this stuff.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elwire/

[gizmomkr]

You assume wrong - I cut / splice and solder till my fingers fell off. But I did another piece that had almost 30 sections, so the sign was no big deal after that.

The top half was done late one night - I was really tired and lazy, so its not as nice as the bottom half.

I use heat shrink to mash areas I dont want seen, but for the most part:

I start by using hot glue to make the basic shape, I mar on the coro where I want the wire to end, cut, solder, heat shrink, and feed the wire thru the coro.

Its tedious and time consuming - But I love the way it looks like neon at night.