How Can I Make a DIY LED Necklace with Custom Etching and Casing?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around creating a DIY LED necklace, focusing on the design, casing materials, and methods for etching a symbol or word onto the casing. Participants explore various approaches and materials suitable for crafting the necklace.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Technical explanation, Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • One participant seeks advice on how to create a casing for a 5mm LED powered by a 3V CR2025 battery, expressing a need for materials that can be easily sourced or found at home.
  • Another participant suggests checking Instructables for existing projects related to LED necklaces.
  • A later reply indicates difficulty in finding relevant information on Instructables and continues to seek suggestions for glass-like, easily shapeable materials.
  • Epoxy resin is proposed as a potential material for the casing.
  • One participant expresses appreciation for the resin suggestion, indicating it may be a viable option.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the need for a suitable material for the casing, but multiple suggestions are presented without consensus on the best approach or material.

Contextual Notes

Participants have not settled on specific techniques for etching or the final design of the necklace, and there may be limitations based on the availability of materials and tools.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in DIY projects, particularly those focused on electronics and crafting with LEDs, may find this discussion relevant.

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Hello people

I am trying to design a birtday presenet for someone and I need your ideas for this. I want to make a LED necklace with a 5mm LED powered by a 3V CR2025 battery. What I can't figure out is where do I put this in to? How can I do the casing and out of which material? I am not a glass cutter and I don't own a glass cutting machine so I will need to do this by hand. I also need to print or etch a symbol or word on this material.

Anyone can think of a way to make this kind of casing and etching? I don't care how time consuming it will be, only thing important is to be able to make this with materials I can find at home or easily buy from a store.

(I am bending the LED over the battery for minimal space in case you wonder how I am thinking to fit them in a necklace)

Thank you
 
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There is a site called Instructables where people post how they have created different things. They have an entire section on LEDs. I'm sure that you'll find something there.

http://www.instructables.com/pages/search/search.jsp?q=LED+necklace"
 
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Thanks for the information but I can't find anything for my use there :(

I am still open to ideas of glass-like easy shapeable material.
 
Epoxy Resin maybe?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lybSRHJUNU0
 
Resin sounds like a good idea thank you :)
 

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