Monday 6 June 2011

Ver 2.2 - ARC Reactor

Ok... been working on my ARC Reactor a bit more.

The LEDs are POWER TOP SMD SMT PLCC-2 1210 3528's
  • The board was designed similar to the one that Honus designed.
  • I used a silver pen to trace out the circuit lines and voila... a crapload of light with no Paladium poisoning!!!
My good buddy Zabana gave me a spare plexiglass ring which I doubled up my copper wire windings. Unfortunately there is a small size discrepancy between the ring and the LED placement as I had already built it before the ring came in the mail. I can live with that. :-p
  • All of the 20 spokes/forks were hand fabricated from 22 gauge steel fitted onto an aluminum center ring
  • The upper bridge wirings are actually soldered copper
  • The larger central ring is aluminum with the slots all hand punched and cut
  • The Tri-arm linking the center piece to the above-mentioned central ring had to be made from steel as aluminum does not take well to complex bending
There are a few more processes left before it is complete, but it is a nice solid piece that I won't be ashamed to wear at a Con.