DIY Glow Gaskets for Triples and Other Glow Stuff

Nice. 4 triples and 2 quads please :email: :sunglasses:

I wonder if someone could create printable templates for common optics…

Here's some examples using the SGN3, Off, low white, UV, Red, Off.

I don't think having low powered charging LED's close to this tape would work very well. Maybe that setup would work better with the tape on the sidewall?

I did use a similar method on the SL, these are eight fairly strong UV LED's though.

Thanks. Carclo 10507 20mm size used there.

We're out of quads at the moment but I got your triples :P

There is someone selling printed versions, wouldn't be too difficult to make I think. (With a printer) O:)

Doesn’t ship to my country.
Anyway, I may try to print some template. Probably no earlier than October though….

Cool. Show us what you come up with :+1:
I’ve seen a few different guys advertising these, pricey though and some are too thick, cause problems.

Thanks to this thread I got the motivation to do the same on my M43.
A little sloppy but I like it :slight_smile:
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Nice, thanks for showing :+1:

Wow finges, that GITD looks really bright! Is it that bright in real life? You almost don’t even need the flashlight!

I took this pic directly after a turbo blast with the light directly against a white wall :wink:

Is there a good GITD paint available? Seems like that might be easier and neater for some of these applications.

This one is highly rated:
http://glow.glowinc.com/glow-in-the-dark-paint/new-category/
Note that they don’t ship paint internationally.

It is also possible to buy pigment and mix it with paint.

What quads do you do?

Haven’t done any quads with the powder as I would need to make another mould but they would be made the same way.

OK keep us posted.

Sorry for the possibly dumb question but what is the 20x2mm ID?

20mm ID x 2mm means a 20mm internal diameter x 2mm thick.
Probably not termed correctly :innocent:

That makes sense! I was thinking it was the name of something when I read it. Where could I find something like that? I’ve sourced pretty much everything else! And any preference on the type of grease?

I’m always scavenging bits & pieces of stuff that I think I might find useful when I come across them, no idea where that ring came from.
Just try to find a piece of tube the correct diameter or order a small sample piece etc.
I use light white lithium grease.
Moly is a bugger to get rid of, silicone grease doesn’t work too well.

Also, you’re better using white or preferably transparent tape.
Once you’ve used the UV light on one side you can flip the mould over and blast the other, useful if you make a thick mix as sometimes the UV light doesn’t penetrate all the way through.

You’ll figure out your own way :+1:

I have everything sourced and ready to go but for the life of me, I can’t seem to get the drilling to come out right manually. I’m tired of ruining boards! I can always wait a few months til I visit my folks and use the old mans drill press. But I was thinking maybe I could order a custom mcpcb from oshpark. So i downloaded some pcb making software but there doesn’t seem to be a simple way to just tell it to put holes in places. Does anybody have any experience with that kinda stuff that could guide me to do that? Is it even possible?

You mean drilling the template?
Drill smaller holes than needed and hand file them to the right size/ positions with small diamond files, that’s what I did anyway.
Trying to drill the holes manually first time will lead to lots of… experience :wink: