djozz's didn't-make-the-deadline-for-the-OLDIYfromscratchbuildcontest :-( entry

Awesome 3D Puzzle! :beer:
Interesting Idea with the resin casting, I am quite excited how that will work out! :slight_smile:

^ This! Cool stuff man! I can’t wait to see what the end result looks like. 8)

that is such a cool idea, I’m seriously impressed. I never would have thought of using the casing as the electrical circuit! Looking forward to seeing how the resin pans out.

Awesomely creative. Looking forward to following your progress.

Impressive work there Djozz! :)

Looking forward to see the end result. Take your time! No need to rush it! :beer:

And polyester resin huh? Very interesting indeed! Will definitely be watching to see what you do with this!

Nice work!

A Jenga light! Really cool idea. Congrats on getting the reflow done. That looked very tricky.

Very unique. I look forward to seeing the rest of this.

Very nice! Love the creativity of tying the power via the leds.

Thanks for the replies guys, but don't hold your breath too much, after a few hours of polyester setting it now looks quite a bit less pretty:

This is from the polyester shrinking a bit while setting, causing it to delaminate from surfaces. I had that in the Rebel build as well a few years ago, and that one kept working, but that led was conventionally wired up and the housing was one solid piece of brass, not with all those solder joints that can be ripped loose, and pieces of brass that can short against each other, I even think I see domes lifted off by the shrinking resin, uh oohh .

Fingers crossed...

It was tricky, and now thinking back on how it went I think it would have been much easier if I had taped the upper edges of the brass simply together with kapton tape

I was wondering how much that stuff would shrink. I believe there is some stuff that can be bought, that will shrink very little. The stuff that they use to do those scorpions and spiders inside the globes. I will have to look that up. I hope they still work for you when it's done.

What does I say. Cheating? I love it. I smiled the whole way through reading chapter one. I cant wait for chapter two. I must be on the wrong pain killers as you guys are so creative with what you do. Thanks for doing the build. Better late than never aye. Cheers.

Have you checked the thermal expansion coefficient of your resin? Maye the domes get pressen on again when you fire up the MT-G2. :wink:
(Casting electronics in resin can lead to interesting results. Still excited how it works out :-))

It would probably work if the casting was done on layers with a thinner layer at first.

This is really cool, & you have also given me an idea for a ‘standard’ torch mod in regards to the power circuit.

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This is the resin that is used for casting insects and stuff, it says so on the packaging. It might just stick better to the chitin skeleton of insects (and scorpions) than to silicone and brass...

That is great, even if the light fails, this has been both a good read and an inspiration for other mods. I'm a happy man .

And because I just had to know before carrying on I did a 'test drilling' through the plastic towards the battery poles and probed with the battery connected to two paperclips:

Still in business ....

Applause, hollering and whistles.

Drilling - resin - Jurassic Park!

Were you able to get any of the DNA out also :?

Too cool.