MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Custom Booklight for the 505 (any interest?)

aapezzuto · 10-17-2007, 02:19 AM

I apoligise for my time away... I had twins (well my wife did) and they are doing well. so here is what I have learned in my testing:

light wedges work, but provied very uneven light
most LEDs that are bright enough to work use 3,5or6v
polymer clay starts of really hard before you work it
light channel or LGP (light guide plate) are common terms for what we have be talking about
Lightwedge(tm) will warp at 275 degrees in under 5 min (thats the temp the polymer clay sets at)
Keeping twins in diapers is expensive and I may need a benevolent benefactor to continue testing.

During this research I have found that certain electronic screens and large display boxes are the major use for this technology. It is frequently generically referred to as edge lighting. I did manage to build a working 3v prototype from a chunk of lightwedge and a SPDT switch... and a cute little LED, but it warped in the final stage of frame construction. I will be making another on unless I can get a hold of a superior material. I doubt that I will manage to attract any funding, but if you are desperate for a good 505 book light, and have a little money you want to throw at it, I am dedicated to getting one that looks nice and works well. Please PM me... or give me some Karma (im becoming a bit of a Karma whore!)

10-17-2007, 02:19 AM	#11
aapezzuto Zealot Posts: 116 Karma: 693 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: none	I apoligise for my time away... I had twins (well my wife did) and they are doing well. so here is what I have learned in my testing: light wedges work, but provied very uneven light most LEDs that are bright enough to work use 3,5or6v polymer clay starts of really hard before you work it light channel or LGP (light guide plate) are common terms for what we have be talking about Lightwedge(tm) will warp at 275 degrees in under 5 min (thats the temp the polymer clay sets at) Keeping twins in diapers is expensive and I may need a benevolent benefactor to continue testing. During this research I have found that certain electronic screens and large display boxes are the major use for this technology. It is frequently generically referred to as edge lighting. I did manage to build a working 3v prototype from a chunk of lightwedge and a SPDT switch... and a cute little LED, but it warped in the final stage of frame construction. I will be making another on unless I can get a hold of a superior material. I doubt that I will manage to attract any funding, but if you are desperate for a good 505 book light, and have a little money you want to throw at it, I am dedicated to getting one that looks nice and works well. Please PM me... or give me some Karma (im becoming a bit of a Karma whore!)