Go to your local recycling place (dump) and get a broken lcd monitor. Take the screen apart and there are some good lenticular screens and other diffusing layers in them. Try a few different layers. I've used them before with good results when it comes to diffusing points of light. I just realized wht your trying to do. For the effect you want its going to be hard to do. For it to retain enough light on the glass your not going to be able to see through it.
This is the effect I am going for. I know it is not possible to match it but just to make it look simmilar.
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Any danger disassembling a flat screen?
In the old days, taking apart CRTs was a no no because of large capacitors that could hold a charge for a long, unpredictable time.
Another thing that would help is to narrow the circular channel above the LEDs so that it is barely wide enough to fit the glass bell. You'd want the bell to essentially fit down into a groove, and the LEDs to be directly in line with the edge of the glass. That way the LEDs will really only be visible from nearly directly over the base.
very nice work, but just a question for you. Why don't you have the rose light up as well, the material would also act as a diffuser.
I personally only lit the rose for the one I made for my wife and it's a nice source for the light.
My camera is terrible, and so is the lighting in the room, but the head lighting is nice:
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Unless your in California, then every parts of it is poison and will kill you on instant contact.
very nice work, but just a question for you. Why don't you have the rose light up as well, the material would also act as a diffuser.
I personally only lit the rose for the one I made for my wife and it's a nice source for the light.
My camera is terrible, and so is the lighting in the room, but the head lighting is nice:
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i like the idea of lighting the rose but the lights I had were too many. What did you use?
How did you light the rose?
Also, lightly sanding the LEDs will help diffuse quite well, but this is obviously quite a bit more work.I am working on an enchanted rose for my daughters birthday and wanted to know if there is a better way to make the circle of LED lights look more like a solid light? Right now they are attached at the bottom through holes I drilled. I tried a frosted plastic over it and it is better but still not what I really want.
The goal it to edge light the glass bell.
Any tips? I am open to different lights too.
Thanks in advance!!!
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