DIY LED Spinner
This instructable is about how to make hand spinner with glowing LED lights! All you need to make a spinner:
- 3-layer plywood
- Bearing (from skateboard, roller...)
- LEDs
- 100 Ohm resistors
- Mini switch
- CR battery
- Wires
- Sinkers
- Some instruments
Also you can watch a video with full process of assembling.
Bearing
Take a bearing: skateboard, longboard, or roller-skates. The bearing has grease, it doesn't let bearing spin fast and long time, so use gasoline to clean bearing.
Body of Spinner
Make the spinner's body of 2 pieces of 3-layer plywood (rectangular 30x100 mm). Bearing has 22mm outer diameter, use flat wood or cone drill bit to make a hole. Then fix both halves by screws and process with sandpaper to create a smooth shape.
Electronics
100 Ohm resistor is for RED and YELLOW LEDs, GREEN LED is without resistor! Watch a scheme.
Grooves and Holes
We to need drill 3 holes almost through body for mounting LEDs. And make some grooves for switch, resistors and wires. Also make a big round groove for battery.
Wiring
Use soldering iron to connect all components.
Assembling
Push bearing inside both parts of body. Then make holes and push sinkers inside, it is for long time spinning (50 seconds for me).
Final
So, LED spinner is done! I like it, my friends like and it and even my cat =)
I remember, that you can watch a video with full process of making and some demonstration.