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Tote your Thinkpad and port your Apple in style with our custom TRON-inspired laptop bag tutorial. With a little soldering and sewing skills you can have your own light up satchel, sure to impress geeky friends. So grab your sewing needle and soldering iron and follow along | Tote your Thinkpad and port your Apple in style with our custom TRON-inspired laptop bag tutorial. With a little soldering and sewing skills you can have your own light up satchel, sure to impress geeky friends. So grab your sewing needle and soldering iron and follow along | ||
+ | This project was a collaboration between ladyada & [[http://sternlab.org/|becky stern]], rock! | ||
+ | [[http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2010/12/el_wire_tron_bag.html|Check out the video on Craft]] | ||
+ | {{youtube>PNvBM9JSeN0?large}} | ||
==== Tools ==== | ==== Tools ==== | ||
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**Important Note!** | **Important Note!** | ||
We're EL wire experts, but **if you're still not really good with EL or if you're just starting out, don't cut any pieces yet**! Instead, solder up one EL wire at a time and then lay it out and cut the ends. This is because it can take a few tries to solder to EL and every time you make a mistake you'll have to cut another 1 cm off and start over | We're EL wire experts, but **if you're still not really good with EL or if you're just starting out, don't cut any pieces yet**! Instead, solder up one EL wire at a time and then lay it out and cut the ends. This is because it can take a few tries to solder to EL and every time you make a mistake you'll have to cut another 1 cm off and start over | ||
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==== Finishing ==== | ==== Finishing ==== | ||
- | Almost done! Once the EL wire is all sewn on make sure to test each strand again to make sure they are still strong and connected. Double check all the heatshink as well. | + | Almost done! Once the EL wire is all sewn on make sure to test each strand again to make sure they are still strong and connected. Double check all the heatshrink as well. |
- | You can pass the wires around the bag or if it easier and you're OK with permanent modification, punching a hole and passing the wires through. This can be a little neater, less obviously modded. | + | You can pass the wires around the bag or, if it is easier, and you're OK with permanent modification, punch a hole and pass the wires through it. This can be a little neater |
+ | and less obviously modded. | ||
[[http://www.ladyada.net/images/tronbag/awl.jpg|{{ http://www.ladyada.net/images/tronbag/awl_t.jpg?nolink&500x342 |}}]] | [[http://www.ladyada.net/images/tronbag/awl.jpg|{{ http://www.ladyada.net/images/tronbag/awl_t.jpg?nolink&500x342 |}}]] |