Christmas LED Circuit Ornaments

3D Printed or Paper Template:

Now you have 2 options here, I have provided a 3D printing template as well as a paper template. For my personal ornaments I have used the 3d printed templates.

Cutting the Brass Wire to Length:

The templates can be used to also cut the brass wire to the correct length.

Place the cut brass wire onto the templates ensuring that brass wires are placed in a similar fashion to the images above.

Place the 1206 LEDs and Brass Wires:

The 1206 LEDs are tiny, like really tiny but you simply need a little bit of patience and you can move them around with some tweezers.

I have made sculptures using 0603 LEDs, now those take a lot of patience :D

The LEDs have a symbol on the back that indicates the anode and cathode, make sure to place all the LEDs in the same manner.

The LEDs can be placed in the larger spacings in the 3D-printed template. If you are using a paper template you can use double-sided tape to hold the LEDs in place. I would highly suggest using some double-sided tape to hold the brass wire as well.

Battery Connections:

The templates do not contain any methods for battery connections. I have left this out as it can also depend on the battery you are using and this part is fairly easy to do for the ornaments.

You can see in the picture above, I have simply bent the straight brass wire on both sides and have soldered them onto the outer edge

Solder Everything:

Now the fun part!

I am using a TS80 soldering iron to solder the brass wires together. The soldering iron is set at 400C as I feel that it allows me to very easily and quickly solder the brass wires.

Flux will definitely make it a little easier to solder the parts together. I suggest you use it if you struggle to solder the parts together.

Finish:

Also If you like this type of work I would highly suggest checking out Jiri Praus, he has also made some awesome sculptures and has been a huge inspiration for the work that I made.

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