If you're making a portable you probably need something to watch it on. (Unless you want to guess what's happening in the game, but I wouldn't advise that) Anyway, this forum is your "Hacking a pocket TV/screen" one-stop solution. Share your experiences and knowledge here.
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by new york cheech » Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:51 pm
do i have to use hot glue? can i use krazy glue instead? will it make a difference?
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by Lucretius » Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:57 pm
SEARCH!
I know this has been discussed before...
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by new york cheech » Thu Aug 18, 2005 4:24 pm
yeah but the search thing is terrible, i can never find anything with it.
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by G-force » Thu Aug 18, 2005 4:33 pm
It was discussed in the book section. Anyways, the best thing would be to use epoxy. It's made for high-temp applications up to 400 degrees.
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by new york cheech » Thu Aug 18, 2005 4:43 pm
can i get that at radioshack? and how much is it?
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by Triton » Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:13 pm
you can get epoxy at pretty much any hardware store
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by Foxx373 » Thu Aug 18, 2005 9:47 pm
radio shack sells it, its about $5 a tube, and it should last you a while. A word of warning, Epoxy is not removeable. I would reccomend using hot glue to get a good placement of the LEDs, and when you are happy with the results, remove the hot glue and use the epoxy. But then again, i dont see why hot glue wont work. My screen hasnt gotten as hot since i did my LED mod.
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by new york cheech » Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:08 pm
yeah i know hot glue but what about krazy glue
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by Foxx373 » Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:38 pm
Krazy glue wont work. Krazy glue works by chemically bonding plastics on a molecular level. It breaks diwn the base polymers of 2 objects, then fuses them together. But this only works with some (but almost all) plastics. LEDs are made from a form of epoxy, krazy glue wont be able to chemically bond to it. Also, you need something thick and viscous so you can add a structure for the leds to be held in by. Hot glue is the best, but melts at low temp Epoxy is next best thinkg to use, but once it dries, its almost unremovable.
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by superdeformed » Thu Aug 18, 2005 11:04 pm
You could try silicone. It can stand over 400ºF, but it's not quite as hard as hot glue, and definetly not as hard as epoxy. It'll also take a lot longer to dry, and if you aren't careful it'll make a really big mess.
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by Phone » Thu Aug 18, 2005 11:55 pm
But if worse comes to shove, you can always give it to a girl at school and call them "implants".
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by Turbo Tax 1.0 » Fri Aug 19, 2005 7:17 am
or you could just buy a hot glue gun because they can be used for muchn more than just the led mod and are cheaper than silicon i think
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by bioniclebert » Fri Aug 19, 2005 8:26 am
Turbo Tax 1.0 wrote:or you could just buy a hot glue gun because they can be used for muchn more than just the led mod and are cheaper than
silicon i think
you can buy one for like 3$ and I got 24 8" long ALL temp glue sticks for about 2$
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by new york cheech » Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:15 pm
Phone wrote:But if worse comes to shove, you can always give it to a girl at school and call them "implants".
i believe the expression is "if
push comes to shove"
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by usbcd36 » Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:33 pm
Just get a hot glue gun and be over it, you will never regret it. Besides, if Krazy glue spills, it can bond your fingers to the screen, or damage it beyond recognition (and cost you $30, a few times what a glue gun would).