First test of a two part LED neon material (Patreon)

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I saw this a while ago and decided to get some to try. It's designed to go into routed channels as a "bendable" LED strip with a separate diffuser section that presses into the routed channel. Not having a router, I used one of my existing 3D printing scripts to make a square frame with rounded edges. What you see in this video is my very first attempt at using the materials, and other than having to refine my LED tape laying techniques, it worked very well for a first try (just 5 minutes to complete). The videos showing this material being used in factories, show them using a pointy tool to help dress the LED tape around bends and corners. For pro users there are two tools for cutting the material. A curved one for the round ends of the routed channels and an angled one for mitres on right angled corners. There appear to be a few sellers of this material on Aliexpress. You buy the material and LED strip separately, but they choose the matching LED colour for you. The combined price is comparable to the rolls of integrated LED neon strip. It was much easier to terminate the wires on this stuff, and unless glue is used it is probably quite easy to repair sections. Here's a link to the seller I bought this tape from:- https://www.aliexpress.com/store/910456205 Supporting the channel with a dollar or two on Patreon helps keep it independent of YouTube's quirks, avoids intrusive mid-video adverts, gives early access, bonus footage and regular quiet Patreon live streams. https://www.patreon.com/bigclive #ElectronicsCreators