After that I decided to go back to the base and work on the wiring and LED housing. I used hot glue to tack the 9v wires down so they couldn't be pulled off. Made some walls using the same foam core method that I used for the back LED's shooting at the front door.
A bit more soldering work and I was ready to test the first 2 parallel circuit. So far so good.
At this point I was pretty excited everything seemed like it was working out just the way I had wanted with no really complications. But like always its never that easy. So I started working on the side panels. Adding some foil to help keep the light consecrated on the points out of the monolith.
I should have done some testing before I installed the LED's for the side walls. Cause if I had I would have known that there wasn't enough throw distance from the source to the tubes for me to be able to hit all of them. But I didn't so I kept barreling through. I finished working on the crystal and top panel before I realized my mistake.
At this point it was pretty late at night so I decided to just admire what I had got done, wallow in self pity, and finish watching Starship Troopers.
When I finally got back to the monolith I had some time to think. Realizing I needed more throw distance. I figured if I removed the side walls that were housing the LED's and turned them around so that they would have the proper distance to hit all 3 tubes. I used tooth picks and hot glued them into place. Next I glued the LED's themselves onto the sticks. There was some tricky soldering involved but I was able to pull it off.
It wasn't very pretty on the inside but the final result was amazing.
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