RGB LEDs/Clear Covers Payment Thread from Group Buys

[fathead45]

Well i want to thank everyone that participated in the group buys. since most people bought both items i figured it was easiest to do it this way. Below is a list of everyone that was in on the group buy and what they bought. i just totaled it all do make it easier on people when they pay. so i consolidated it all into 1 thread so it makes it easier on everyone.

Now shipping was added and it may seem high on some, but these caps take up alot of space. I did flat rate for some and ups for others. Before i ship i will figure out which way is the cheapest per person. If the price is cheaper than what you paid, i will refund the difference. If its more(which it shouldnt be) ill PM. If your outside the US i will qoute you shipping when it comes in. International gets hairy and im trying to make sure i get the best deal when it comes to shipping to you guys. So if you have a value next to your name and your international the price will go up.

So here is the payment info. My paypal is fathead45@hotmail.com.

3% has been added now. The red column is the final price. it was my fault for not changing it but i didnt have the sheet at home. There maybe some surplus for people which i will issue a refund after the group buy is done.

in the paypal info please put:

Username:
Qty of each item: Led's and covers
I will update this list as people are paying. As soon as everyone has paid the pieces will be on order. i already have the people on standby with the parts, so as soon as i pay them they will be on the way. They should take around 2 weeks to get to me and then a few days after that to get them out to you.

Thanks alot everyone, this turned out great. I hope to get a group buy for 5mm leds here in the next few months.

UPDATE: Only the name in yellow still need to pay.

UPDATE: 5/17/10

PIC 2 has what has been shipped.

[Braveit1]

Payment sent, however if payment is marked as a gift it doesn't not give you a ship to address. You may want to include the address in the comments/description.

[bobkeyes]

Matthew,

I tried to send this with a PM, but your box is full.

I would prefer to pay the PayPal fees. Just doesn't seem right to me.

Let me know the total and I will send you the money.

bobkeyes

[fathead45]

sorry guys, my pm seems to fill up. im sorry about trying to miss a few cents. please add 3% to the total to cover paypal fees. i will try to redo the list tom but for now just add 3%.

thanks guys.

[Michael Sullivan]

Payment sent!!!

[fathead45]

thanks so far to everyone. i have everyone account for so far.

[budude]

Payment sent - many thanks for setting this up!

[WarnTech]

Payment sent - thanks for setting this up!

[bobkeyes]

Payment sent. I will probably wish I had ordered more :confused:

[barryiseeu]

Payment sent. thanks

barry

[BillAd]

Payment sent, thanks!

Bill

[riri7707]

Payment sent,
Thanks.... Henri

[smartalec]

just wondering how on earth do i add 3% , so i can pay with paypal.
as i have no idea what so ever.
im used to clicking a link so paypal pays.
please work this out for me.. as you have me very confused!
thanks alec.

[blickensderfer]

take your total parts amount include shipping costs and multiply that number by 3%. Thake that answer and add it to your total parts amount w/shipping. here is an example:

total parts: $100
shipping: $4.95
total amount: $104.95
paypal fee: 3%
paypal total: $3.15
total amount to paypal to fathead: $108.10

I hope this helps.

[smartalec]

Im sorry thats as clear as mud. does'nt help me one bit.
can someone work it out for me, otherwise i'll cancell my orders, cause its not a simple tranaction adding percentages an stuff for me.


take your total parts amount include shipping costs and multiply that number by 3%. Thake that answer and add it to your total parts amount w/shipping. here is an example:

total parts: $100
shipping: $4.95
total amount: $104.95
paypal fee: 3%
paypal total: $3.15
total amount to paypal to fathead: $108.10

I hope this helps.

[mschell]

just wondering how on earth do i add 3% , so i can pay with paypal.
as i have no idea what so ever.
im used to clicking a link so paypal pays.
please work this out for me.. as you have me very confused!
thanks alec.


Alec,
Your total on the sheet is $33.95. 3% is just multiplying that number by .03, which is $1.02. So you need to send $34.97.

To send with PayPal, go to paypal.com. You don't need an account to send money, so click on the "Send Money" button on that site.

When asked who you want to send the money to, put in fatheads email address, the amount ($34.97). You'll need to put in your credit/debit card number, etc...

Does that help you out?

[blickensderfer]

Thanks Matt.
Payment sent.

Dan

[smartalec]

thanks heaps, my brain aint working too well (think im sick),
so will sending $35 confuse fathead?
i dont know why fathead never put the price included with paypal on it.
i have my credit card allreay linked to paypal (worse mistake, they have stolen a total of $5 off me for the privilege), when there site says they return the money.(thats a load of bull).
well if he does'nt get the money when i send it, i'll be aiming a gun at paypal(rip off agents)

thanks Mschell for your help.


Alec,
Your total on the sheet is $33.95. 3% is just multiplying that number by .03, which is $1.02. So you need to send $34.97.

To send with PayPal, go to paypal.com. You don't need an account to send money, so click on the "Send Money" button on that site.

When asked who you want to send the money to, put in fatheads email address, the amount ($34.97). You'll need to put in your credit/debit card number, etc...

Does that help you out?

[fathead45]

thanks guy for helping smartalec. im sorry i didnt add the 3%. it was hindsight and i left the excel sheet at work. im sorry. i should ahve a new one up today.

thanks everyone. new sheet will be updaed today.

[fathead45]

i added a new sheet with the new updated pricing with paypal fees added. There may have been a few people that missed the 3% and im sorry i didnt have it in the final price. Left the work sheet at work this weekend. I will let you know.

thanks everyone. were about half way there.

[Dragon88]

Payment sent


Thank you

[51fordf2]

i dont know why fathead never put the price included with paypal on it.

He explained that, but here it is again - he wanted to save everyone the 3%, by calling it a "gift", but people felt uneasy doing that. So, he decided after the fact, to include the 3% paypal fees. Actually, he loses a little bit, if I recall the paypal fees, at 2.9% + $.30.

Curious, don't they have percentages in Oz, or is it just an America thing?

http://crbest.com/lmao.gif

R

[Dragon88]

He explained that, but here it is again - he wanted to save everyone the 3%, by calling it a "gift", but people felt uneasy doing that. So, he decided after the fact, to include the 3% paypal fees. Actually, he loses a little bit, if I recall the paypal fees, at 2.9% + $.30.

Curious, don't they have percentages in Oz, or is it just an America thing?

http://crbest.com/lmao.gif

R

Paypal still gets its 3% any way you pay.
Gift = you pay 3%
purchase = Fathead45 pays 3%

[51fordf2]

Makes sense.

So why the unease?

[Entropy]

Paypal still gets its 3% any way you pay.
Gift = you pay 3%
purchase = Fathead45 pays 3%

I think a bank-backed gift does not incur fees.
A credit-card-only gift incurs fees
Purchases incur fees no matter what

Since Paypal is being wonky about confirming my new bank account, credit-backed is my only option, so now that we're doing this as a straight purchase, I'll be sending paypal tonight. (I was trying to fix the PayPal confirmation wonkiness first...)

[cypress1138]

Payment sent
Thanks for organizing all this !!

[fathead45]

roger is right, i was trying to help save people money and i understand if they dont feel right by paying as a gift. so i took that option off. after i did that i did not change the sheet b/c i didnt have it. im sorry guys. this was my first group buy and it is going a lil bumpier than i thought.

as for the gift fee, there are no fees unless you use a credit card to pay. some people have about 20 bucks i paypal fees so i was trying to help.

i really hope if i do another group buy i can make it go smoother.

[bobkeyes]

Since I am the one who expressed a concern about the "gift" thing, let me quickly explain why.

PayPal is a business, just like any other business. They offer us, and others, a service of transferring money from one to another for any purpose that is legal. They normally charge for this service and are quite up front about what they charge. They also offer free services for a gift, which I find quite admirable.

If I, or anyone else, objects to the charge then there are other options. Send a check, money order, Western Union, and wire transfer. For me, telling PayPal it is a gift, when it is obviously not, just didn't feel right. Sorry for causing the extra cost for many.

[steve_hirst]

compared to the savings on the parts, the paypal fees don't seem to matter all that much. plus I use paypal for buisness and would hate to be the subject of an investigation to save even a 20 spot(event though it was only about 3 bux)

just my 2 pennies

[smartalec]

i agree with Paypal being shonky, cause ebay actually owns paypal.

personaly i would rather use another way like money tranfer, but with you not being in australia, i dont know if this can be done.



He explained that, but here it is again - he wanted to save everyone the 3%, by calling it a "gift", but people felt uneasy doing that. So, he decided after the fact, to include the 3% paypal fees. Actually, he loses a little bit, if I recall the paypal fees, at 2.9% + $.30.

Curious, don't they have percentages in Oz, or is it just an America thing?

http://crbest.com/lmao.gif


we do have percentages but never with money, so asking to add x amount of percentage to the price was way too confusing.

Many Thanks goes to "mschell" for helping me out


Alec,
Your total on the sheet is $33.95. 3% is just multiplying that number by .03, which is $1.02. So you need to send $34.97.

To send with PayPal, go to paypal.com. You don't need an account to send money, so click on the "Send Money" button on that site.

When asked who you want to send the money to, put in fatheads email address, the amount ($34.97). You'll need to put in your credit/debit card number, etc...

Does that help you out?

thanks again

[Michael Sullivan]

I am sure if fathead has a loss we can work something out.

[Entropy]

Payment of $134.62 as listed in the spreadsheet sent

[fathead45]

bob your fine, not blaming you for anything. its all good:)

i need to sit at work tonight and start printing to dbl check everything lol.

thanks guys.

[WireWrap]

just wondering how on earth do i add 3% , so i can pay with paypal.
as i have no idea what so ever.
im used to clicking a link so paypal pays.
please work this out for me.. as you have me very confused!
thanks alec.

Take whatever your total was - then multiply it by 1.03 - that will be the total with the 3% added.

[Entropy]

we do have percentages but never with money, so asking to add x amount of percentage to the price was way too confusing.

You guys don't have sales tax in AUS?

[smartalec]

You guys don't have sales tax in AUS?

goverment changed all that when they added the GST of 11% to everything.
thats when i closed my shop/business.

[smartalec]

call me dumb or what ever..
now i cant seem to find fatheads email address?
any help please..

[Matt_Edwards]

call me dumb or what ever..
now i cant seem to find fatheads email address?
any help please..

Try the first post (http://doityourselfchristmas.com/forums/showpost.php?p=112049&postcount=1)

[kychristmas]

Payment sent, however if payment is marked as a gift it doesn't not give you a ship to address. You may want to include the address in the comments/description.

Yes, The gift option also removes buyer protection. Something to think about. Had a friend make that mistake with someone he didn't know. Not smart.

[smartalec]

apparently someone must be doing there math wrong or paypal if playing with things.. as i go to send as a gift that so called $1.02 turned into $1.62
for paypal fee's..(rip off artists they are)


i agree with Paypal being shonky, cause ebay actually owns paypal.

personaly i would rather use another way like money tranfer, but with you not being in australia, i dont know if this can be done.




we do have percentages but never with money, so asking to add x amount of percentage to the price was way too confusing.

Many Thanks goes to "mschell" for helping me out



thanks again

[smartalec]

payment made

[fathead45]

smartalec you have pm.

kychristmas your pm is full. your total is 309.72.

well we are over half way there. thanks everyone for helping this run smoothly.

blicken you have pm too.

[riri7707]

Hi Guys...
I love you very much, but please don't stop the process....

Please go to paypal to go this deal on.....

tic, toc... time is running:rolleyes:

Merci beaucoup;-)

[smartalec]

smartalec you have pm.
i have sent my unhappy letter to you by PM,
As everyone doesn't need to know what happened.
alec

[fathead45]

pm back

[51fordf2]

Hi, all...

Just got off the phone, with Matt - Fathead45. He's having some difficulty getting onto the DIYC site at home, and has for over a day. It's the only site he's having trouble with, but he's getting the PM notices via email, but even the links in the emails isn't letting him in!

He hopes to have it resolved, VERY soon (tonight?), but asked that I post here, so that anyone that hasn't heard back from him, knows what's going on. I feel certain he'll post here, when he gets it back in order, but also offered to PM for him, if he needs to desparately get a PM to someone. He's pretty confident he'll have it back up. It's a wierd problem, limited JUST to DIYC! Has both of us stumped a bit...

Anyway, that's what's happening...

Roger

[dirknerkle]

I've had a lot of trouble getting into DIYC over the last 2 or 3 days, too. Strange.

[smartalec]

sounds to me like his local host file has gone silly.
sounds like he might need to do a spyware/adware/malware scan.
i recomend http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html for all windows users to keep there pc clean.
ps it free

Hi, all...

Just got off the phone, with Matt - Fathead45. He's having some difficulty getting onto the DIYC site at home, and has for over a day. It's the only site he's having trouble with, but he's getting the PM notices via email, but even the links in the emails isn't letting him in!

He hopes to have it resolved, VERY soon (tonight?), but asked that I post here, so that anyone that hasn't heard back from him, knows what's going on. I feel certain he'll post here, when he gets it back in order, but also offered to PM for him, if he needs to desparately get a PM to someone. He's pretty confident he'll have it back up. It's a wierd problem, limited JUST to DIYC! Has both of us stumped a bit...

Anyway, that's what's happening...

Roger

[cypress1138]

Or just get a Mac, or if your more adventurous Linux, and never worry about addware/spyware/malware/etc. ever again! Or all the resource hogging software to make a vain attempt to protect windows ;-)

[smartalec]

yes the world of linux, i use ubuntu on my operating system,
but sadly i have to run winblows on my laptops so i can run vixen happly.
even the miss's wont even do online banking on windows, she allways use my linux box..
10days so far without a reboot, an i have 4 webpage servers opperating off it as well.. an it still keeps on ticking on.
the only times i have to reboot is when there's new updates for some of the packages i use.
i was a computer tech for over 15yrs, so i love windows an its problems, cause it gives me extra pocket money fixing it up for people..lol


Or just get a Mac, or if your more adventurous Linux, and never worry about addware/spyware/malware/etc. ever again! Or all the resource hogging software to make a vain attempt to protect windows ;-)

[fathead45]

well i got on using the neighbors wireless. the issue seems to be me getting a direct path to the site. did a tracert and it dies off outside my network somewhere. so it sounds like maybe a dns server somewhere went out and its taking a bit to propagate back to me. boooo. so i hope it comes back soon b/c im lost without this site haha.

well time to get out of the middle of the yard looking like a crazy in the middle of the night holding a laptop haha. hope all is fixed soon.

[smartalec]

funny you say that, ive noticed realy slow or timing out for this site as well, and im on ADSL2 eg 800k/sec.
yes it does sound like a routing problem with your isp. or you isp have blocked this site due to too much use..lmao
hope things work out soon.


well i got on using the neighbors wireless. the issue seems to be me getting a direct path to the site. did a tracert and it dies off outside my network somewhere. so it sounds like maybe a dns server somewhere went out and its taking a bit to propagate back to me. boooo. so i hope it comes back soon b/c im lost without this site haha.

well time to get out of the middle of the yard looking like a crazy in the middle of the night holding a laptop haha. hope all is fixed soon.

[fathead45]

alright so it turns out to be in my router some how. i can see it go out but i dont know know where the issue is. if i plug in direct to modem i can access. this is wierd. time to buy a new wireless router.

now as for the payments, im still waiting on a handful. i need to light some fires so i can get this stuff on order asap lol.

thanks everyone.

[mschell]

Or just get a Mac, or if your more adventurous Linux, and never worry about addware/spyware/malware/etc. ever again! Or all the resource hogging software to make a vain attempt to protect windows ;-)

If you think you're immune to attacks and spyware, etc...on a Mac or Linux, you're misinformed. There are quite a few vulnerabilities on Mac, especially with PDFs as well as the Safari browser. With Macs becoming more popular, and with lots of the scams/trojans coming via email or the Web, you are just as likely to get caught with something on a Mac as you are on a PC.

Linux is probably a little more secure, but again, when using a web browser, even something like Firefox or Opera, you can still be vulnerable.

Internet Explorer is a major target for exploits, but it's not the only one. At a recent "hackers" conference, someone broke into a Mac via an opening in Safari, and did it in less than a hour.

[mschell]

now as for the payments, im still waiting on a handful. i need to light some fires so i can get this stuff on order asap lol.

thanks everyone.

Put up a cutoff date, and anyone that doesn't pay by that date - their order goes away...

I know you plan to buy the whole lot of covers anyway, but those of us that did pay would like to be able to start playing with the stuff soon.

[cypress1138]

If you think you're immune to attacks and spyware, etc...on a Mac or Linux, you're misinformed. There are quite a few vulnerabilities on Mac, especially with PDFs as well as the Safari browser. With Macs becoming more popular, and with lots of the scams/trojans coming via email or the Web, you are just as likely to get caught with something on a Mac as you are on a PC.
Then you would think that after nearly 7 years my G5 would have caught something since I don't have any anti-virus, any anti-spyware, or any anti-malware software installed. I don't even have a firewall and have surfed with impunity everywhere and anywhere and I don't have to view my in-box as a potential mine field! Its funny because every time this subject is brought up the first thing that's shot out there is the security through obscurity myth (http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/01/29/the-mac-malware-myth/). In 10+ years and with over 25 million users there are NO repeat NO viruses for the Mac vs. 10's if not 100's of thousands for Windows :oops:
If you don't like Apple then do yourself a favor and look into Linux. Life is to short to spend endless hours and energy trying to keep microsoft's spaghetti mess of an operating system running.

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming...

I have to agree with mschell on one thing though give a cut off date because I want to play :p

[dirknerkle]

FWIW, I just did a google seach for "list of macintosh viruses" and got some interesting results:

Results 1 - 10 of about 13,900,000 for list of macintosh virus. (0.45 seconds)

You may not have been hit yet, but rest assured, your time is coming. Actually, the really, really great viruses are those that you don't even know you have. So you may be infected right now!

[smartalec]

Paid
sorry for the delay

[Entropy]

alright so it turns out to be in my router some how. i can see it go out but i dont know know where the issue is. if i plug in direct to modem i can access. this is wierd. time to buy a new wireless router.

now as for the payments, im still waiting on a handful. i need to light some fires so i can get this stuff on order asap lol.

thanks everyone.

Netgear by any chance? Sometimes their SPI firewall function (which you CANNOT completely disable) goes wonky and treats internally originating DNS requests as being a sign of "malware", blocking outgoing DNS requests through the unit's forwarder.

Fix is:
Short-term:
Disable all SPI firewalling functions
Change DNS of each machine to point directly to ISP DNS, not to the router's DNS forwarder
Long-term:
Ditch Netgear, or if it's one of the rare Netgear models supported by Tomato or DD-WRT, reflash with firmware that isn't poo.

[fathead45]

alright guys. thanks for all the help, im just going to buy a new wireless router.


now i need payment by the end of thurs of this week. so for anyone who has not sent payment needs to get a hold of me or make payments. thanks alot

[mschell]

alright guys. thanks for all the help, im just going to buy a new wireless router.


now i need payment by the end of thurs of this week. so for anyone who has not sent payment needs to get a hold of me or make payments. thanks alot

Matt,
Are you going to update the list with who has paid and who hasn't?

There may be some folks that think they've paid but didn't...

In any case, I noticed that, with all the router issues, you hadn't updated the list in the first note of this thread...

You should have gotten payment from me...if not, I can send you the Paypal ID of the payment...

[mschell]

FWIW, I just did a google seach for "list of macintosh viruses" and got some interesting results:

Results 1 - 10 of about 13,900,000 for list of macintosh virus. (0.45 seconds)

You may not have been hit yet, but rest assured, your time is coming. Actually, the really, really great viruses are those that you don't even know you have. So you may be infected right now!

Just ran across this on ZDnet today...it's titled "New Mac OS X malware variant spotted"

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=6195&tag=nl.e550

So cypress, we'd not just kidding about Mac security issues...

Mark

[cypress1138]

Just ran across this on ZDnet today...it's titled "New Mac OS X malware variant spotted"

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=6195&tag=nl.e550

So cypress, we'd not just kidding about Mac security issues...

Mark
The first line of the article is:
"Intego is reporting on a newly discovered variant of a Mac OS X malware first detected in 2004."
Its curious that a firm whose very existence is dependent on the existence of viruses and malware for Mac's would report this. I'm not saying they are fabricating a threat when none exists ;) but it does make one think.

I'm not saying that OS X is invulnerable to viruses and malware. What I am saying is why use an OS that is ridiculously easy to compromise when a better alternative is available?
To put it a different way would you rather live in a house which might... maybe... possibly... someday... catch fire or the house down the street that's already on fire?

P.S. I like you have paid but the list in the first post still shows that I'm unpaid. Matt, could you please post who has paid and who has not? If for some reason my payment did not make it to you I would like to know. I don't want to leave y'all hanging!

[fathead45]

yea you guys are good. sorry i havent updated. ill try to get a new one up tonight or tom.

[Hard2kill]

Payment sent for 100 Rgb leds and 100 Covers

Thanks for your help !

[fathead45]

pm sent to all that still need to pay. friday i will be placing my order for all items. thanks guys for help to make this a great group buy.

[smartalec]

gee , and i thought i was slow paying due to problems.
cant wait till your able to get them an post them out.

[Keith R]

I've paid and I am not on the list. Seems like someone needs to spend some time updating the list.
Keith

[Entropy]

I've paid and I am not on the list. Seems like someone needs to spend some time updating the list.
Keith

List hasn't been updated since 4/12 (see the last edited date).

Worry if you received a PM. :)

[fathead45]

entropy is right, pm all who is outstanding and it will be done tom. thanks everyone. im going into work early tom so i can post a new list. sorry guys been out of the office too muchlol.

[aussiephil]

Well, i'm broke again now..............

Cheers
Aussiephil

[fathead45]

thanks phil got it. i updated the first post with who all has paid.

thanks alot guys, wow what a task lol but well worth the end.

[smartalec]

i must be special.. cause i dont have a yes next to my name ,:confused:
instead i have yws :D

[fathead45]

lol in a hurry. tlorek i got your payment, thanks. still waiting on 2 but they have been contacted.

tom i will start to get all the payments out to the suppliers so i can get these rolling. so as soon as all is on order i will keep everyone updated.

thanks alot everyone.

[fathead45]

money is on its way to my checking so i can send a bank transfer for the leds. covers will be paid for on monday when i get the invoice. boy i cant wait to get all this in lol.

thanks guys.

[fathead45]

covers are on order tonight. woot woot.

leds should be on order by weds.

[smartalec]

covers are on order tonight. woot woot.
leds should be on order by weds.

sweet, good to know things are happening

[fathead45]

geese, you think im a slump haha

[smartalec]

geese, you think im a slump haha

nar, im just eager

[fathead45]

LEDs are on order woot woot. so everything is on order. now we just wait.

[budude]

Excellent - - now just need to figure out what I'm going to do with them!!!

Thanks for setting this up!

[smartalec]

Sweet i found my old roll of unused flat ribbon cable on roll, i think it was 15 core..( i keep junk, an that was junk i got in work experance over 20 yrs ago,I knew i would need it one day) but that was a week ago, an since then my blinky flashie is now at the back of the storage room, then the miss's saw there was space in there an claimed it for packing box's.. so i cant get to it fast now.


LEDs are on order woot woot. so everything is on order. now we just wait.

[fathead45]

Alright fellas, all the covers have arrived and sorted. leds should be here tom. so all orders should be out this weekend.

[aussiephil]

Cool

More things to waste time on :):):)

Aussiephil

[budude]

Alright fellas, all the covers have arrived and sorted. leds should be here tom. so all orders should be out this weekend.

You have got to take a picture of that pile 'o stuff!

[fathead45]

i will once i get the other 3 boxes at work lol.

[riri7707]

Sounds very good....

Long evenings and weekends in perspective with a light magnifier ....:cool:
Henri

[smartalec]

i will once i get the other 3 boxes at work lol.

let us know when you start sending them out..
ive been hanging out for these more than the miss's is hanging out for the windows remote control..

then its time to spend hours playing with them.

[fathead45]

woot woot, shipping notice. leds will be in tom. now that is some quick shipping.

[aussiephil]

woot woot, shipping notice. leds will be in tom. now that is some quick shipping.
Yes he provides excellent service, mine arrived really fast as well, earlier this year.

[solidmodeler]

I know I missed it somewhere. Is there a spec sheet on the RGB's?

Michael

[51fordf2]

Michael - here ya go...it's in PDF form...

RGB PDF (http://doityourselfchristmas.com/forums/showpost.php?p=110351&postcount=3)

R

[fathead45]

well the leds came into. total was 26580 leds.

thanks for buying my leds for me guys. gonna be a great year lol. haha jk;)

ill be sorting tonight and all should be out by monday.

thanks alot

[mschell]

Interesting. So they came on reels, as opposed to being loose.

Nice. It will be much easier to sort them on the reels than out of bags.

Something else to keep me busy at night...

[smartalec]

how many leds is on each reel?

[fathead45]

1k on each reel. glad i dont have to count them out lol

[smartalec]

1k on each reel. glad i dont have to count them out lol

so who's the poor person that has to count them out if it's not you?

[fathead45]

oh i meant if they were loose, lol

[smartalec]

oh i meant if they were loose, lol

i thought your wife might of lost a bet with you, so she had to do it..lol

[fathead45]

haha she wouldnt do it. daughter was trying to but was not much help haha.

[smartalec]

haha she wouldnt do it. daughter was trying to but was not much help haha.
i dont mind if your daugther wants to over count my order so i get more:D
knowing my luck it would be undercount.

have fun counting, i cant wait till your able to send them off..
whats the average delay from your side of the world to aust with postage?

[aussiephil]

Counting off the rolls is easy, count the first hundred, measure the length for 100 and bob's your uncle.
Easy after that.

[Aproct]

Payment sent by the way....

[budude]

So - - now that everyone will be getting their little pile of LEDs soon - - what are your plans for them (if you don't mind sharing)? I'm thinking of making small strips (5-6" long x 1/2" wide) with them. Maybe 5 groups of 3 LEDs in series for each color to use 12v with at 100mA per color - maybe less if it's too bright... but possibly use both sides if I keep the whole thing SM. I'm not sure if I'll use the covers yet.

I like the idea of making custom strings (with the covers) too but not sure I want to wire them individually as fathead45 was doing (although it looks really nice...).

[smartalec]

I can wait to see these LEDs arrive on my door step

[eswets]

well, my plans are..........................I ordered 100 of them so one I will play around with and 99 will sit in a bin till I get off my lazy but to make something with them!

[RPM]

So - - now that everyone will be getting their little pile of LEDs soon - - what are your plans for them (if you don't mind sharing)? I'm thinking of making small strips (5-6" long x 1/2" wide) with them. Maybe 5 groups of 3 LEDs in series for each color to use 12v with at 100mA per color - maybe less if it's too bright... but possibly use both sides if I keep the whole thing SM. I'm not sure if I'll use the covers yet.

I like the idea of making custom strings (with the covers) too but not sure I want to wire them individually as fathead45 was doing (although it looks really nice...).

I'm going to build some RGB leapers using a new LED controller design I have.

Here's a short video of the breadboard prototype. It's 24 channels (in groups of 8X3).

UtelYDY7Lt4

[Braveit1]

Replace the lights in my candy canes with the rgb-leds.

[Entropy]

So - - now that everyone will be getting their little pile of LEDs soon - - what are your plans for them (if you don't mind sharing)? I'm thinking of making small strips (5-6" long x 1/2" wide) with them. Maybe 5 groups of 3 LEDs in series for each color to use 12v with at 100mA per color - maybe less if it's too bright... but possibly use both sides if I keep the whole thing SM. I'm not sure if I'll use the covers yet.

I like the idea of making custom strings (with the covers) too but not sure I want to wire them individually as fathead45 was doing (although it looks really nice...).

Primary project is going to be a megatree using Aussiephil/Fathead-style strands (7-series segments). Thinking two segments high by ??? around. I'm likely going to resurrect my I2C-addressable LED project with modifications - move from an ATTiny25 to an ATTiny48 and control 6 channels per chip, with transistors to allow controlling 24 volt series strands. There would be one module per two segments, likely with an I2C bus circling the tree halfway up it, and a DMX->I2C bridge in the central mast. Still need to do that DMX->I2C bridge, that's kind of on hold until RPM's DMX dongle groupbuy completes.

Also want to replace the lighting for this nifty "color cycling air bubble tank" decoration I have at home (not many LEDs for that)

I also have a bunch of 10mm RGB LEDs that I plan on adding covers to (which is why I ordered far more covers than 5050 LEDs.)

[cypress1138]

Well if I can get the firmware figured out (insert long string of expletives here!!!) each board will be able to control 16 rgb leds or in other words each board will have 48 channels of dimming. I'm going to be using 80 of these to control the 1600 leds with covers. 1024 leds will be for a mega tree (32 strands of 32 leds each on 4" spacing). 480 leds will be used for leaping arches (10 arches 1 board each with 3 leds per channel) . With 6 strands of 16 leds each left over for something else. At this point I need a Christmas miracle in May ;)

[budude]

Interesting stuff folks - I'm looking forward to seeing some of this creativity! I'm interested in a higher density DMX LED controller - maybe 100mA or so outputs for the strips I might use - say like 96 channels worth on a single board...

[fathead45]

hey guys, i have everything sorted now. i just need to get boxed up. sorry for the wait, been really busy with work. i should start shipping this weekend. ill keep everyone posted.

thanks

[smartalec]

dont you have paid sick days.lol


hey guys, i have everything sorted now. i just need to get boxed up. sorry for the wait, been really busy with work. i should start shipping this weekend. ill keep everyone posted.

thanks

[aususer]

dont you have paid sick days.lol
Give him a break...
He's in USA... not Australia :D

fathead: forgive my aussie neighbour. "chucking a sicky" is a part of all Aussie employee contract. We find it hard to understand -in other countries- staff call in sick because they actually ARE; and that doctors can actually do something more than just sign a medical certificate. Freaky...
;)

[smartalec]

Give him a break...
He's in USA... not Australia :D

fathead: forgive my aussie neighbour. "chucking a sicky" is a part of all Aussie employee contract. We find it hard to understand -in other countries- staff call in sick because they actually ARE; and that doctors can actually do something more than just sign a medical certificate. Freaky...
;)

nothing wrong with chucking a sickie an going to watch the football.;)

[kychristmas]

I'm curious if there was anyone that missed out on this Group Buy. Its not likely that I can use all 1000 LEDS/Covers. I would be willing to sell either some or possible all at the price I paid FatHead.

Just PM me if you are interested.

[fathead45]

hey all, the first page has an updated page of what is starting to ship. it will change each day as i get more out. ran out of boxes last night. need to get more today. if there is a difference i will pm or email you. also the interenational shipments will get a pm too to let you know the shipping if i didnt qoute you anything yet.

thanks alot guys.

[aussiephil]

Interesting stuff folks - I'm looking forward to seeing some of this creativity! I'm interested in a higher density DMX LED controller - maybe 100mA or so outputs for the strips I might use - say like 96 channels worth on a single board...

Too easy, already got one
http://www.tigerdmx.com/tigerdmx120lc.php

Cheers

[aussiephil]

hey all, the first page has an updated page of what is starting to ship. it will change each day as i get more out. ran out of boxes last night. need to get more today. if there is a difference i will pm or email you. also the interenational shipments will get a pm too to let you know the shipping if i didnt qoute you anything yet.

thanks alot guys.

Well done mate, it's a huge job...

Cheers
Aussiephil

[mschell]

Any update on shipping progress?

[Aproct]

Matt,

Got mine yesterday! Thank you! The crystals look great! Can't wait to start soldering!

[kychristmas]

Matt,

Got mine yesterday! Thank you! The crystals look great! Can't wait to start soldering!

Ok, I'll ask here as well? Are you planning on soldering directly to the SMD LEDs ? If so, what's the best method for that. or the TRICK to doing it without going insane?

Kelly

[Aproct]

I am going to attempt to follow similar to AussiePhil....

[aususer]

I was thinking of using aussiephils "ribbon method" too..
In case anyone was thinking how to prep the wire..
this is what we use to do way-back-when you had to make db25/db50 cables.. by hand :-?...
* Cut a 25/50 way ribbon cable into 104mm lengths.
* With a sharp (boxopener?) knife and a straightedge, gently score the insulation 2mm from each end.
* Flip the 104mm length and repeat.

This should allow the 2mm insulation to be "peeled" off - leaving a 2mm exposed wire - at each end.

* Now tin the ends (either with a soldering iron - or as we use to do with a tinning bath (http://www.tpub.com/neets/book4/12i.htm))
* Strip the ribbon cable into 3 wire lengths - should end up with 16x100mm lengths with tinned ends!

I like aussiephils (I think it was) idea of blutak to hold the leds stable, upsidedown on your work space. (You could probably make a jig if your handy with wood and router.)
* Apply a smear of solderpaste on each pin of PLCC leads
* lay the pre-tinned ribbon cable over the pins
* briefly apply soldering iron heat
repeat until cross-eyed.

[aussiephil]

I was thinking of using aussiephils "ribbon method" too..
In case anyone was thinking how to prep the wire..
this is what we use to do way-back-when you had to make db25/db50 cables.. by hand :-?...
* Cut a 25/50 way ribbon cable into 104mm lengths.
* With a sharp (boxopener?) knife and a straightedge, gently score the insulation 2mm from each end.
* Flip the 104mm length and repeat.

This should allow the 2mm insulation to be "peeled" off - leaving a 2mm exposed wire - at each end.

* Now tin the ends (either with a soldering iron - or as we use to do with a tinning bath (http://www.tpub.com/neets/book4/12i.htm))
* Strip the ribbon cable into 3 wire lengths - should end up with 16x100mm lengths with tinned ends!

I like aussiephils (I think it was) idea of blutak to hold the leds stable, upsidedown on your work space. (You could probably make a jig if your handy with wood and router.)
* Apply a smear of solderpaste on each pin of PLCC leads
* lay the pre-tinned ribbon cable over the pins
* briefly apply soldering iron heat
repeat until cross-eyed.

Here's a description of my process that has been refined fairly well after 4000 wire lengths have been prepped for the megatree process and over 2000 LED's now soldered :)

* Take a roll of ribbon cable, in my case 34 way as it was the cheapest per 3wire that i could buy, and using standard paper guillotine cut lengths required, I use about 1/4" - 6mm longer than needed.
* Next I marked additional black lines every 6 wires, so that when the cable is split down every 3 wires has a marker on it.
* Whilst watching TV split the 34 way into 1x3 (red marker) and 5x6wire groups.
* Now grab some autowire strippers and strip a short bit of insulation from each end of the wires above. The box-cutter method will slice wires and i would NOT recommend it. You don't need to be tidy at this point.
* Tin the wires, the heat of solder will cause some shrinkage of the insulation away from the end of the joint a lot of the time.
* Now grab some sidecutters and trim the tinned wires, check out my video for an example of how long.
* once you have a pile of these again, you can relax in front of the TV again and split the 6 wire sections into 3 wire sections

* now you get to the soldering part and it's easier to show than describe, i'll let you all watch the video
http://forums.auschristmaslighting.com/index.php/topic,86.0.html

And yes you WILL go cross-eyed, the first 1000 are the hardest.

Cheers
Aussiephil

[fathead45]

glad to see people are getting them. i have a new updated sheet but its at work. only a few left to try to get out. im working at it guys, please be patient.

phil is right, use that auto wire stripper, i got one from menards that is a GB brand for 15.00. it is worth its weight in gold. i did about 1400 leads in about an hr. another thing im buying for tinning is a solder pot. im buying this one. http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/21-3511 Were a dealer for mcm electronics so im getting a good deal:). also got a 1lb bar of solder as well.

[kychristmas]

... now you get to the soldering part and it's easier to show than describe, i'll let you all watch the video
http://forums.auschristmaslighting.com/index.php/topic,86.0.html

And yes you WILL go cross-eyed, the first 1000 are the hardest.

Cheers
Aussiephil

You apparently have to register to see the video.

[aussiephil]

You apparently have to register to see the video.

kychristmas, mmm the area is guest viewable, let me fix for you, not intentional.

Edit: fixed, the video is viewable to guests. It was a quirk of the way i linked it in, sorry

Aussiephil

[budude]

Got mine today -- man -- I'm gonna need a new set of eyes after putting these things together...

[RPM]

Got mine today as well... now to get some PC boards designed for my RGB dimmer.

Anyone know where I can get some flexible PC boards made up?

[budude]

Got mine today as well... now to get some PC boards designed for my RGB dimmer.

Anyone know where I can get some flexible PC boards made up?

You might try xjypcb.com - see http://doityourselfchristmas.com/forums/showpost.php?p=115451&postcount=1 - their site shows a smattering of flexible PCBs...

I might be interested in something like this - I was playing with a small layout (8"x1/2") for a icicle-like widget to hold 6-9 of these LEDs but not sure... I was thinking of going with xjypcb for this if I did.

[kychristmas]

One of the guys that was planning on purchasing my extra stuff needs to back out. I have 500 RGB LEDs and 500 Clear covers. I would like to sell them all together. The total price with shipping is $165. That includes PayPal feeds and Flat-Rate priority shipping to anywhere in the U.S.

I'm really only selling them becaue I won't have time to solder them this year and I don't want to have money tied up sitting around.

PM me if interested.

Kelly

[Braveit1]

Any updates on shipping? It's been a week since the last update and I just whated to checkup on my order?

[fathead45]

yours will go out tom. i have a stack of boxes that i didnt have time to bring with me to work today. thanks for being patient with me, work has been crazy.

[mschell]

yours will go out tom. i have a stack of boxes that i didnt have time to bring with me to work today. thanks for being patient with me, work has been crazy.

To make it easier on yourself, just update the spreadsheet and post it. That way we won't have to keep asking to see if ours have shipped...

[Michael Sullivan]

My goods arrived in the land Down under today.

Thanks fathead45 for doing this and I am happy with how it all went.

It is important we have people on here such as you happy to do the hard work for all.

Good on ya bloke!!!!

Michael

[fathead45]

i put a new one up. might have not put a few people on it, but this is what i have right now. i have a stack of boxes that im going to try to get out today.

thanks guys

[mschell]

Got a shipping notice from PayPal yesterday. And USPS shows that the package is in USPS hands in OH, so I guess they might show up soon.

Thanks,

Mark

[Hard2kill]

I recieved my package today in great shape and very well packed , thanks so much for your effort with this

Russell ( Hard2kill )

[smartalec]

Received the leds an covers today, well packaged.
i thought i was seeing things when i first looked at the leds,
there smaller than what i thought they would be.
Ohh well there in the storage for now.

thanks heaps for the coop

[mheuer]

I received mine :cool:

Everything looks great. These will look nice!

Thanks for your work on a great co-op!
Mike.

[mschell]

Package arrived fine. Boy, those LEDs are small....

[cypress1138]

Any updates to the remaining orders being shipped?

[fathead45]

the rest will go out today. sorry i brought them with me to work on friday but had no time to do it. so im going in early today so i can ship all out. i only have 10 left to send. so as soon as i get them all shipped i will post here.

[riri7707]

Hi Mat,

Just delivered today to France...

Sent the 25, arrived the 2 June and no customs...

I'm happy man today....:)

Cheers, Henri

[Braveit1]

yours will go out tom. i have a stack of boxes that i didnt have time to bring with me to work today. thanks for being patient with me, work has been crazy.

Still haven't seen mine. Do you have any tracking numbers?

[fathead45]

hey guys, im sorry but i came down with a cold on monday and have been really sick all week. havent had a chance to get anything else out as i have to do it at work since im out of ink. im going to try to finish getting them out tom if i can get enough sleep in today. again i am sorry. ill update everyone as they go out.

[fathead45]

UPDATED GUYS:

All has been shipped finally. sorry about the late wait, just finally getting over this cold. i shipped it all usps flat rate b/c im not in the office for 2 weeks. so the last 9 of you will have to check your paypal, i will be sending invoices out for difference in shipping. dont worry, the most is 5.00. ill also try to send pms as well.

thanks guys for making this a sucess. i now know what i need to do to make my next ones go smoother.

sorry if there is any misspellings, i put a elec drill thru my index finger with a phillips bit on it lol.

[vairmoose]

Package arrived today...

Thanks

(now to see if I need a bigger magnifier)..

Larry

[cypress1138]

My package arrived as well :grin:

Thanks so much for putting this all together I truly appreciate it!

On a side note... its funny how you read the specs and can visualize things in your head but when you actually get things in your hand the reality reality sinks in!

HOLY SH$T THESE THINGS ARE SMALL!!!

Forget a bigger magnifying glass I'm gonna need to steal the microscope from work!

All kidding aside Thanks again for putting this together ;)