Cutting LED Filament

I love this LED filament, but the one draw back is that it can't be cut. Luckily with a little bit of patience, you can cut and resolder the connections to make whatever length you need!
I am using a mix of Adafruit Noods (12V), and a generic LED filament(3V) from Aliexpress for this video.
Make sure you know how much power you are drawing with your final length and size your resistors accordingly!
My go to source for 3V filament (Aliexpress):
shorturl.at/lqmCa
Or from Adafruit
Find 3V, 12V, and 24V variations!
www.adafruit.c...

[@Engineezy]

The hot glue/heat shrink is such a great tip! Definitely going to be using that in the future

[@wesselscreations]

It has saved a few of my terrible solder joints! Going to check out the marine heatshrink that was also suggested for future projects

[@alfblack2]

wait. what! first time to see this LED filament. so cool

[@CrashMakerspace]

Nice work dude! This is a great topic and should get more Subs 💯

[@wesselscreations]

Thanks! Appreciate the support!

[@excrubulent]

Well, this answers the search I just made, "can you cut flexible led filament".

[@jordanwaeles]

That "cutting a piece of hot glue" tip was genius! Your video was inspiring, concise and well shot, I subscribed, good luck with your channel!

[@wesselscreations]

Thanks! I appreciate it!

[@libervolucion]

Nice video, keep it up

[@Ernzt8]

Great tip, thanks!

[@emmettpickerel5016]

Thanks for doing this experiment! I'd contemplated these since they came out, but the lack of ability to mod them put me off. Also, did I understand correctly that they're wired in parallel, so if you needed them shorter you *could* just cut one? It'd be an interesting experiment to design a tiny connector, as exist (in varying qualities) for strip LED lighting.

[@wesselscreations]

They are in parallel! But the positive and negative are wired to each end, so you can cut them and only solder the missing one if you don't mind having a wire on each end of your filament

[@SaberTail]

Thanks. This was helpful when I was using these in a project.

[@thomaskampouris9713]

Thanks for the amazing tip. This video inspired me to start a project including these LED filaments. I would definitely love to see a tutorial on how you made one of the LED dioramas you showed.

[@wesselscreations]

Thats awesome! I will do just that!

[@NeneExists]

Using marine heat shrink should be nice for this, because it comes with the glue already coating the inside. When you shrink it the glue melts through and around anything you shrink it onto, without having to balance a tiny sliver of hot glue.

[@wesselscreations]

I will have to get some and see how it works!

[@HW_Printing]

@@wesselscreations I use it at work and it is fucking awesome!

[@excrubulent]

Is that what it's called? I definitely had some of this at one point and loved it but never knew what to look for. I only had it in really large diameter and forget what it was even used for, just that I wished I had more of that gluey heartshrink. Thanks so much!

[@jayytee8062]

There already is heat shrink tube with adhesive.

[@aochannel9493]

Bonjour le 3v est t'il capable de résister a 4,3 v dans la durée ? Merci d'avance

[@arvindh13]

Thank you.

[@mikescholz6429]

Omg thank you for this. You just green lit at least three projects I was hesitant about due to not being able to trim. The single ended power and ground is even more incentive now.

[@wesselscreations]

@@mikescholz6429 that's awesome! It is really great to have the option to modify them

[@khobragade]

Wonderful!

[@mooreevair]

I experimented with the same light and while I didn't come out as neat as you , I made / 3d printed a spindle light for my Bridgeport mill. Seeing what you did here inspires me to go redo it as it flickers every now and then due to a poor connection. Thanks and subscribed

[@wesselscreations]

They can be really finicky, if I mess with it too much while installing it into something, I sometimes have to resolder a joint. Thanks!

[@dalemathis]

Thank you brother. I assume this works with standard size LED..?

[@wesselscreations]

No problem! I am not sure what you mean by standard size LED, like a regular 5v LED strip? Most of those will have dashed lines showing you where you can cut them, and have copper pads to solder the new leads to.

[@dalemathis]

@@wesselscreationsI meant like a large size LED, the ones that are about 1/4” wide. Usually 12v - 24v.

[@wesselscreations]

@@dalemathis Those should be similar to a 5V strip and have markings showing you where to cut if you want to trim them. It is usually every few inches, but varies on the brand

[@YoodielandExplorer]

could you make something like nixie tubes with these?

[@wesselscreations]

@@YoodielandExplorer maybe! That would be pretty cool

[@arvindh13]

Where did you buy it? if possible give me a website.

[@wesselscreations]

This is where you can find 3v, 12v, and 24v variations www.adafruit.com/category/536

[@HW_Printing]

Aliexpress has it cheaper

[@wesselscreations]

@@HW_Printing True! but not a hugely amount like some electronics can be. I get most of mine from aliexpress if I don't have a time crunch on the project haha

[@excrubulent]

​@@HW_PrintingThe last time I mentioned that site in a comment, purely to answer a question just like you did, my comment got yeeted and I got a warning about spam that threatened my channel. I have no idea what yt wants here. Maybe my comment was reported or something.

[@HW_Printing]

@@excrubulent KZbin is a bitch sometimes

[@thomas1000official]

what hot glue do you use

[@wesselscreations]

@@thomas1000official I use a cheap dollar store hot glue for this, because they usually melt at a really low temp

[@thomas1000official]

@@wesselscreations ok ty