The Illuminated Plasgun

I had an epiphany several weeks ago, a vision of sorts in which I could see very clearly what kind of lighting I needed on my drawing table. This led (hah!) to an investigation of LED strips, which in turn yielded better lighting in my office.

And then I turned my attention to the replica BH-209i plasgun that Doc made for me. The hardest part was threading two-conductor wire through it.

I may upgrade it with a warmer^1 set of LEDs, or perhaps some colored ones^2, but for now it's just fine. Doc, thanks again for the gift that I didn't know I needed until it arrived!

^1 I used a double-wide strip of 5000k LEDs, giving an almost blue-white color (described as "cool white.") . Warmer would be 3000k, like this roll I just started playing with.

^2 Color-changing LEDs would require threading a 5-conductor wire through the plasgun, rather than the simple two-conductor speaker wire I used for this. Cycling between yellow and red-orange would be nifty, but I think I'd have to design my own strand for that.