I was out in the barn fiddle farting around today, and I came up with this.
Someone gave me a flashlight that was broken, but the LED's and swich still worked. I took it apart...
I kept these...
and this.
I soldered some wire to the back of the LEDs.
I found some PVC that the cone shaped thing fit in, and then I hotmelt glued both sides.
Drilled a hole for the wire.
Ran my wire and LEDs into the tube.
Soldered some wire to the switch.
Gave it a couple coats of white paint, just to make it look purdy.
And it worked!
3 second exposure full tank shot.
I glued the switch to the side of the stand.
Didn't cost me anything. I had all the stuff out in the barn.
An old 3v adapter, the flashlight took 3 AA, 4.5v.
The wire was just out there.
Same with the PVC.