Tag: Night Lighting

Brickworld Virtual June 2020

In my third Brickworld Virtual outing this year, I took viewers through a series of crowd favorite modules as well as unpacking my Lego GBC Scrolling Display, however, the highlight of this show was my new World of Lights booth, a purpose-built booth to allow for night-themed displays during daytime shows.

Videos
A tour of the World of Lights booth.

Instructions
Instructions for modules in the video in order of appearance.

Name:
Lego GBC Mini Golf Putter V2

Designer:
Lawrie George.

Instructions:
GBC Mini Golf Putter V2 Instructions.

Name:
Lego GBC Donahue

Designer:
Rafe Donahue.

Instructions:
GBC Donahue

Name:
Lego GBC Christmas Tree Topper (for the Brickworld Ball Pump)

Designer:
Lawrie George.

Instructions:
Lego GBC Christmas Tree Topper (for the Brickworld Ball Pump)

Name:
Lego GBC Power Miners.

Designer:
Ryk Field.

Instructions:
http://eucalypt.com/lego/mod02.html

Name:
Lego GBC Serpentine V2.1

Original Designer:
Brian Alano.

Revised By:
Lawrie George.

Revised Instructions:
Lego GBC Serpentine V2 Instructions.

June 28, 2020

Making Lego UV Led lights

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Running GBC modules for World of Lights and other night themed Lego shows can be a lot of fun.

This posts covers how I make my main two adapters a Lego PF Light and UV LED and 12V UV LED Strip, you can read about other UV lighting methods here Lego GBC Night Lighting.

Lego PF Light and UV LED

Parts

Qty	Item	Link
1	5mm UV LED	https://www.amazon.com/s?k=5mm+uv+led (this is just a search for UV LEDs as the ones I got are no longer available)
1	Lego LED Light	Bricklink
10mm	6mm Heatshrink	https://amzn.to/2XKjA9y (Paid Link Disclaimer)
8mm	10mm Heatshrink	https://amzn.to/2XKjA9y (Paid Link Disclaimer)

Tools

Soldering Iron and Solder
Hotmelt Glue Gun and Hotmelt Glue
Sidecutters
Scissers
Gas Lighter

Steps

(see video for details)

Apply tape to back of Lego LED
Slide over 10mm heatshrink and shrink onto Lego LED
Cut 2nd Lego LED off
Solder UV LED on
Apply Glue to join
Slide over 6mm heatshrink and shrink onto UV LED

12V UV LED Strip

This LED strip is used in Lego GBC Brickworld Ball Pump UV LED Adapter Instructions.

Parts

Qty	Item	Link
1	UV LED Strip	https://amzn.to/2XrH9Ql (Paid Link Disclaimer)
1	5.5×2.1 DC Pigtail	https://amzn.to/2XTuN7S ( Paid Link Disclaimer)
20mm	6mm Heatshrink	https://amzn.to/2XKjA9y (Paid Link Disclaimer)

Tools

Soldering Iron and Solder
Hotmelt Glue Gun and Hotmelt Glue
Sidecutters
Gas Lighter

Steps

(see video for details)

Cut LED strip to desired length (along cut lines)
Clean and tin connectors
Solder DC Pigtail to LED strip
Apply Glue to join
Slide over 6mm heatshrink and shrink.

Video of assembling Custom LEDS.

Lego PF Light and UV LED – 1:53
12V UV LED Strip – 8:42

July 7, 2019

Lego GBC Brickworld Ball Pump in Red and Blue and UV Adapter
Lego GBC Brickworld Ball Pump is a reliable ball pump module designed by Brian Alano.

I have blue and red builds of this module and use them regularly at shows due to their reliability.

The module is highly extensible and I use variations of it in several of my other modules.

Night Lighting
The modules are setup for night running as well.

They use my custom Lego UV/Led lights, with the UV shining on the balls and the Lego light passing through a trans-green/yellow brick to color the module.

Videos
Videos of these modules in operation.

Modules
Builds and revisions to this module

Original

Pieces Cost Difficulty

300+ $$ Medium

This module was designed by Brian Alano.

The instructions can be found at http://www.greatballcontraption.com/wiki/GBC_Ball_Pump.

Parts List (Bricklink XML): BW-Ball-Pump_v1.xml
My Variations

Pieces Cost Difficulty

300+ each $$ Medium

Minor changes.

Changed color.

Changed output ramp.

Pieces Cost Difficulty

350+ $$ Medium

Lego GBC Lapras themed version.
UV Soak Adapater

Pieces Cost Difficulty

40+ $ Easy

An adapter for night running GBC where you need to charge balls using UV light.

This adapter sits directly on any Brickworld ball pump and will charge a ball for 3 seconds before moving it to the next module.

BrickWorld Ball Pump UV LED Adapter Instructions.

See link for more information on night lighting Night Lighting.
April 13, 2019
Lego GBC Balls Comparison

Lego GBC Balls are a quintessential part of Lego Great Ball Contraption, without them, it would just be a bunch of strange contraptions.

As such I’ve recently done a comparison of Lego, non-Lego and UV balls and written my results up on the GBC Balls page.

April 1, 2019
Lego GBC Donahue in Red and Blue
Lego GBC Donahue in Red and Blue are builds of GBC Donahue, a simple and reliable chain lift module that was the the4 Brickworld workshop module.

These builds of this module are a blue and red variation with a couple of gearing and support changes to make it sturdier when transporting it around for shows.

Night Lighting
The modules are setup for night running as well.

They use my custom Lego UV/Led lights, with the UV shining on the balls and the Lego light passing through a trans-red/blue brick to color the module.

Videos
Videos of these modules in operation.

Boxes
Lego GBC Donahue in Red and Blue packs into a single 24x18x10″/60x46x25cm bespoke cardboard box.

They are also packed with Lego GBC Rainbow Lift and Lego GBC Reservoir Lift in Yellow.

You can read about other boxes here Boxes for Lego GBC Modules.

Modules
Builds and revisions to this module.

Original

Pieces Cost Time

200+ $ N/A

This module was designed by Rafe Donahue.

The instructions can be found at greatballcontraption.com under “GBC_Donahue”.

http://www.greatballcontraption.com/wiki/GBC_Donahue.
My Variations

Pieces Cost Time

200+ each $ 1 Week

Minor changes.

Changed color.

Changed drive motor configuration to use newer bevel gears.

Added more bricks to make legs sturdier.
May 1, 2018