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Primary Inspiration: velleman 3D Christmas Tree
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Secondary Inspiration: GRL Maker Faire 2006
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Cutting the tree
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Rough tree assembled
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Painting the tree
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Rustoleum Magnetic paint
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LEDs
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Attaching magnets
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Epoxy failure
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Pile of soldered LED/resistor combinations
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Soldering resistors
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After the middle of the LED lead has been cut off
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Testing the completed LED before adding magnets
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Preparing to glue the magnets
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Closeup of LEDs being glued
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Silver conductive epoxy
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Applying silver epoxy
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Applying silver epoxy
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Redoing the original batch
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Applying copper foil
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Geeking the tree up with an Atari logo
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First LEDs come to life!
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Final Atari logo
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The tree was popular among geeks at the party.
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Fully lit
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