So.. what have we learned so far.
1. Fibre optic is fiddly
2. Planning is everything..
3. Use techniques of others to suit your build.
Ok.. first time with fibre optic and it has been a great experience, if nothing else.
I sourced my fibre optic from this $8 Christmas decoration.. naff for Christmas.. fantastic for a source of cheap fibre optic.
The next challenge is laying it through the build.. this is the planning and fiddly bit
Learnt a lot from this build.. will use it again... but better methinks.
Now as to techniques of others.. there a lot of ways to do stuff out there, other builds, youtube, forums etc etc.
One thing I was looking for was how to attach the fibre optic to the LED source. I have read, glue directly, heat shrink etc etc.
I found one that seemed to work for me where he actually drilled a hole into the LED as a snug anchor for the fibre optic and it appears to work. Just glue them in with white glue directly into the hole.
Plenty of caution needed though. File a flat spot to give a positive start point for the drill and do not drill too far and kill the LED
We are getting there.. if I had not done lights.. surely this would be done by now