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 How Do I Share My How-To?It's really pretty easy, pictures and videos of the steps it takes to complete your project are stored on YouTube and picasaWeb. Once your "final" video is stored on YouTube, your project will show in the listings on the site. All this is controlled by our Creator's Tools. Basically, you start a project by writing up the project idea. Step 1. Sign up for a free Creator's Account to gain access to the Creator's Tools. Step 2. Login Step 3. Push the "Create New Project" button on the Creator's Tools. Make a name (you can change it later) for your project. And describe your plans to use as notes to guide the creation of the steps. Step 4. When you've finished providing all the steps to your project, shooting the videos and saving to google video via the Creator's Tool Panel, you are ready to write the introductory paragraph with an interesting story of how you did it, or how you do it in the case of a professional services presentation. Step 5. Last but not least create and upload the video (to YouTube) which is the video that will be used to summarize the project. If you were building a robot, this final video would show the robot running around, doing fun things that will inspire others to create their version of your project. That's it... Watch the views and ratings for your project pile up along with the sales commissions! Or get a customer because you showed how you remodel a house. |
FAQ About Becoming A CreatorQ. Why would I go to all that work, building something, then put it on a website like C What I Can Do? What's the point? A. Actually, there are a couple of forms for a reward:
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Converting a Flashlight to LED ... 32300 Views Author's name: DoctorZoidberg How to convert a standard incandescent flashlight to an LED based flashlight. Everyone knows the new high-light output LED's are the rage in small hand-held battery powered flashlights. It used to cost a lot of money to get access to high-light output LED's, but they have become cheaper and are now available for less than a dollar. In this example project the LED cost 25 Cents! That's a pretty reasonable price for a new flashlight. The advantage of LED, is the output of light without all the heat generated by the incandescent (hot wire in a vacuum.) That means less power used and flashlight batteries that hit the landfill less often. Using a combination of rechargeable batteries and incandescent replacements means you'll probably never see the landfill, since the low power drain will mean you'll rarely even have to recharge your batteries as often. So this is a green project too! Go green, have some fun! Author's Assigned Keywords: Lighting Projects Light Convert Your Flashlight to LED Select or type in a Keyword (ad) Step 1. Take Your Flashlight Apart The flashlight bulb part usually unscrews from the body of the flashlight. Take your flashlight apart, and remove the incandescent bulb. Separate the parts so you can put the flashlight back together once you've completed the LED wiring. Step 2. Rework the Bulb Next we'll unsolder (better use solder wick) the connections where the incandescent bulb makes connection to the metal sleeve with the dab of solder in the middle. Once you've wicked away the solder, you may have to wiggle the wire a bit to break it loose from the residual solder. Now you have to separate the glass bulb from the bayonet connector. Be careful, if the bulb is glued solidly it could break. Use gloves, or just grab and smash with pliers. Next you will connect the LED in place of the glass bulb. Polarity makes a difference. Be careful to align the LED's flat side to the negative (outside connection to bayonet.) Next solder the center lead (positive LED connection) while holding the bayonet connector upside down. Then pool the solder so it can solidly contact the center "pole" of the battery. Step 3. Reassemble FlashLight With LED Bulb Don't forget to let the bayonet connector cool down. Then put your new LED flashlight back together again. You have a high light output LED in place of the incandescent bulb. Flick on the flashlight. If you soldered the LED correctly, the light should come on. If the flashlight doesn't light, you may have the connection reversed. In most cases, all you have to do is put the batteries back in upside down, then flick the switch again.  It's Easy To: C - What - I - Can - Do • Sign up - Get ID and Password• Plan and Create a Project That Someone Might Enjoy and May Even Want to Build• Link to your creation on your favorite social networking site or blog.• Become famous! Because your projects get a lot of Hits!
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