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You are here: Home / Tutorials / Dana Maltby / Light Wheel

Light Wheel

In this Light Painting Photography Tutorial created by Dana Maltby, a.k.a. TCB you will learn how to wire and operate a light wheel. Dana’s wheel tool is similar to a few other tutorials that you will find here on the website like Nocturne’s Dome Tool video and Andrew Whites Dome Tutorial but if you check out Dana’s Light Painting work you will see he uses this tool in a much different way!

DIY Wheel Light Painting Tool Tutorial

You will need a strand of battery operated christmas lights, duct tape, a wheel.

DIY Wheel Light Painting Tool Tutorial

Position the battery pack inside the spokes, this way the switch will be “the back” of the tool, and the lights will point away from this side.

DIY Wheel Light Painting Tool Tutorial

There was extra wire at the beginning so i taped it up in a bunch.

DIY Wheel Light Painting Tool Tutorial

Keep in mind the switch is on the other side, this is the front. I realized i wanted only 7 of the ten lights, so i taped one light on, and put another (3 down the line) on the opposing side. Meaning between these two are 3 more.

DIY Wheel Light Painting Tool TutorialThen i taped light #3 equally between lights #1 and #5. Lights 2 and 4 are still hanging.

DIY Wheel Light Painting Tool TutorialWith lights 1 – 5 done, you see that only 3 more are needed to complete the wheel.

DIY Wheel Light Painting Tool Tutorial

All done, the spokes helped with the spacing, i ended up putting the lights right next to every third spoke, but kept consistent by sticking to one side of the spokes, for instance, to the left of each third spoke.

You will need to get a handle to attach to the axle. I have used the handles off of paint rollers. Get the cheap skinny kind, you don’t need it wide, you just need the handle. Or drill out a piece of wood, like a dowel, slightly smaller than the axle size, and create your own threading by forcefully turning it into the threads. Both ways work. =)

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Thanks earsaregood for the wheel. =)

DIY Wheel Light Painting Tool Tutorial Example Shot

Testing one

DIY Wheel Light Painting Tool Tutorial Example Shot

Testing two

Check out more from Dana at TwinCitiesBrightest.com and www.flickr.com/photos/twincitiesbrightest/

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