EMI & RFI Shielding Kraftex Copper Tape is the perfect tool for EMI Shielding. Start by covering your pickguard with copper tape - placing it lengthways and overlapping each strip. Once the whole pickguard is covered, follow the same process for the inside of the body. Most importantly, make sure the strips run up the sides and on top of the body. This means the copper within the body will be in contact with the pickguard once re-assembled. Once youve covered the main cavity and jack cavity, you need to connect the two together. Take a jumper wire, bend it through the hole where the jack socket wires go, bend it round the corner and solder each end. Once cool, cover the solder joints with copper tape. Next, you must ground your faraday cage by connecting your main ground coming from the tremolo claw/bridge to the volume pot casing as normal. Finally, connect the cavity shielding to the main circuit by soldering a ground wire to the copper tape inside the cavity and then to the volume pot. Thats it!
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Craft Projects Our copper tape is flexible and easy to cut which makes it ideal for bringing craft projects to life. Why not make a gift for a friend like this beautiful candle we decorated? Simply, grab a plain candle, cut the foil into triangles - the smaller the tape, the easier it is the shape - and stick along the bottom of the candle. Easily transform a boring, plain candle into a trendy gift for someones house.
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Circuits Copper is highly conductive which is what makes our tape great for circuits! Educational and fun, it is super easy to create a paper circuit using copper tape. Firstly, print off a template online that shows a simple paper circuit - we recommend Makerspaces. Apply the copper tape, tracing the lines and smoothing the tape down. Make sure that when you reach the corner, you either fold the tape or solder the tape so that there is a continuous line - do not cut it. Next, cut out the space for the LED and then cut the tape at the end, when it reaches the positive symbol. Fold the paper in the corner so the positive and negative symbols, at each of the tape, would touch the battery. Add the LED to the circuit, using cellotape, and making sure that the longest leg is on the positive line of tape. Add your battery and youre done!
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