Arc Reactor: Part 1

I have come to deliver this unto mine people, that the Arc Reactor is complete!

Required supplies:
2 LED flashlights (these are really cheap at the dollar store)
A circuit board ($4 at RadioShack, though you can definitely get them cheaper at a dedicated electronics store)
Soldering iron, solder, and flux (I got a mixed solder/flux)
Wires
Time
Expert solderer (my physics teacher)

Instructions:
1. Remove LEDs from flashlights by unscrewing the circle circuit board out of lamps, and using a soldering iron to melt away the solder on the LEDs. If you hold the board upside down, then the LEDs just fall off.

2. Solder the LEDs onto the new circuit board. If I remember correctly, we wired them parallel. I will write about the wiring and circuit in part 2.

3. Use the (cannibalized) flashlight's battery pack to test connections

4. Wrap on a circular piece of plastic with some of the leftover wire. I painted a pin holder black to use as the center piece of the reactor.

5. Wear the Reactor proudly!

Note: I cannot give assistance on how to wear the reactor. My recommendation is to acquire some strips of velcro and use those. I, through trial and error, wound up using my teacher's alligator pin wires as overalls to hang the reactor on my neck. We pinned one wire to each side of the reactor then we taped the other end of the wires together--voila! Velco is probably much easier...