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DIY IKEA Tradfri lamp

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I have been diy'ing for a long time, but sharing hasn't been my top priority. Nevertheless, with the pressure suffered from my coworkers, I decide to bring it online. On my first post I will try disassemble a IKEA Tradfri bulb, reusing zigbee board to power a LED strip  Starting with a IKEA Led bulb and a led strip On first approach I have cut the bulb where both plastics join, this way I'm trying to avoid cutting led board Job done, lets remove leds board. Bad luck, It is quite different from pictures I've seen on the web, the core is isolated with a aluminium metal case, believe it is part of heat sink. I have decided to cut it a little below. but the metal case is all around. I had a really bad time breaking it apart. Finally I'm in, and with it I get more bad news, there is some kind of rubber past all around, good news for IKEA, it looks they did a excellent job insulating electronics Finally... At this po