I have a project that has about 10 led's connected in parallel. would it work to strip the ends of the wire and sodder them all together instead of having to daisy chain all of them or would i have to daisy chain them to prevent it shorting out?
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I have a project that has about 10 LEDs connected in parallel. would it work to strip the ends of the wire andsoddersolder them all together instead of having to daisy chain all of them or would I have to daisy chain them to prevent it shorting out?
You need to explain it better than that!
It is not obvious what you mean by "connected in parallel" or "daisy chain". Please give a Web reference to the LEDs you have - it sounds like they have pre-attached leads and may have the current limiting resistor which you need for parallel connection, already provided.
Also explain what it is you are attempting to assemble and do with these LEDs. 
Interesting project. If the LEDs were voltage devices connecting then in parallel would work great however they are current devices. Each LED will have differences in its Vf (Voltage Forward) when lit, this forcludes any current sharing. If you look at Kirchhoffs First Law – The Current Law, (KCL) - Kirchhoffs Current Law or KCL, states that the “total current or charge entering a junction or node is exactly equal to the charge leaving the node as it has no other place to go except to leave, as no charge is lost within the node“. In other words the algebraic sum of ALL the currents entering and leaving a node must be equal to zero, I(exiting) + I(entering) = 0. This idea by Kirchhoff is commonly known as the Conservation of Charge. To simplify this all diodes in series will pass the same current. You can use series and parallel connections of the LEDs just use a resistor for each loop.