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| darthpaul:
--- Quote from: mcseforsale on May 18, 2012, 10:15:47 am ---What about side-lighting plexi, then applying the art to it, then another sheet over the top? How big are we talking? On my CP, the buttons are illuminating the edges of the plexi: Get a 1/8" piece of plexi, print only the black portion in some sort of vinyl (most sign shops can do this) to use as a mask and lightly "frost" the exposed area with some 2000 grit emory. Then apply your art and another sheet of 1/8 and you'll be golden. Apply LED tape to the outside edge and only the frosted part will light up. I'll be making some arcade signs this way this summer when it's too damn hot to work outside. AJ AJ --- End quote --- I did something similar on a smaller scale, edge lit some plexi, sanded back side and applied a vinyl sicker to the front. |
| Le Chuck:
Tron theme I'd use EL tape and just commit myself to cutting miles of tiny lines. -or- Idea I had for a SW repro cab, print cheap plotter template art and mark all the deathstar, engine, and star lights. Drill through for LED hookup on the backside, on art side route in a depression and flush mount tiny plexi discs. (pencil eraser sized). Color code the LED as necessary and hook array to arduino. Pinhole the art before application, apply and program a light show. If you did the above idea with black and white art and had it printed in a manner similar to what rear window wraps are made of (thousands of tiny holes) then you could use the LEDs to add the color. By filling in the negative space with colored light, at that close range, I'm pretty sure the eye would blend it into a solid sheet of color for you. -or- Spend several thousand dollars and have custom cut OLED sheets made to fit your cab (already feasible tho asspensive). Hook up to computer as a second monitor and do whatever you want, side art based on game, put two web cams on the top and make it invisible, have it display light shows and give everyone seizures, sky is the limit. |
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