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| OSCAR:
I put red cold cathodes in the pedestal of my 2-piece upright cab. Instead of a traditional coin door, I installed a plexi window to see the guts of the cab. The website for this project is www.oscarcontrols.com/unnamed |
| NoOne=NBA=:
Mine happened entirely by accident. I was doing something down there while building it, and looked up, and said "Hey, you know, I think I could fit a cold cathode up there?". I briefly considered putting one under the marquee, but never really liked the ones in the arcade that had lights there reflecting off the bezel, so I opted against it. The only problem it caused is that it threw off my original plans for a teal duotone motif (where all my art was going to be white/teal/black). I had to switch to full color because the blue cold cathode made the teal look really out of place when it was all by itself. |
| Zombie:
here's my casemod. Cold Cathodes and everything! http://home.tiscali.dk/8x050662/casemod.html used some of the spare LED's for the coindoors. |
| DrewKaree:
if I give my approval, you must call me "Modfatha"! ;D I've got an idea, gonna see if I can type it up somehow and drop it on ya and see what you guys think....this'll take some time to put down in writing |
| DrewKaree:
Ok...My idea is this: Take a cold cathode, place it inside the CP. Using a layer of plexi UNDERneath the CP should allow the light to show as a thin (1/4-1/8") line all around the perimeter of your CP. Why not use the wire stuff? If you've ever seen any mods using this stuff, NO ONE seems to be able to get a clean line that doesn't look like it was ho-made. It's like asking your goober cousin to pinstripe your car; he can do it, but it'll show! ____________________ perhaps a diagram: plexi overlay MDF/tempered hardboard plexi UNDERlay The idea is not to light up the buttons, but to have the bottom layer of plexi lit up with whatever color you prefer. I've seen the threads about lexan/plexi letting minimal light show through, but they seem to be referring to a BLACK light which wouldn't shine as brightly as a cathode. If someone wants to take this idea and run with it, I don't care.....I don't need to have the first example, I just have to have MY example! ;D If someone's already done it, I am unaware of it. Please post a picture of your example if this is the case so I can see what it'll look like. The ideas, they come easily. Executing them properly is a whole other story! |
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