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| LPZ:
Ok, here's my thought on this situation. I sandblasted a clear button this week and finally tested it out tonight. I blasted the cylinder and plunger from the inside to keep the nice smooth outside texture of the plunger and lip. One problem with this route: Sandblasting uses sand(of course), but it is dirty from constantly being recycled by the machine. When I did sandblast it, it left a grayish looking texture. The button left much to be desired unlit. When lit, it diffused the light well, but made a kinda glow that I am not really happy with and is still too bright. I like the translucent look, but it does blind you when you are looking at the button. I think the route I am going to take is to hook up a potentiometer to the control panel buttons so I can dim the leds to my liking, without having to experiment with multiple resistors. I have pics also. First one is clear and second is the sandblasted one. It's the best pics I could take. I will also post my pics of the blasted plunger and the group on my cp with the sandblasted green next to the clear group. |
| LPZ:
More pics of the sandblasted plunger and green sandblasted button and clear group. |
| Chris:
Maybe we're making this too hard. What about just using a wire cup brush on a Dremel to cloud the inside of the plunger? Or a little blob of steel wool wrapped around a power screwdriver bit? |
| shawnzilla:
--- Quote from: thetered on July 08, 2005, 08:22:14 pm ---if you have enough of it to spare than could you possibly mix in something with it like milk? just kidding, but something to cloud it up, I am coming up blank for ideas of what to try though. --- End quote --- The buttons might be lactose intolerant. ;) |
| froggerman:
I wonder if you could drill a hole in the nut and mount the LED hoizontally. This would bring the light source closer to the top of the plunger but you would be be looking directly at the LED. |
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