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Title: Whats best way to get a ring of light around coin door?
Post by: rackoon on December 18, 2006, 04:56:53 pm

My half built cocktali cab has black LED lights all over it but most are around the bottom diamond plate kick gaurd and in the clear buttons and trackball, but this just isnt enough. 

  I also want to find a way to get a nice purple glow around my coin door. I am thinking that I could get a piece of plexy glass cut slightly bigger than the coin door and shine some LEDs on it.

   I have seen some examples somewhere that had a glow around the coin door but I just don't know where I saw it and how they did it.
               
        Any suggestions?

Title: Re: Whats best way to get a ring of light around coin door?
Post by: crashwg on December 18, 2006, 05:07:58 pm

Sounds pretty sweet to me.  I'd put a 45 edge on the plexi so it shines off the face of it and not just in the direction the plexi is oriented...

Title: Re: Whats best way to get a ring of light around coin door?
Post by: javeryh on December 18, 2006, 06:06:45 pm

This is what I'd do:

1. cut a hole in the panel for the coin door 1/8" larger than the actual diameter of the coin door
2. cut a hole in some plexiglass to fit the coin door
3. cut trim the plexiglass roughly 1" bigger than the coin door on all sides in a rectangular shape (no need to round the corners)
4. route out some material on the back side of the coin door panel to accept the plexiglass.  Go about 1/2" deep in to the 3/4" plywood or MDF.
5. mount the plexiglass in the routed area with glue or whatever
6. install some neon about 1/4" in from the edge of the plexiglass ring you created

Title: Re: Whats best way to get a ring of light around coin door?
Post by: rackoon on December 18, 2006, 09:10:05 pm

Cool, it sound like Im on the right track

Ill have to give both those ideas some thought.

I think I saw some small sheets of this stuff at OSH. I guess I should do some searches to find out how to work with this stuff.   :cheers:

Title: Re: Whats best way to get a ring of light around coin door?
Post by: NIVO on December 18, 2006, 11:48:16 pm

how about using some EL Wire around the edge of the coin door. What you do is get a slot cutting bit in your router, tuck the el wire in the slot around the coindoor you just made. To cover you can simply use some plexi(black out areas you dont wish to be luminated). You could even etch the plexi to give a log or design a mild effective glow to highlight it. Possibilities are limitless. Game On.  :cheers:

Title: Re: Whats best way to get a ring of light around coin door?
Post by: _) (V) (-) on December 19, 2006, 11:57:51 am

What about back lighting it (from the indise) and filing the opening a little larger than the door?

Funny thing, cuz I just mounted my first coin door last weekend, and I was trying to avoid any gaps between the door and the front panel.