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griffindodd:
Threw this video together to show how to make super cheap and easy dust washer and LED FX for top mounted joysticks...

Nephasth:
Meh.

griffindodd:

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Nephasth:
You're top mounting these sticks right? So do you have to make channels in the wood for the LED strips that fold over the edge? I love new approaches to control lighting, but there's got to be a more elegant way to achieve the same effect.

Ond:
It's a nice look I think, if it’s not cranked up too bright.  I can't remember if I covered it in detail in my Retro Futuristic cab thread. But here are a couple of things to consider.

As Nephasth said you need some kind of rebate in the CP to allow room for LEDS and diffuser disc.  You can get the best results by ensuring the LEDS are as diffused as possible, using frosted LEDS is a good start.  I went out and got some scrap white PVC plastic (it was free BTW from a plastics supplier) that was about 10mm thick with a low opacity rating.  I cut that material into rough discs, rounded them with a Dremel and then finished them off in my drill press.  I drilled numerous small holes to accept LEDS around the circumference of each disc and then set that into a cut-out in my CP.

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