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Translucent Leaf-Button Lighting 101
Level42:
The result: Great if I say so myself.
O, forgot to mention that I used only 1 LED per button. Drill the hole trhough and through on one side, then the LED will throw it's light straight to the other side of the holder. The result is great. Very evenly lit, only experts will know there is only one led lighting it. This also saves a lot of money, those hi-brite leds are very expensive.....
gl.tter:
Good work.
gl.tter:
--- Quote from: Level42 on August 21, 2005, 04:10:43 pm ---Very evenly lit, only experts will know there is only one led lighting it. This also saves a lot of money, those hi-brite leds are very expensive.....
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BTW, there are some great LED deals on Ebay. I just needed 45 x 3000mcd 5mm pinks. Bought them from Hong Kong for $13 inc shipping to England!
Level42:
O, and drill with GREAT care ! This is what happens if you don't ;D
Grasshopper:
Just has a thought for people building their CPs out of wood (and this would also work with the new translucent microswitch buttons).
Why not just use a router or drill to make some shallow LED shaped slots around the button holes. The LEDs could then be placed in the slots and kept in place by the button nut (if you're using microswitch buttons) or the leaf switch holder (if you're using leaf switch buttons).
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