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thetered:
True, they are bright if you look straight down, but I dont make it a habit to look straight down on them often when I play.



They do make leds that are designed to scatter and diffuse light better, I dont know where I seen them or what they referred to them as, but I know they exist.

In my panel, I am using 3/4in plywood, so by the time I go through that length on top of the nut I am was only able to put the leds right near the bottom of the threads, so depending on your setup if you have less thickness and put them closer up they might show better.

Overall though, they may not show up that great in bright light, but where I play it is usually dimly lit anyways and they are gonna show up great.

Chris:

--- Quote from: Chris on July 04, 2005, 12:02:56 am ---Y'know, now that I think about it, I have a couple of standard brightness LEDs lying around.... I should just try it and see.
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Kremmit:
I think sanding the dome top of the LED down flat would de-focus the beam, and frost the LED's smooth surface to boot.  Just be careful not to sand all the way down to the diode.

What about a dimmer switch connected to the whole button lighting circuit?

What about a little circle of EM tape inside the plunger?

What about a little circle of EM tape under the bezel?

Franco:
Whoop, whoop! Got my clears today!

LPZ:
I'm going into work tonight and I will sandblast a button to get a "frosted" look.  I agree if you look straight down into the button, it is very bright.  I will post pics tomorrow in the AM EST.

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