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Anybody use el wire on their cabinet?
Rom:
I'm planning on using glow-wire on my cabinet. Rather than have it in full view, I want to have it hidden behind an overhanging panel but have the glow come out from underneath.
I'm aiming for subtle illumination with this stuff as I feel that if it's too full on it might distract from the overall look of my cabinet.
TheOtherBob:
Great ideas everyone....... thanks! ;D
--- Quote from: grafixmonkey on June 21, 2003, 06:12:10 pm ---I thought it'd be pretty cool to use thicker wood than you need in the cab, and use a router to cut out traces for the wire to sit inside. Then you could have all kinds of glowing designs without complicated mounting.
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I think this might be the route (hahaha I'm hilarious) that I take. But I'm not too hot with a router........ let's say I wanted to go an inch in from the edge...... and route a "trench" for the el wire to lay in. What's the best way to route that when you get into a corner? Say like the inside corner of an "L"? I can see using a bracket/jig that'd keep you at in inch inside for the long runs....... but the corner seems too difficult. And while I can route....... not sure I can do a good job freehand following a penciled in line......... hmmmmmmm
grafixmonkey:
hmmm, I don't know, maybe you could get a nice solid straightedge and clamp it onto your wood where it has to be to keep the router in place. Probably take multiple passes, clamp - route - remove - clamp - route - remove
RetroBorg:
I was thinking of instead of just making a groove for the T-Molding also have another 2 shallower grooves, one on each side to lay EL wire hopefully to illuminate the T-Molding. I'm just not sure if EL wire has enough lumes to make the T-Molding transparent. I was thinking maybe white EL wire behind light blue T-Molding might have some sort of glow effect. Anyone with experince with EL wire who has T-Molding think this might be workable.
grafixmonkey:
I've never tried EL wire, but I've never seen anything light up enough to shine through plastic as thick as T-molding and stay cool enough that heat wouldn't be a problem. (even the LEDs I use in random stuff)
if you have some EL wire you can try it on a spare board and tell us how it goes though :)
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