[rvooh]

@Flying Panther
your image shows exactly what i'm trying to get!


i've been looking into those LED strips, seems like a good solution.
prices vary a lot though, and china is tempting at the moment.
just saw this:
http://cgi.benl.ebay...#ht_3842wt_2098

46 euro for a 5m strip with 300 leds on it.
width: 4mm

now i don't need that much, maybe if someone else is interested in half of it?

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[Mikkel]

Try lighting the plexi from the side. If it works, it's much easier, and this is how it's usually done when you want engraved characters in plexi to light up.

[rvooh]

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Try lighting the plexi from the side

no, doesn't work well because its dark plexi. just tried it, doesn't light up further than 1cm with very bright leds.

and from a construction point of view it wouldn't work out either

[frailn]

Yep, wouldn't work on opaque plexi. But that clear 2mm plexi from ponoko....hmmm...

Here's a simple demonstration from Instructables

http://www.instructa...exiglass-Heart/

[Sauraen]

rvooh, on 14 October 2009 - 17:52, said:

I noticed two of the acrylic panels I ordered ...

If I may ask, where did you get your acrylic front panels from, and how much did they cost?

I see Wilba [Edit: everyone ] uses Ponoko, and the results are quite nice, but I can't tell how much it would cost for one or two individual panels. [Edit: I can see the prices for the materials, but I don't have a sense of how much time it costs to laser-engrave/cut a complex design--they seem to charge per minute the engraver is running.]

This post has been edited by Sauraen: 01 January 2012 - 05:41

[lameth]

For those who are interested in Led-stripes, here is a cheap ebay-offer:

LED-Stripe