Lighting the Cell

[Wayne-Ooo]

I was wanting to light up the cell on my Twin Tales machine and wanted something that looked as if it wasn't added on.

The Tom&Jerry machine, I have, has led's around it, built-in between the two pieces of glass. So, I was thinking maybe I could do the same for Twin Tales. There are two pieces of glass in the door and about a 3/8" space between them. So, I removed the inside glass and cut some aluminum coil stock into 1/4" strips and made a frame for the led's to mount to. Bent the strips to the curve of the glass and taped them in. The led's are 3M tape mounted to the strips. Put the inside glass back in so now the led's are "sandwiched" in between the two pieces of glass and from the outside looked built-in..
Wired the led's to a 12V transformer, I got from Goodwill (99 cents), and they work Great! Lights the cell up Perfect and looks as if they are part of the machine. The led's I got at Walmart, In the automotive department, two 14" long strips, 1/4" wide. They were $18.

Of course, here's some pictures.


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Thanks again to Dr. Dark for letting this go from his collection. ( The wife loves her "Pig Machine", as she calls it.)