Thursday, February 4, 2010

Steampunk Laptop #2

On!


     On of the little touches I'm proud of with the laptop project is the sleep light.  Macs have the creepy/cool heartbeat light when they sleep and I didnt want to lose that feature when i made the new case.  Careful drilling of the case revealed a surprisingly bright white LED.  I had thought of putting some kind of glass or plastic lens over it.  But the led was bright enough that I didn't need to.  

I measured and drilled the case to line up with the exposed LED before i veneered it.  The veneer was thin enough that the LED shone through it really nicely, but its totally invisible when the light is off.

Off! (almost)


1 comment:

  1. you should post a full picture of the laptop in its case. It deserves it!

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