Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] LED extension using plastic "light pipe"

Doug Fortune wrote:

>
> Dan Mauch wrote Mon, 16 Oct 2000:
>
> > I put together a 4 axis servo system using the Gecko 320 servo amps. One of
> > the features with the G320 is that the fault LED is inside the case. When
> > installed in a enclosure the fault lights are not viewable.
>
> Have you thought of using a plastic "light pipe"? Maybe drill 1/8"
> hole in aluminum cover, and epoxy 3" to 12" clear 1/8" od flexible plastic
> rod from (touching the LED) driver to the exterior of your enclosure.
> I've done this before, and it works great. Don't ask me where to
> find more of that plastic, but I expect any clear plastic will do.
>

Yep, to extend an LED pretty much any piece of lucite rod will do.
TAP plastics or Plastruct rod I've used both.