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I always wanted to try this!
LED lights are very directional and generally throw light out of the top
I received as a present an antique Faller kit B-230 water driven saw mill, as I hadn't built a kit for 35 years
I thought I'd have a go at a small one first. So I picked a one and also purchased the Faller glue.
The LED is from DCC concepts -a golden white connected with a extra diode and a 860 ohm resistor ,good for AC output of a transformer
The pictures are taken on a slow shutter speed and are a bit grainy.
and the other angle
I modified the light pattern of the LED by filing the end flat and gluing on a convex reflector made of Alfoil
The LED is standing up in the place were the Faller light kit would normally go, held in place by the tails of the resistor and diode All those years of working with industrial and stage lighting were not wasted after all!
Zmil
LED lights are very directional and generally throw light out of the top
I received as a present an antique Faller kit B-230 water driven saw mill, as I hadn't built a kit for 35 years
I thought I'd have a go at a small one first. So I picked a one and also purchased the Faller glue.
The LED is from DCC concepts -a golden white connected with a extra diode and a 860 ohm resistor ,good for AC output of a transformer
The pictures are taken on a slow shutter speed and are a bit grainy.

and the other angle

I modified the light pattern of the LED by filing the end flat and gluing on a convex reflector made of Alfoil
The LED is standing up in the place were the Faller light kit would normally go, held in place by the tails of the resistor and diode All those years of working with industrial and stage lighting were not wasted after all!
