DonkeyKongMD
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I'm in the need for some cool artwork for the gameroom. I'm halfway through a simple project to build a frame and lighting system for a backglass, and I was looking for opinions on the best way to light it.
I've already built a ~4" deep wooden frame. Glass to be mounted on the front.
Ideas:
1) Use Xmas lights. Have one string of solid, and one string of flashing. Get the ones where you can take out bulbs and the string will still work. That would give an excellent amount of control to where you want the lights. It would be relatively simple to staple them onto a sheet of thin plywood and mount it to the back of the frame.
2) Use rope lighting. Might not give the level of control desired for light locations/flashing.
3) Go all out and wire up a rig using a step-down transformer and actual pinball light sockets. This would look the best and would guarantee the closest level of realism, but could also lead me to burning my house down with my non-UL listed contraption.
So far, #1 seems the best...
Anybody else gone down this road before?
I've already built a ~4" deep wooden frame. Glass to be mounted on the front.
Ideas:
1) Use Xmas lights. Have one string of solid, and one string of flashing. Get the ones where you can take out bulbs and the string will still work. That would give an excellent amount of control to where you want the lights. It would be relatively simple to staple them onto a sheet of thin plywood and mount it to the back of the frame.
2) Use rope lighting. Might not give the level of control desired for light locations/flashing.
3) Go all out and wire up a rig using a step-down transformer and actual pinball light sockets. This would look the best and would guarantee the closest level of realism, but could also lead me to burning my house down with my non-UL listed contraption.
So far, #1 seems the best...
Anybody else gone down this road before?

