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     A considerable trouble is cutting a rectangular opening for cooler… Such cutting is not carried out in the workshops; thus, I spent a lot of time on cutting it with a drilling machine and diamond drill. It’s also rather difficult to make a great number of holes for light diodes with diameter 3 mm. I don’t indicate dimensions of openings for cooler as any dimensions can be applied, or you may do without cooler at all, the effect won’t be worse. When you finish the work with mirrors, proceed to cutting of the opening in the cover of the cabinet. Take into consideration that my construction is displaced to the rear end. This is explained by the fact that mirrors need near 20 mm of space, and the front part contains bay for hard disks and CD-ROM. The opening and its marking are in the pictures below. Read our article "how to cut glass"


 


    Diodes can be of any colour but they must be of high brightness. Insert them from the direction of the mirror and fix them with hot adhesive.
   


   Then, connect them parallel with a point-to-point wiring. Each light diode must be equipped with a ballast resistor with resistance of 820 ohm as it is shown in the picture.



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Non-constructive thoughts about modding...

    All began when one day my neighbour, he is Automatic Control Engineer, came and started to beg me to give him one diode. When I asked him why, he typed modding in a search engine. And it had a great effect on me. I was sick about it. Maybe there is nothing accidental in the world and this modding seed fell into good soil. All my life I was interested in design.


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