[sdiy] LEDs protruding through front panels

[Rainer Buchty]

On Sun, 5 Apr 2009, Stewart Pye wrote:

> For 3mm LED's I use a 3mm drillbit, and a 5mm drillbit for 5mm LED's. 
> It's a nice tight fit so you can just push the LED through then glue 
> from the back. I'm not sure how easy it is to get metric drillbits in 
> the US though....

Adding to that, if the hole turns out to be a tad too wide, then I made 
best experiences regarding glueing LEDs into the panel with white wood 
glue (like "Ponal Express" in Germany).

Rainer