5mm is .1969 inches, and a #8 drill is .1990 inches.
If you glue the LED leads to your plywood board with some hot glue,
that might hold well enough to allow adjusting the direction of each
LED.
Cheers,
- Jan
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 11:30 AM, DJ Delorie <dj@...> wrote:
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> "Bertho Boman" <boman01@...> writes:
>> Maybe you want to try a sheet of plastic, PVC, about 5-6mm thick and
>> drill 5mm holes. The LEDs should line up just about perfectly if
>> you use a drill press for the holes. A PCB will not align them but
>> of course make the connections easier.
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> Yeah, I thought of that but didn't have any handy, and had to use an
> inch drill so it's not exactly the right size. I still have the
> option of doing a PCB with some alternate materials; I didn't cut the
> leads on any of the LEDs so I can just remove them and put them in
> something new later.
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