Thanks for that link, Alistair. I haven't tried sanding the tip off, just a
light sanding (like 10 seconds worth with 400 grit sandpaper) over the
entire body of the LED. I'm feeling inspired by the heater control light
discussion, so will try sanding LEDs for that application and let everyone
know how it works.

Gary

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> I did try that years ago, old listmember Mike Ray and I both tried various
> mods, including sanding end of LED to a 45 degree angle. Maybe it was the
> LEDs we used (not super, superbright) but it helped, but not that much.
>
> here is a link to those old experiments
>
> http://www.members.shaw.ca/bilbo/LED.html
>
>
> alistair
>
>
>
>
> On 2011-11-25, at 9:31 AM, Gary Bawden wrote:
>
> > Very nice! But why not just use some 400 grit sandpaper and lightly sand
> the LED? No more "beam pattern".
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > Alistair Bell  <albell@SHAW.CA> schreibt,
> >
> > I, as many of us, have led lights in the instrument cluster. They work =
> > ok, could b better, but the digital clock is the worst. The LED beam =
> > pattern does not work well with the light pipes in the clock. This guy =
> > found the same problem and has solved it. Mind you it does take some =
> > soldering.
> >
> > http://www.bluejens.de/blauuhr.html
> >
> > (in German)
> >
> > alistair
> >
>
>