Ok, template time. on the extreme right we have the front panel off my pc, and on the left, probably the best idea i've had in quite a while. yes, i made a template to hold all the tiny led's in place for soldering/wiring. those holes in the chunk of wood i've got there saved me a MAJOR headache later on. oh, and the circuit board in the picture is the main part of the stereo vu meter. I decided to have the led's wired to a seperate board and connected via a ribbon cable so i could place the main circuit wherever i wanted. I did manage to shrink that circuit board down later, which was real convenient.
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