Thanks Roddy!  That should do the trick. The colon tubes will be the last 
thing I will construct. I just have to pick up a cheap magnifying head 
visor that I found for $5.00 tomorrow and I will be ready early next week 
to tackle the kit.

I will be using these 3mm LED's that are diffused and should look nice. I 
also have all the switches, jacks and power connector so I am ready to go. 
I appreciate the advice.

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On Sunday, August 20, 2017 at 2:43:20 AM UTC-5, Roddy Scott wrote:

> Edward, 
>
> one method of retaining the brass as it is and to stop it shorting out is 
> to coat it with a lacquer. You can either use a spray lacquer or paint on a 
> clear gel coat nail varnish such as Sally Hansen's Double Duty. If you use 
> the DD, give it a couple of days to get to a rock hard finish.
> I have used this in various aspects for clocks, it makes great crystal 
> clear lenses for LEDs embedded in brass mounts if you build it up slowly 
> over a couple of days, to make diffuser lenses just agitate two part clear 
> epoxy to include micro air bubbles in it and this gives great dispersion of 
> the LED light.
>
> I get some weird looks from the staff at my local pharmacy when I am 
> asking them for clear nail varnish but they are getting used to me asking 
> for strange stuff. It is a good place to get small amounts of chemicals for 
> other applications too.
>

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