LED Acrylic Doesn't Lit/Glow All the way to the Top

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You can use the opposite trick to isolate parts of an engrave and light up specific sections. The vertical cuts separate the columns here and prevent much bleed from one column to the other:

Edge lit word clock

What time is it? [IMG_1675] (Walnut, cast acrylic) It’s clock time, of course. Quick notes: Overall base dimensions, about 14" wide, 3" deep and 1" tall. Base sanded to 600 grit and finished with wipe on satin polyurethane. Letters about 0.35" wide. Overall height of the acrylic is 5.6". Addressable WS2812B RGB LEDs (60/m) driven by an Arduino nano clone with a DS3231 clock unit. I wanted the text to be center stage so I intentionally went simple on the base. To that end, I wanted to…