# Under-gantry lighting

**URL:** <https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/under-gantry-lighting/2169>\
**Category:** Build Logs\
**Created:** [June 20, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/under-gantry-lighting/2169 "2023-06-20T19:57:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![da-kengineer-meister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f1d935/32.png) [@da-kengineer-meister](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/da-kengineer-meister)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/under-gantry-lighting/2169/1 "2023-06-20T19:57:41Z")

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Over time, several people (@Googs @Eric @dovetail65 @BlueLineCNC and others)have suggested adding some under gantry lighting. [Forum link to discussion & photos](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/gantry-led-strip-lighting/381/6)

Here two weekends back I finally got around to adding this to my machine and it makes a pretty big difference. I’m using generic low voltage (12vdc) commercially available under cabinetry lighting. (eBay) The only reason I went with this instead of just throwing some LED strips under there was for the enclosures that I can wipe off. On the plasma side (with lots of piercing) the bottom of the gantry tends to get pretty wet. Having this minimal protection goes a long way to keep the salts and water off of the LED strips.

 ![q_20230604_124055](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/avidcnc/original/2X/9/9c211acf73dfc7361fdc192164347f7ae662650d.jpeg)

 ![q_20230604_133715](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/avidcnc/original/2X/f/f9fc6b470150184e030695ebd213240cb2013fe5.jpeg)

 ![q_20230611_212116](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/avidcnc/original/2X/c/cfdf5916c893a0e15da4f23b61ab91c225501816.jpeg)

Yup, just trying to ‘keep up with the Joneses’, and at the same time, fully appreciating why they did it. In the two weeks since the lighting was installed, 4 projects have been knocked out on the machine and it does make a significant difference.