Sorry for the confusion. the button and the led are on opposite sides.
i drilled the hole fro the switch all the way
through, did all of the soldering in the hole then filled it in with resin.
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still trying to remember how to work with wood & wires. i want to start doing some battery powered 'art mods' with wood, metal (silver & copper) & stained glass (or maybe acrylic)