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Without the acrylic the display turned into a cool light box!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/a><\/a><\/a> <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nHere are some progress pictures of the display box since it all came together after my last update. I used boxes.py to design the closed box with the dimensions I thought I would need (based off my estimate of the LED battery pack size from the Etsy pictures). The final box design made in inkscape ended up very different from the original “UniversalBox” design, this is because I needed to add the slits in the top for the acrylic pieces to slide into, two dividers to keep the different colored LED lights from bleeding into each other (amazing suggestion from a classmate!), and a sliding back side so that I can access the battery packs after assembly. I ended up using 1\/8″ plywood to make the 10x5x2″ box, which I plan to paint black to highlight the layers at all times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Box design in Inkscape<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/art-in-the-makerspace-21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/05\/IMG_9797-1024x768.jpeg\")
Putting the LEDs in the halfway constructed box<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/art-in-the-makerspace-21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/05\/IMG_9811-768x1024.jpeg\")
All the box pieces + lights<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/art-in-the-makerspace-21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/IMG_9812-1024x768.jpeg\")
Top view + dividers <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/art-in-the-makerspace-21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/IMG_9813-1024x768.jpeg\")
View of sliding back<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/a><\/a><\/a> <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nUnexpected Bumps to get here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The biggest hassle of this project was completely unexpected and it had everything to due with the masking tape I used to protect my acrylic sheets while they were being laser cut. First, I forgot to buy masking tape so I had to borrow a roll of 1″ from Foisie to cover my three 12×8″ sheets. Then, all the masking tape stuck to the acrylic causing it to rip and leave behind lines of glue residue where the strips had over lapped. I did some tests with hot water and soap but to no avail, it was taking forever and I was scratching the surface in the process. After some research I found that letting the layers sit for 24 hours covered in WD-40 would remove the tape, residue, without scratching or staining. So that is what my solution to the tape problem ended up being, and while I did slightly scratch the surface with the paper towels I was using, I am happy with the results!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Future steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Re-cut the top piece of the display box to fix the dimensions of the slots (I accidently made them all 3 mm too wide and the acrylic sheets wiggle and hit each other.<\/li>
- Use black acrylic paint to finish the display box in a clean seamless way to allow the glowing layers to take all the attention they deserve<\/span>! <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
4\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As of today, I have my inkscape design for my lantern project. Each color corresponds to a separate acrylic sheet that will be edge lit with LED strips and sandwiched together for the final display. The three colors depicted in my inkscape drawings may not be the final colors for that layer, but I did order blue, red, and green LEDs so it very well could be!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Combined layers<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/art-in-the-makerspace-21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-18-at-6.36.20-PM-915x1024.png\")
Front layer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/art-in-the-makerspace-21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-18-at-6.35.04-PM-953x1024.png\")
Middle layer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/art-in-the-makerspace-21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-18-at-6.34.42-PM-1024x804.png\")
Back layer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/a><\/a><\/a> <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nMaterials and (Current) Dimensions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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