I have taken my original drawing and separated them so that they are ready to cut. I added the kerfs to everything, and it should be ready to go once I get material. I increased the size of the acrylic so that it would go past the edge of the screen so that I can place it on the inside wall of the TV rather than having it flush with the front. Red is a full cut while black is either an engrave or raster. The acrylic we transparent so that I can be sure light passes through. Then if I want to tone it down, I can add diffusing paper as needed. The wood will just be the makerspace 1/8″ plywood.
Update:
I have the TV nearly done! All that is really left is to put in the nobs. There was some light bleeding along the edges since the makerspace wood is VERY warped so that even when the fingers could snap in place they would still bend out and make a gap. However, I was able to minimize it greatly through glue and paper inserts. The only change I might make at this point is to raise the nobs on the upper right section. I just don’t know how distinct that area is. I had initially planned to not stain it, but the wood was just too accepting of the stain, so even when I taped it, the stain blead in from underneath. Due to this I might recut a copy of that section then have it be raised on the final product. I am very happy with this comes out regardless and would love to hear any last-minute ideas you all have.!
Questions:
How should I connect the acrylic to the wood? Does just any glue work? Can I just tape it?
What kind of light would you suggest? I want something that will mimic the light given out by a TV.
I think you can get ahold of fake tv lights, but they would project colored light and might be a bit pricey.
I have finally got the acrylic and will start testing different lights soon. I think the diffusing material will be more important than the light,
Looks nice. I’m always a big fan of LEDs because they are cheap and with RGB ones you can fine tune the colors to fit whatever vibe you’re going for. Hot glue would probably work pretty well.
I have not considered hot glue, but that might just work.
I’m excited to see the final design. I agree that LEDs may work well since you can customize the color you want. What kind of paper are you thinking of diffusing it with?
I have not chosen a paper yet. My plan was to test with different ones I have lying around and see what works.
This is looking so cool, one thing that might look cool for the light is frosted acrylic with light going through it. I havent looked too much into it but the way light diffuses through it may be somewhat what you are going for.