Project by BigEd | posted 02-12-2011 11:18 PM | 4468 views | 4 times favorited | 8 comments | ![]() |
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This is a table made for a friend whose daughter is a big fan of the Star Wars movies. She has a large, collectible model of the Millennium Falcon and will use this table to display it.
The sides are adjustable bookshelves and the center has a pull-out magazine rack.
Material is red oak stained Mahogany. Blue LED light strips (with a dimmer) are inset around the top to illuminate the model. The top is black glass tile with black RTV in the seams as I was afraid that grout would crack. The top simply lays on the base with some locating strips – the tile made the top very heavy, so I wanted it to be removable for transport.
-- BigEd, sawdust maker in Ohio
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Mark Shymanski
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#1 posted 02-12-2011 11:23 PM
Very cool. The blue lights add a sort of Star Wars touch.
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BigEd
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#2 posted 02-12-2011 11:27 PM
That’s what I thought too, like it just landed on the Death Star or something!
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bigike
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#3 posted 02-12-2011 11:29 PM
wow I love this table it came out very nice, where did you get the lights for it?
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billculpepper
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#4 posted 02-12-2011 11:29 PM
Well have you done. The force is with you.
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BigEd
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#5 posted 02-12-2011 11:45 PM
The lights & associated stuff I got from superbrightleds.com. These are flexible side emitting strips.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage&Page2Disp=/light_bars-flexible.html
After searching for them, I found that there were a number of vendors out there that sell them. You can get them in red-green-blue combinations with controllers to make a number of different colors.
-- BigEd, sawdust maker in Ohio
nebulous
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#6 posted 02-12-2011 11:57 PM
You can’t show a Millennium Falcon table without showing the Millennium Falcon it’s meant to display!
That said, the table looks good too, well thought out, and “not just another pretty base”.
Matt Stauffer
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#7 posted 02-13-2011 01:12 AM
I remember when the Millenium Falcon wasn’t collectable. I think my friends’ falcon was attacked by some tie fighters using black cats and smoke grenades one fourth of July.
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#8 posted 02-13-2011 02:13 AM
love the landing platform
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Ken90712
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#9 posted 02-14-2011 12:43 AM
Great job, love the slide out and the lights! Sure they loved it.
-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"
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