Project Information
This is a light box I made for my wife's latest stained glass project-A Nativity Scene for our trailer in Arizona.
It started out that she asked for a frame for it so I made the front frame members and did not miter them until the glass piece was complete (last Friday). Then she said it had to be a light box to illuminate it at night in front of the place. So I added pieces to the front frame with glue and biscuits to make a box. Then it had to tilt back slightly and be able to be mounted on the ground so I made a 5 degree shim and a plate on the bottom that can be screwed into the ground out there with 6" lag screws. The plan was to use this long string of LED strip lights but when I had them mocked up in the back, you could see all these little dots all over. So we bought 4 round battery powered LED lights and I converted them to run off a DC transformer. The third shot shows the light diffuser I had to put in back to break up the concentrated light.
It is made from Cedar and coated with few coats of teak oil.
Cheers, Jim
It started out that she asked for a frame for it so I made the front frame members and did not miter them until the glass piece was complete (last Friday). Then she said it had to be a light box to illuminate it at night in front of the place. So I added pieces to the front frame with glue and biscuits to make a box. Then it had to tilt back slightly and be able to be mounted on the ground so I made a 5 degree shim and a plate on the bottom that can be screwed into the ground out there with 6" lag screws. The plan was to use this long string of LED strip lights but when I had them mocked up in the back, you could see all these little dots all over. So we bought 4 round battery powered LED lights and I converted them to run off a DC transformer. The third shot shows the light diffuser I had to put in back to break up the concentrated light.
It is made from Cedar and coated with few coats of teak oil.
Cheers, Jim
Continue with Google
