Project:Infinity Star Box
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| Infinity Star Box | |
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| Created | 01/05/2012 |
| Members | Akki14 |
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Description
"Well, when you look into infinity you realise that there are more important things than what people do all day" - Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes
It's like an Infinity Mirror but it's a box full of "stars". Intending on making it very large (2ft x 2ft x 8inches) 15 x 15 x 9 inches.
Components
- Mirror Perspex
- LEDs
- Clear Perspex
- 1-way Mirrored Privacy Film
- Cool-temp Glue Gun + Glue Stick
- Scalpel
- Wire
- Soldering Iron, Wire Stripper
- LED Fairy lights
- electrical tape
- Spare plywood and wood scraps
Process
Prototype
- Spend forever fighting dxf files and inkscape. Eventually get design into right format for laser cutter.
- Cut out sides and back of box on laser cutter
- Cut out clear perspex front
- Apply mirrored privacy window film to one side of the clear perspex front. Trim film to exact size of perspex with a scalpel.
- Making sure everything's really clean, use cool-temp hot glue gun to glue everything together
- Glue in LEDs and attempt to wire up everything
- Explode some LEDs
Final Build
- Build perspex box using hot glue
- Steal some fairy lights instead
- Make wooden box surround
Gallery
Testing the Yellow LED circuit on prototype. May need less LEDs than thought...
Fairy lights being threaded through
Just after being built in the workshop
What it looks like inside
