A night light made on lasers

A quick easy way to make a customizable night light on a laser.


Materials needed:
Access to Corel Draw (thanx TechShop)
Access to a laser cutter (thanx againTechShop)
A 1/4"X6"  led strip (thanx lumenedge)
1/8" thick 24"X18" clear acrylic 
1/4" thick 5"X24" wood  (i used mahogany, no reason why)
digital calipers
wood glue
clamps

- the picture shows more stuff, but I didn't need it all after all


I made this at TechShop

Step 1: Design your night light

For my design I used Corel Draw.  My daughter likes giraffe's, so I made my new grandchild a mom and baby giraffe design with her name at the bottom.

When I designed it, I wanted to make sure all the etching would be on the inside to keep the image clean and finger print free.  Notice her name is spelled backwards so that when the night light is sandwiched together everything is facing the correct way.  I split the giraffe's up to help the light get through the name on the bottom.  I got my width from the led strip I bought and thought the height looked good at 8".

Comments

[SelkeyMoonbeam]

You should enter this in the Hurricane Lasers Contest! http://www.instructables.com/contest/hurricanelasers/

[amandaghassaei]

this is really well done! does it change colors?

[shawn simone]

no, it doesn't change colors - i thought about it, but went with a pink. thought a steady "light" color was the best choice.

[The Science Guy]

Man if there were Techshops where I'm from or if I had access to these tools, I'd so make this. Absolutely awesome!

[Thergox]

Wow. *impressed*

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Awesome! I just love how you put it all together!