Antique Light Bulb Organ - MIDI/OSC Controlled

Step 4 Construction - Light Bulb Stand

In order to fold the light bulbs into the box, the platform they stand on needed some hinges.  There's probably a couple ways I could have done this, but for safety reasons, I felt covering up any route to the mains electrical voltage for the user was a necessity.  So the way it works is kind of like an L that can be folded in either direction.  There are 3 hinges on the board with the light bulb, which connect to the top of the box for folding down.  Another three hinges are on the other side, connected to another board, which acts to prop up the light bulbs when the box is open.

The board that props the light bulbs, and the light bulb platform itself, needed a 45 degree angle cut on side in order for them to bend together properly when the box is closed.  I did this using a table router with a 45 degree cutting bit.

Once the boards were cut, I drilled the holes in the main board using a 1 1/4" spade bit.  Something to take note of when using these kinds of bits, they are great at cutting nice round holes of an exact size, they are also great at completely tearing up your wood on the reverse side you start on.  See the photos below.  Fortunately only the top is visible so I didn't really care, although it did make it a little more difficult when mounting the bulb sockets later on.