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Cheap Light Box for drawing or inking or...

Step 2Final assembly

Final assembly
Power the lamp on and fasten the box to the lid. I keep the lamp turned on so I don't have to keep opening the box, I just unplug it when I'm done. Thats it.



A few samples of drawings inked using this light box.
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Aug 14, 2009. 9:25 AMkc1313 says:
oh thank the lord!!!! i, too, just can't bring myself to pay that much for a light box and i thought i was clever but hot dang my problems are solved!!!! thanks so much! as an aspiring tattoo artist, my job is tracing!
Jul 13, 2009. 6:02 PMmismonster says:
OK I am so doing this like...tomorrow (plexi store is closed already). Thanks!!
May 25, 2009. 3:33 PMchelle1958 says:
Fantastic! I have been the crafts supply store several times debating whether to put out the $50 bucks for their lightbox and online even higher. I'm a DIY and it just seemed like it could be made. Whala......you are proof of it's existence. This is cool stuff. I am a cake decorator and I work with rice paper and needed a simpler way to transfer designs. Thanks for sharing the knowledge. If you ever need a cake, look me up!
Mar 11, 2009. 6:20 PMTwilley says:
Did you have any issues with the plastic container warping or bending at all? Not necessarily from heat, but from the pressure of working on top of it? Also, is the fluorescent light powerful enough to work through Bristol board?
Jul 27, 2008. 10:06 AMjoeysdreamgarden says:
Fantastic! I did wonder about using a string of cheap LED fairy lights, for their low power consumption and little heat generated but after seeing your idea, this may be the way to go... though I could experiment with LEDs first. I had been looking at lightboxes, and they're so expensive! So this is a fab idea & instructable. :D

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