Electrified Monopoly - Steampunk Inspired

Step 3 Make the Community Chest

Make a box to hold the community chest cards

Supplies
- Wood
- Scrapbook paper
- Battery tester
- LED
- Brass corners
- Sheet copper
- Cardstock paper

I designed a 'chest' with hallow insides to run wiring.

I cut each of the box pieces from light weight wood (balsa wood). I glued each piece together with cardstock corners.

I covered the box in scrapbook paper to make it look like wood.

I wired a white LED through the open chest top to light up when you land on a community chest spot.

I created a box to sit in the top to hold the cards.

For the front, I took apart a battery tester for the dial. I made a copper plate to go on the front of the chest. I cut a hole to fit the dial workings, glued the copper plate to the front of the box. To protect the dial, I made a little paper gear.

Comments

[insanitydonewell]

Hi, could you possibly give measurements on the boxes you made?

And I'm having a little trouble following the instructions. Could you be more specific?

I'm sorry for the trouble, I'm just really new to this....