Pandoras Box

Hi!

This instructable will show you how to easily throw together some movieprop.
Created to simulate the effect of when opening a chest full of gold, or a box filled with mystery. <-- Hence the title "Pandoras Box"
It was done in about 5-6h.

Step 1: What do we need?

First of all, we need a fancy box.
Create one yourself, or buy one.
This is a jewelrybox from the beginning, but now it contains all kinds of evil.
It has a handy mirror inside to help reflect the light from the inside.

Then we need :

1. Thermal compund (?) To transfer heat from the
2. LED Diode. In this case a powerful XML-T6 from Cree.
3. LM350- Voltage Regulator, but we will be using it for Current Control.
4. A huge heatsink.
5. 9V Battery or Minimum 6,5V (The more exact to 6,5, the better)
6. Resistors at 0.47 Ohm. 5W+ capable preferrably.
7. Microbreaker. When pressed, the light is OFF, when not pressed (lid up) it's on.
8. Screw/s
9. Cables cables and cables!
10. Coloured plastic! - Thin
11. A normal switch, I/O.
12. Misc. Tools like scissors, screwdriver etc.

All in all, this will cost you around 30-50$ to create.
But if you scavenge alot, you will get away with 10$

Comments

[wsround]

I don't think I want something that gets so hot that it needs a heat sink to dissipate the heat generated in a small wood or cardboard box.

[Dufva]

You can change it for multiple 1W LEDs, they dissipate very low heat

[Dufva]

You dont necessarily need this powerful LED, and it was created for filming shorts with :)
So it's on for about 20ses max.