Steampunk Vacuum Tube Night Light

My 5 year old granddaughter wanted a night light for her bedroom. Recently I have been building things with a Steampunk look, so this give me an excuse to build another project. This project uses some recycled materials that can be found at your local thrift store. Vacuum tubes can be found on Ebay and other components such as resistors and leds can be purchased at Mouser, Digikey or Electronic Goldmine.

Step 1: Find a box

I found a suitable box at a local Thrift store and paid about a dollar for it. You can re-stain and finish it if needed.

Comments

[yespotato]

if you do indeed use this as a night light, avoid any blue or white, those disrupt sleep patterns.

[botronics]

Good point! My granddaughter is requesting one in yellow. Perhaps a deep amber would be nice.

[botronics]

Good point! My granddaughter is requesting one in yellow. Perhaps a deep amber would be nice.

[rrowsome]

That's cool, but why not run current through the vacuum tubes so you don't need LEDs? I suppose it would waste a lot more electricity, but a real tube glow is awesome.

[botronics]

That would be awesome, including the warmth from the tubes. I have some bigger tubes, perhaps this would become another project.

[johnhutch]

This finished product is beautiful. I so need a reason to make this. It's inspiring! 6 stars!