I created a Light-box and hope the steps I took could help you to create a Light-box of your own. It's mostly trial and fails but I found the right dimensions and made mine. I decided to use tinker cad and google draw for my box and acrylic design.

- Exact dimensions

-Good wiring

-No inside exposer

This is the formula I used: - Exact dimensions - Good wiring - No inside exposer When you are making the box do proto-types so you don't waste filament and less time. In this instructable, I'm going to show you how to build a lightbox most efficiently and tricks to not waste so much time and money.

Step 1: Materials and Equipment

The materials I used are made up of:

- 3-D filament

- Acrylic

- Ruler

- wires

- computer

- Led multi-color light strip

- Soter iron and solder wire

- Laser Engraver

- On/off Switch

-3D-Printer

-Type of Cad program ( Your preference )

- Computer Mouse ( If able )

- Wire that can plug into a wall ( like the image above)

The computer is used to use your 3-D printer and tinkercad to print and to cut your acrylic design. Organization is key when making your box less confusing easier to know what you have done and have not.

Step 2: Cutting and Engraving Acrylic

To start I used a template (Acrylic Design Template) to get the shape of the acrylic and I added a quote and design to fit on the template. When on google draw you (MUST) outline your design on the acrylic using the line tool when selecting what tool I choose curve line it was easier for my design. I used google draw for my template and sent the document to a folder so I could use a laser cutter for the acrylic.

Once you've created your design and put it through the laser engraver it should look something like this ( Picture Above).

Step 3: Designing and Printing the Box

When printing your 3D- box it's always best to double-check your dimensions and prototype your lid and box just to know that your dimensions are correct. When putting dimensions we interpret the parts that will go in the middle of our box, light switch, led's, a wall for acrylic design to stand upright.

Light-box

When making the cut for the acrylic design the outer wall will be 100 mm long and the inside cut will be 97 to have 1.5 mm walls.

LID for box

For the lid you should create a flat box like in the photo with those dimensions (120, 117, 40, 37). Then get another flat box with 3 less of each dimension and place over the first flat box using alignment tool . I choose to add my initials your preference.

Step 4: Wiring

Wiring the switch to the LED and soldering them together. Then getting ready for assembly.

When soldering use shrink tube so your solder isn't exposed or wires.

( Solder wire that can plug into the wall and use red and black wires on the inside )

Soldering

( Watch to learn how to solder)

Step 5: Assembly

After finishing soldering and 3-D printing it's time to put everything together and finish our product. This is the way I made my box I hope this helped you create your own. These are the steps I took to create my light-box and as shown in the photo everything matches up and almost done. Finally, I used super glue for my lid and my acrylic design and everything is together you plug in your extension and look at your product!!!!