Hi Makers! Welcome back to our Instructables page! Today we wanted to do a quick step-by-step on how to make these really simple paper lightboxes. It may seem a bit difficult at first, but with help, you'll be able to get it done in no time.

First, prepare your paper by placing it into the laser
Next, drag in your files to RE3
After dragging and dropping your files into RE3 you want to turn off all of your raster layers

Supplies

C02 Laser Cutter
Hot Glue Gun
Acrylic Adhesive
LED Light Strip
Scissors

Step 1: Cutting the Materials

Time to adjust your power settings.
100 Spees, 15 Power, and 20 Current
Once you finish with your first layer, you're going to do the same thing with the rest of your layers. -Next, we want to cut our 1/4" foam board for our spacers. This file was designed so you don't lose any pieces when cutting the corners.

Step 2: Assembly

once cut, break apart the foam board pieces.
While gluing to the acrylic board, use foam corners to give enough room to hide the LED controller.
Hot glue the LED strips to the acrylic board.

Step 3: Final Product

Cut the strip once it has been wrapped all the way around.
Time for the engraved acrylic layer. -Now you can start gluing the paper layers 1 by 1. You'll want to use your spacers between each paper layer.
Pro tip- as the glue is drying, tug on the corners of the paper and pull taut without ripping.
Time to build the acrylic box.
Place the light inside the box and test before gluing the lid closed.