Introduction: SWAN ILLUMINATED BY LED RGB ON COPPER PLATE CYGNE ILLUMINE EN RGB

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The purpose of this tutorial is to create a decorative cardboard box ,
it is used to color paper 250 gr / m² to make the box,  the epoxy plate on which was engraved the image is pasted .
Then the epoxy plate is illuminated with RGB LED that changes color automatically
download the demo at the end of this tutorial

Le but de ce tutoriel est de créer une boite décorative en carton, pour cela on utilise du papier de couleur 250 Gramme /M²  pour fabriquer la boite,  on colle la plaque époxy sur laquelle on a gravé une image.
Ensuite on éclaire la plaque époxy  avec une LED RGB qui change de couleur automatiquement
le tutoriel et les demos  en Français se trouve dans la fichierZIP à la fin

Step 1: MATERIAL:

 Epoxy copper plate presensitized
 Developer for epoxy presensitized
 ferric chloride
 5mm RGB Slow Flash Rainbow MultiColor Red Green Blue LED
2-component epoxy adhesive
cyanoacrylate glue
slide switch
zéner diode  3, 3 volts
resistance 560 Ohms
4 batterys 1.2 V or 4 x 1.5 V AA
battery holder for 4 AA batterys
color paper 250Gr / M ²
transparent printing ink jet or laser
scissors
cutter
ruler
scotch
flexible wire 0.6 mm
soldering iron and solder

Step 2: SOFTWARE:


Google Sketchup 8:
http://www.sketchup.com/intl/fr/download/gsu.html
Inkscape :
http://inkscape.org/?lang=en
Flattery plugin for sketchup 8:
http://sketchuppluginreviews.com/2010/04/12/flattery-google-sketchup-plugin-review/
Gimp 2.8:
http://www.gimp.org/

Step 3: Achievement

Step 1:
converting a color image to black and white mask with Gimp
http://youtu.be/vpbASoEWg0Y
on the video we see :
how céer a black and white mask with GIMP to print on a transparent
Tip ! If you use an inkjet printer to print it and layer 2 transparent
for a copper engraving well mixed.
I have not filmed the steps of exposure of the plate to ultraviolet and engraving perchlorure
because there are many videos on youtube about

Step 2:
creating a box and registration SVG with SketchUp 8
http://youtu.be/NEv4nUmKoYY
on the video we see :
how to install the plugin flattery
how to create 3D box
how to build the box and create tab sticking with flattery
how to export all the SVG

Step 3:
resizing with Inkscape
http://youtu.be/-mCNwQvTtac
on the video we see :
how to resize the drawing to print on a sheet of A4
Step 4:
http://youtu.be/1zGYLKVeHdE
Step on video

Step 5 :
http://youtu.be/Sess6ImgtuY
finished box demo

Downloads Links:
transparent, Inkscape , SketcUp8 files used in this instructable:
http://sdrv.ms/18HS6jF


Construction Links PDF files:
English-1/2
http://sdrv.ms/1bfY6z9

Français 1/2
http://sdrv.ms/18cIMjs

Français English 2/2
http://sdrv.ms/18cJqOb



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