Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Tree Branch Coat Rack, Towel Holder

Had a tree branch and took the bark of. Decided to drill some holes in it and make a coathanger out of it. Drilled 3 holes for attaching it to a wall and stuck smaller branches in the other holes. Still deciding wether I should paint it (white) or leave it as it is and let it get darker over time and get an aged wood look.


Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Leather Box For Keys And Stuff

Same thing as when I made the leather case, this time a bit more simple. Glued pieces of wood together and stuck the box on an old piece of leather (from a couch). Cut the leather to fit the sides and stuck velt on the inside of the box. Now I can throw my keys in here whitout them scratching any furniture.



Sunday, April 13, 2014

Landscape Light Box Part 2

I've installed a small strip of wood to form an inner frame that will hold the clear plastic and print. Put primer on it which will allow me to see if I need to sand the front some more to make the strip and box flush. In the meantime I am glueing pieces of wood on the backside which is a piece that will hold the electronics and lights. The pieces of wood will allow me to screw the lights down to the back. So next time I will probably have the lights mounted on the back, after which I can drill holes for ventilation and hanging.

Friday, April 11, 2014

Landscape Light Box Part 1

I've been wanting to do this one for a while. A wide light box for a landscape photo. This one will be about 20 by 4 inches, 50 by 10 centimeters. By 10 cm deep because this will allow the box to stay on a surface if not hung on a wall and not fall over if it was less deep, thinner.
The box is made of MDF and glued, on the front side I glued small strips of wood that will serve as a frame to hold the picture and the plexiglas/acryllic glass, clear plastic.
What you see here is a test of how much light is generated by 3 CCFL's in this box and how I should arrange them. This is critical cause I also need to fit the power converters inside the box without blocking the light. The CCFL's are like thin tube lights (used in laptops and pc case modding and cars), they work on about 300 volts which are generated by a converter (a small box you get with the lights), input is 12 volts. Currently I'm using a 3 amp adapter to power these, I'm not sure how much the CCFL's can consume, but I see the difference from when I was using a 1 amp adapter. Way more light now. It actually lights up the room. May also try some LED strips in the future, they will probably use more power but won't be able to break (CCFL's will break if you drop them on the floor) and less heat, though CCFL's only get a little bit warm not ho