[dms-discuss] Light box

[Jeff Tolentino]

This is essentially what I want to build:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_030209-N-2972R-079_Illustrator_Draftsman_designs_a_training_slide_with_the_assistance_of_a_light_table.jpg

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On Mon, 3/24/14, Jeff Tolentino <jefftolentino at yahoo.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [dms-discuss] Light box
 To: "Davis Makerspace General Discussions" <discuss at lists.davismakerspace.org>
 Date: Monday, March 24, 2014, 11:53 AM
 
 Ah, ok.  Yes, maybe light table
 is a better term for my project.  :)
 
 Cool box though!
 
 Jeff
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 On Tue, 3/25/14, Jim Stewart <jstewart at jkmicro.com>
 wrote:
 
  Subject: Re: [dms-discuss] Light box
  To: "Davis Makerspace General Discussions" <discuss at lists.davismakerspace.org>
  Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2014, 11:40 AM
  
  My mistake.  I thought you meant
  a light
  box for photographing small object.  Which
  is what I have. You want a light box like
  a x-ray viewer or for old-school printed
  circuit tapeup.
  
  -jim
  
  
  Jeff Tolentino wrote:
  > Hey Jim,
  >
  > It was a little tricky for me to distinquish what was
  in the picture.
  > What I was planning was lightbox for
 drafting/tracing,
  (like a box
  > with an internal light to make a back-lit drawing
  surface).  I'm
  > thinking the photo shows this, but was thrown-off by
  the foam core.
  > Does it have a white foam core drawing surface? 
  Seemed like this
  > would be too opaque, (could be wrong).
  >
  > Jeff T
  >
  >
  > -------------------------------------------- On Tue,
  3/25/14, Jim
  > Stewart <jstewart at jkmicro.com>
  wrote:
  >
  > Subject: Re: [dms-discuss] Light box To: "Davis
  Makerspace General
  > Discussions" <discuss at lists.davismakerspace.org>
  Date: Tuesday, March
  > 25, 2014, 10:38 AM
  >
  > I made this several years ago from white foam-core
  board.  It can be
  > easily broken down and folded.
  >
  > I can drop it by if anyone is interested.  Steel
  ruler inside is 24"
  > for reference.
  >
  > -jim
  >
  >
  > Jeff Tolentino wrote:
  >> I'm thinking about making a light box for the
  space.
  > I'd donate the
  >> materials. Wanted to see if anyone would object
 to
  > keeping it in the
  >> space permanently though. I'm thinking the
  dimensions
  > will be about
  >> 36x24x6 inches, and would normally be used on a
  table,
  > desktop style,
  >> but could be put on the floor of stored in the
  rafters
  > if it were in
  >> the way.
  >>
  >> Let me know if this would be a problem at all.
  >>
  >> Jeff
  >>
  >> Sent from my iPhone
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