Acrylic record light

[ianauch]

This one was in the making for awhile, but i finally finished it up recently. My brother in-law’s band, Palette-Swap Ninja, released a parody album that mixed Star Wars and Sgt. Pepper’s.

I made this record light as a Christmas gift for him.

It is made from layered acrylic and plywood with some of the PG walnut veneer on the side.

The inside isn’t that pretty, i had some issues getting the LED strip to stick so a little hot glue to the rescue. The front is held in place by the embedded magnets on the sides

[tjleasa]

I bet he thought it was I coolest thing ever.

[dklgood]

Love the detail on the walnut veneer side.

[pubultrastar]

Nice project. It looks great hanging on the wall and lit up.

[deirdrebeth]

It’s gorgeous - but does the record play?

Nice job

[ianauch]

The funny thing is I really wanted to etch in the real audio file like in this instructable.

But it just was more work then I wanted to put into a detail that he would never be able to experience.

[evermorian]

Funny, I remember listening to that awhile back. Nice work on the light, too!

[MakerMatthew]

Great work! Would you be willing to share the info about the led strip you are using? Is it simply a battery operated connection? Not much experience with LEDs, so I thought I would ask.

[kittski]

Here’s a little info about the LED strips I use. They look to be similar to the ones in @ianauch used here. If you search the forum there’s been a few posts about them.

LED source

I want to make my own light bases, but not deal with the LED part. I think I found a decent LED strip source and thought I’d share. Forget to mention it’s free shipping too Edited to add: I just noticed it says “$3.99” in the link below. I didn’t pay attention and ordered from the US warehouse and paid $5.67. Apparently if you purchase from the Chinese warehouse and are willing to wait on shipping, you get the lower price. [LED strips]

[ianauch]

The LED strip I used was just a cheap one from Walmart. It was one of their Bluetooth models. I ended up cutting the end off the usb and putting on a wall wart.

[marc.stryder2384]

Hey! I know that band! I listen to a Podcast (Lasertime) that has one of them on occasionally. That’s a great album.

[ptodd]

Looks amazing!