I learned a ton making this. Bought the image on etsy, did a bit of work to clean it up for engraving. The image/clear area is 12" tall. I wasted a lot of acrylic making spacers to allow the hue LED strip to fit in there, then after I was done realized I was dumb and could have cut strips to the width I needed rather than relying on stacking 1/8 acrylic rectangles. At least the scrap is all 12x8 rectangles .
I also learned not to use super glue anywhere near clear acrylic. You canāt see it in the video (at least not much), but if you look in person you can see glue seepage. Next time Iāll build it so the clear piece is āfree floatingā in the frame and is held by black spacers. This will eliminate glue on the clear piece, it will also save a good bit of material.
Iāll probably put together a how to video on this one since its a really easy, and fun/rewarding project. It takes the night lights to a new level, especially at this size
ā¦so it turns out that Mr Philips Hue is not in fact one of the architectural draftsman who drew up the original plans for the Death Star, nor does he discuss them.
This shines a whole new light on things.
Iām working on a how to video, in the meantime if anyone wants to try this I found cheap hue knockoff that has some cool music effects as well, look for āgovee led stripsā on amazon. If you want to make it on the cheap without color change or voice control you can get single color LED strips for under $10. I made a Millennium Falcon with that but it wasnāt as exciting
Iām putting together a YouTube video that will hopefully be done this week (who knew that was a lot of work). Once itās done Iāll be including a template svg for a 10x8 frame.
Really hoping I can finish off the video this week. Iāve been really busy after work (meaning drinking at the pool while the kids play) . I just need to shoot the assembly which by definition has to be in one take thanks to the permanence of crazy glue or acrylic cement.
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Iāve only had my pro up and going a few days! Nice work!