For all you Minecrafters, a project that is still in the development stage.
I have mocked up my first pieces of a lamp shade that is based on a Redstone Lamp from Minecraft. As of now I have the sides and top done. It’s currently a 6" cube. The plan is to scale it to about 16" or so. They will be able to be used for table lamps, even pendant lamps. With frosted acrylic cut to fit into the open spaces, and my Philip Hue bulbs, I expect this to be an impressive looking shade.
Look for updates.
oh man, this is great. I might have to make something like this now.
well done
Looks like it would make a great side table too. 
I particularly like the way you have aligned the tab size with the cut outs. Nice.
Looks awesome so far! Looking forward to your finished project.
As a child of the 60s, “Redstone” conjured up something completely different. 
That looks great! I’ve been trying to think up a Minecraft project to work on once I’m done with my current project but I’m drawing a blank so far.
Oooh this would be a great Xmas present for the nephew, I’ll follow this project for sure
This is great! The frosted acrylic will add a great touch. Keep us posted with your progress!
Nice work. You can probably make a slightly smaller cube out of the acrylic to fit inside it which may be easier than trying to glue multiple small pieces into the holes. Not sure if it would come out as nicely as your current plan though. Looking forward to seeing the finished project!
First prototype is complete. Still needs some tweaking (Painting the wood, better glue, fasteners, etc.). But the frosted acrylic looks amazing. Need to put it on one of my Philips Hue color bulbs.
Great idea! I stole it:
Kerf compensation of 0.14mm makes for a snug fit that is easy to assemble but locks tight on Proofgrade medium maple plywood.
Here’s my Fusion 360 drawing. Change Parameters for material height and desired face width. Face width is the outside dimension.
You can adjust the cutout pattern by turning on visibility for Sketches and editing the first extrude in the timeline. Click the grid with CMD (or whatever the equivalent Windows key would be) held down. I recommend the Save DXF for Laser Cutting add on.
This is great! You should make a post in Free Laser Designs with it 
I put acrylic inserts in the cutouts, frosting them by just engraving on them. Put in a tap light to light it up. Only the three panels you see have the insets in them because the light only just barely fits and lights up half the volume.
Is there a better method than CA glue to attach acrylic to wood? Is there a better way to frost clear acrylic? I got some glue on the frosted surface, and it turned made that section clearer.
You can get frosted acrylic - that might save some time.
(I just use CA.)
This would probably do the trick too http://amzn.to/2zmiyk1
I agree with Jules. Just get some frosted acrylic and then cut out pieces. Much faster too.
It does indeed. I use it all the time for set pieces. You can get it locally at Home Depot and Lowes as well.
You can use it on translucent but not clear acrylic as well. So if you wanted a yellow acrylic insert with frosted surfaces you can do that with the spray whereas finding frosted versions of translucent colors may be hard.
I usually apply the glue (CA or its variants) to the wood first and then drop the acrylic on it. Otherwise it’s way too easy to get runs & even airborne wisps of CA on the acrylic and discolor it where I don’t want glue.
