Um, this teacher would give you one! 
This is gorgeous. I’m thinking I need to do a Serenity in silver foil for my Firefly room. 
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I did not expect that kind of detail when lit up! Really cool.
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WOW!!! SO works with or without the lighting!!!
REALLY great!
Hey, can you link to that base? It’s a nice shape. Wanna check it out.
Thanks!
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No worries. I just like the shape. It’s stylish, not boring. 
@Tom_A
I found them again.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-1pcs-Holder-Stand-Acrylic-Flashing-Led-Light-Table-Menu-Restaurant-Card-Display-Drop-Shipping/32797770465.html?spm=2114.search0104.3.1.nBiCEv&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_4_10152_10065_10151_10068_10130_10084_10308_10083_10080_10082_10081_10110_10178_10137_10111_10060_10112_10113_10155_10114_10154_438_10056_10055_10054_10310_10182_10059_100031_10099_10078_10079_10103_10073_10102_5360020_10052_10053_10142_10107_10050_10051-10152_10053_10112,searchweb201603_13,ppcSwitch_3&btsid=69215c12-93ef-4003-9cd3-0b7720afc95e&algo_expid=2df64944-212d-4335-94b1-f814de387466-0&algo_pvid=2df64944-212d-4335-94b1-f814de387466
AliExpress. I’m pretty sure this is where I got them. Just a few notes on them. they are battery only 3 AAA. No timer. The worst thing is that they ship in random colors. When I ordered last time, I got 5, 4 were flashing Red/Green/Blue and one was solid blue. I’d have liked to have the option of picking colors. Not a big fan of the RGB alternating. Since bulbs aren’t on at all times, it is not quite as bright. Don’t count on using the acrylic it comes with. It is 2 layers of some sort of polycarbonate that doesn’t engrave really well. I don’t know what I’ll use it for. Here’s a link to a topic where I used it. It’s post 14 in the thread. I didn’t know how to get directly to that post - If I quoted just that post, the photos didn’t seem to show up.
They are supposedly on sale for another 15 hours (might almost always be on sale?). $7.32 each including shipping. It looks like they are about $10 if not on “sale”. I guess they weren’t that cheap when I got them, unless I snagged them before a pretty big price increase.
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Oh, thanks!!!
And thanks for noting they’re battery-only. Not sure I like that.
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You’re a maker. You can do an insert to a power adapter… 
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Funny you would ask that, as this very moment I just received an advert. email from the place where I bought the same ones. I originally called them my ‘coming-round-the-horn’ order, since I figured they would take forever to get here, but actually they arrived in fairly good time. These are certainly less money, but for good reason…they only do RGB looping colors…and you have no other options. They come with two pieces of either polycarbonate or extruded acrylic, sandwiched for things like restaurant menus, etc. I tried engraving one of those, but it came out pretty poorly. I think they’re a great ‘test’ base…just to see how something might look…or might be fun for gifting with a sign. They are strictly battery operated. That being said, here’s a link;
https://www.aliexpress.com/?spm=2114.11010108.1000002.1.o9kim3
Do a search for LED menu holder.
Yikes! Sorry for duplicate info. Not too swift today.
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Shut the front door…I’m blown away by this…that’s truly awesome!!!
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Thanks. I’ve always been leery of AliExpress. Seems you smart folks are using them and not having issues. Maybe I’ll have to give them consideration!
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I use them, they are reputable.
If they make a mistake, they fix it…
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Whoa. Now THAT looks really cool lit and unlit. Nice job!
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I think I read they’re trying to become competition for Amazon. Can’t do that if your reputation is poor. That being said I’m still totally wary of them, too. 
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Yes, that’s a concern for long term use. As @Xabbess said, my main concern is the lack of color choice. Here is another option, although the base isn’t the shape you liked. These have all the bells and whistles (except timer). USB or battery, remote, fixed color, dimmer, etc.
I guess I’m hooked, I just ordered 12 of them @ about $11 each. Lots of gifts and maybe a few sales if I can come up with some interesting designs that are not IP protected. 
They are available individually for a slightly higher price.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XGSJK6F/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Yeah that’s the pack I bought. They work very well except for the slightly-larger than 1/8" acrylic slots. But oh well.
I don’t have my forge yet, but I have a bunch of led cable and just bought a controller set. I’m going to try and make a base that is smaller than that puck garbage, which is way too tall and doesn’t integrate very well with the amazing designs I’ve seen you all making. If we can get strips to work, lasering a better base will probably be a peice of a cake. And I’d spend an extra few bucks to not be forced into those plastic pucks.
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I get them from ebay. They’re usually offered as color changing or single colors. Single colors are offered either as a catch as catch can or a specific color (usually white). Although they come from China, they usually arrive in a week or two - they’re often already onshore (mostly CA).
As @Xabbess said, search for LED menu holder.
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Cutting the small strip of self adhesive felt seemed to work for me. I think that this base is the same one at the one I made the Bat-Ian LightBoard for. It wasn’t super snug, but was better than using thicker acrylic and engraving it down or just letting it wobble a bit.
That, I imagine, wouldn’t look unattractive.