CRX Stratis Lumina - 2017 5th BLF Scratch Made Light Contest Winner

It’s 1.2mm thick, nice stuff.

Measured and cut the wood, now got the rough pieces made up.

Reference drawing

Looks nice but you don't want to eat this sandwich :-)

Today's Tune:

www.youtube.com/embed/EdPGpjdQuGQ

Looks like a high-end dessert. It could compliment the brass-burger I made yesterday :smiley:

More work on the wood today, this is quite difficult when all you have is metal working tools. Hats off to you cabinet makers out there :THUMBS-UP:

I marked out the rectangle shape to be removed with digital calipers fixed to 8.5mm for the long sides and 10mm for the top & bottoms as these still have work to be done on them. I drilled a series of holes inside the lines then used the drill bit(s) to go around connecting the 3mm holes. Snapped five bits doing this :TIRED:

I tidied the holes up with a file, might sand down further later.

Reference drawing

Rough pieces coming together :-)

Today's Tune:

www.youtube.com/embed/JY3znEOMzRQ

Ah yes…… time for the group buy! :stuck_out_tongue:

You have to love a good looking piece of wood. How big is the vice?

That one has 4” jaws and a maximum 4” opening, I have two small tabletop vices that I use, not fixed down to anything so that can be fun sometimes :slight_smile:

It’s even harder working metal when all you have are wood working tools. :wink:

I like that wood. Looking nice.

That vice (with the orange button) looks like a twin to one of mine.

I can totally understand that :smiley:
I thought about the wood for a while going between american walnut, ebony, rosewood and a couple of others but being honest I chose this piece because it was the closest cut to the dimensions I required :wink:
Yeah an ex got that vice for me at lidl about 7 years ago, best thing she ever bought me :slight_smile:

Crx it is already looking awesome !!!

Thanks CRX. The reason I asked how big the vice was is to get an idea on how big your parts were.

Thanks mate :beer:

Right :slight_smile: , well looking at the lights parts from the front is about the same size as a credit card, 85mm x 54mm and maybe 20mm thick total.

More work on the rosewood, drilled 3mm holes for the red bottom LED's, charging indicator & top momentary switches and cut out a channel for the USB charging port with a junior hacksaw.

Had an idea to cover the back end of the auxiliary LED's with a mix of glow powder and resin.

The USB port I have taken from an old converter that I had.

Sanded down two momentary switches.

Marked out and drilled holes for wiring in the mid copper layer.

Bits n' pieces.

Reference drawing

Today's Tune:

www.youtube.com/embed/MnXMECZup2M

Cool! Looking good.

Sure is.

Someone has to ask , what kind of black magic is this ?

lol , good idea right there

The project is coming along quite nicely.

I love watching this rapid prototyping take place.

Some great out of the “box” thinking.

Sorry I had to say that.

Anybody else still confused about what this is supposed to turn out like? I looked at the renders in the OP, and all these progress pics, and it still eludes me. I see it has a quad? And then the 5mm AUX LEDS go on the “bottom” along with a charging port?

All will be revealed :wink:
Yeah, quad main light, some UV emitters around that and red LED’s on the bottom.
Two momentary switches, one for the quad driver, one for UV resistor driven and a mercury tilt switch for red LED’s on the bottom. Rechargeable via micro USB port, built in TP4056 or TP5000 charger board.
Are you saying my drawings are crap? :smiley:

Of course not. :innocent: