Acrylic Edge Lit LED Sign
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Published on July 26, 2012
Description
Laser cut sign uses an inexpensive LED lighting strip and includes a base.
It's designed so the sign can be easily swapped.
Requires 3mm hardboard or other material, and 3mm acrylic.
The "lit" part is notched to fit the soft-rubber LED lighting strip, which better distributes the light through the acrylic.
LED strip used is: dealextreme.com/p/flexible-24-led-light-strip-for-car-dc-12v-103267
It's designed so the sign can be easily swapped.
Requires 3mm hardboard or other material, and 3mm acrylic.
The "lit" part is notched to fit the soft-rubber LED lighting strip, which better distributes the light through the acrylic.
LED strip used is: dealextreme.com/p/flexible-24-led-light-strip-for-car-dc-12v-103267
Instructions
1. Replace Kwartzlab Makerspace logo with your own signage and export to laser cutter.
2. Separate parts to cut to the right material. Top is acrylic, bottom is hardboard or acrylic. Both are 3mm. If sizes other than 3mm are used then the width of the cutouts will have to be changed.
The "lit" part isn't cut all the way through so remember to use a lower power for those parts.
3. Insert the strip into the base and glue all base pieces together.
4. Insert the acrylic sign.
2. Separate parts to cut to the right material. Top is acrylic, bottom is hardboard or acrylic. Both are 3mm. If sizes other than 3mm are used then the width of the cutouts will have to be changed.
The "lit" part isn't cut all the way through so remember to use a lower power for those parts.
3. Insert the strip into the base and glue all base pieces together.
4. Insert the acrylic sign.
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Acrylic Edge Lit LED Sign by markp is licensed under the Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike license.
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I'm not clear on what the power source is. It's not shown in any of your diagrams other than the fact that it splices into another cable. Are you just using a recycled brick of some kind with the barrel tip cut off?
Exactly. All led strips have different requirements so I didn't go into details. This one had internal resistors so just needed a 12V DC supply.