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My first big project, made as a birthday gift. I prototyped in cardboard at 3/4 scale before cutting the final piece. All design work was done in Inkscape, The scrollwork was cribbed from some antique banners and then customized for my layout. (MDCCCXCV is the date the building was built.)

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For the bias-lit lettering I used two layers of 1/8\" proofgrade clear acrylic (oops, no 1/4\" on hand!) topped with some pre-painted 1/8\" MDF. The (stained) wood is baltic birch.

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The front layer is raised by an outline of more clear, scored acrylic, and behind the press-fit letters is a short string of those copper-strand warm white LED lights (I used some “Kohree” branded ones I had on hand) powered by a button battery. Sorry I didn’t take any pictures of the interior, but it’s basically lights taped in a zig-zag pattern and backed by white cardstock.

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The diamond is clear proofgrade acrylic etched on both sides and lit at the tip with two LEDs from the strand.

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Everything is held together with DAP Rapidfuse “Fast Curing All Purpose” adhesive from home depot. It was clean and easy to use and sets in just a few seconds, so you have limited time to re-position before things lock in place.

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The stand is custom-made, the third iteration. I love how easy it is to prototype in cardboard and just nudge things around until they work…

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Lessons learned:

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