Homemade Tracing Light Box

In this video andy glass with glass impressions will show you how to build a light box.

Homemade tracing light box.

With just a couple hours some 1x4 1 4 in. This light box is cheap safe and easy to build i put it together in two hours. Oct 16 2012 craft light box. In a matter of seconds i simply put a flashlight standing inside a clear plastic container and the light shining through made the picture visible through the sheet of paper placed on top.

Touch each light to turn on. Remembering a pin on pinterest i decided to make a light box by using what we already had on hand and i came up with this simple solution. A tracing box made from a clear bin and a flashlight. For a more permanent box replace the storage container with a wooden box place the lights in the box and screw a sheet of plexiglass on top.

If your storage container has a clear bottom painting it an opaque color will increase the intensity of the light box. Under the counter strip lights and touch lights can be substituted for christmas lights. I started by cutting 45 degree angles for the 4 sides of the box. When you put a print and a blank piece of paper on top of the box the light shines through and makes it easy to trace the original print.

On my box there is a small divot in the top of the box that one would have to avoid while tracing. Basically it is box with a transparent top and a light source inside. Today i am making this lightweight durable and beautifully bright tracing box using led bulbs and some fun techniques. A key part of this design is maxi.

In this case my mom wanted one for making quilts. Plywood some plexiglas and a cheap led light strip you can have a homemade light box for tracing and art projects. Gone are the days where you need daylight and a big bay window to trace projects for homework arts and crafts. This light box is great for tracing stencil work and weeding vinyl.

A light box was just what she needed to be able to trace patterns onto paper and cloth. Open the clear plastic box and place all 4 lights into the box. My fiancée is very keen on arts and crafts.