Uploaded May 2017 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago
Light box sign - cordless battery powered!
Pricklysauce needs a light box sign!
I was inspired by many other YouTube makers to make a funky light box that would show of my pricklysauce logo to its best.
My logo is circular and needed to have a circular box...
I took off the wheels to an old knackered kids bicycle, removed the tyres and central spindles...
...and bolted them together to make the former of my box.
Cut up enough strips of thick cardboard to wrap around the bike wheel former three times...
...use masking tape and PVA glue to stick it into a solid circular shape.
Add some thinner strips to the inside to form a lip for the front plastic to sit against and to shield the LED lights to give a soft glow.
Cut a ply back board and make a French cleat for the hanger.
Cut out a circular piece of clear plastic to fit the light box front.
Design your logo, mine I made and resized on Illustrator and cut out on my Silhouette Cameo vinyl cutter.
Spray mount the logo upside down on the back side of the plastic and peel off the parts that need spraying.
Choose your colour and spray paint.
Remove the stencil and leave to dry.
Spray paint over it all with white to make the logo.
Drill a hole in the bottom of the light box and stick a LED strip to the inside.
I wonder....will a cordless drill battery light up the strip?
WOW!
Make up a ply holster for the battery and make two metal connectors to plug into the battery positive and negative terminals.
Paint it black and connect the wires and fit to the light box...it is now cordless battery powered!.
Chose your favourite location for the light box sign and fix the French cleat...
...hang the funky light box sign...
...remove the battery from the cordless drill and it in...
...stand back and admire!
Thank you to Audionautix for the funky track Fat Caps...available for free use through YouTube creative suite.
Fat Caps by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Artist: audionautix.com
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Visit my website to see what I am creating at pricklysauce.com
Or Like my Facebook page : facebook.com/pricklysauce
Follow me on Twitter : twitter.com/Pricklysauce
and Instagram : instagram.com/pricklysauce
Hot news! I am now on Instructables : instructables.com/member/pricklysauce
and now on Make : community.makezine.com/share/pricklysauce/projects
Thanks for watching and please come back to watch some more.
Light box sign - cordless battery powered!
Pricklysauce needs a light box sign!
I was inspired by many other YouTube makers to make a funky light box that would show of my pricklysauce logo to its best.
My logo is circular and needed to have a circular box...
I took off the wheels to an old knackered kids bicycle, removed the tyres and central spindles...
...and bolted them together to make the former of my box.
Cut up enough strips of thick cardboard to wrap around the bike wheel former three times...
...use masking tape and PVA glue to stick it into a solid circular shape.
Add some thinner strips to the inside to form a lip for the front plastic to sit against and to shield the LED lights to give a soft glow.
Cut a ply back board and make a French cleat for the hanger.
Cut out a circular piece of clear plastic to fit the light box front.
Design your logo, mine I made and resized on Illustrator and cut out on my Silhouette Cameo vinyl cutter.
Spray mount the logo upside down on the back side of the plastic and peel off the parts that need spraying.
Choose your colour and spray paint.
Remove the stencil and leave to dry.
Spray paint over it all with white to make the logo.
Drill a hole in the bottom of the light box and stick a LED strip to the inside.
I wonder....will a cordless drill battery light up the strip?
WOW!
Make up a ply holster for the battery and make two metal connectors to plug into the battery positive and negative terminals.
Paint it black and connect the wires and fit to the light box...it is now cordless battery powered!.
Chose your favourite location for the light box sign and fix the French cleat...
...hang the funky light box sign...
...remove the battery from the cordless drill and it in...
...stand back and admire!
Thank you to Audionautix for the funky track Fat Caps...available for free use through YouTube creative suite.
Fat Caps by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Artist: audionautix.com
Why not subscribe to catch all of the videos as soon as they are uploaded : youtube.com/c/Pricklysauce?sub_confirmation=1
Visit my website to see what I am creating at pricklysauce.com
Or Like my Facebook page : facebook.com/pricklysauce
Follow me on Twitter : twitter.com/Pricklysauce
and Instagram : instagram.com/pricklysauce
Hot news! I am now on Instructables : instructables.com/member/pricklysauce
and now on Make : community.makezine.com/share/pricklysauce/projects
Thanks for watching and please come back to watch some more.
