How to make a light box
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A lightbox is a fun little project. It is great for Arts and crafts and particulary for tracing. The surface gives off a bright light so you can place a paper on it and trace it.
This is a tutorial showing you how to make a cheap and easy Lightbox for artwork, photography and tracing. It uses LED’s for a bright and even lighting. Fun little project and you just need a few basic supplies.
I show you step by step how to make it. And I have a web tutorial with links to the exact LED’s and power supply that I use.
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will my guy! you forgot to include the template!
He made an inexpensive and practical way to build a light box that costs anywhere from 45 - 300 dollars and people had the nerve to dislike the video. I question this sometimes! well anyway. Good job! Thanks!
Thanks :)
I made mine, I tweaked it a bit, I used a picture frame & instead of using the LED strips I used some little LED flashlights I had hanging around (no wiring) I won't be using the lightbox for extended hours so it works perfectly, I just turn them off when I'm done. thanks for the project.
Hands down, best and most feasible DIY light box solution I've seen. Finally, I can justify the relative (in)expense and have a tool for paper piecing my quilt blocks! Thanks for the fun and straightforward tute -- I'm off to make my own!
Thank you! I've wanted a light box for forever but they're so expensive and I'm not great at building things but this I can do! :)
kat s You are very welcome! Neat little lightbox :)
epicfantasy I'm a little ashamed that this might be the first one of your projects that I might actually do xD
Backon Lazer Quite ok! You go for it and have fun!
epicfantasy I'll go looking for materials as soon as I find the time for it =)
epicfantasy I dont have everything that the lightbox needs so can you tell me something I can use instead?
By the amazement of TALOS!!! Praiseeeeeeeee TALOS! A box that contains the sun is now bestowed upon us mere meager mortals!
I logged into TH-cam just to like your comment. 👏🏻
Wow, this is great! I was shopping online for light boxes and stumbled across your tutorial. So glad I did! This is way cheaper and sturdy, but lightweight! Thanks so much!!
lightboxes are awesome, I use mine all the time
I literally gasped when I saw you did this tutorial! Thank you!
edstella You are very welcome. Thanks for watching!
So excited to make this for my pre school class!
Simple and cheap! Love this! Thank you so much.
WOOT! Nice going to make one to trace my other drawings I did in the past and paint them with different colors. Thanks for the upload!
Thank you!!! very quick, simple, and cost efficient. No need for thousands of dollars of equipment like in other tutorials.
I love it. I've wanted one for years.
Okay dude THANK YOU SO MUCH! I wanna do traditional animation but I didn't want to pay a whole bunch for a regular light box, so once again THANKS!
Thank you very much. I just built one for my wife and she loved it. I posted my pics on my Facebook and gave you your props. It was fun and only bunt off a couple of finger prints with the hot glue. HA
Bro, your channel is actually lit af. I wanna say that’s real inspiration for someone alittle older (no offense) it’s just amazing someone with so much experience showing the new generation how to do stuff
Fantastic Idea for a cheap light box, love it (and thank you!) I'm in need of a light box for occasional use and this is perfect.
This is brilliant! Thank you for sharing!
wonderful!!!
Art ala Carte ayyy one of ur fans
My daughter and I made one this afternoon. I did think it would go faster, but it took about 3 hours to get it all done and ready to go. That said, the lighting piece was by FAR the easiest thing we did - cutting all that foam board was tedious. Once I changed the blade on my Xacto knife, though, things went much smoother. :)
Thanks for posting - it was a great project and I'm excited to see what she does with it!
This was super helpful. I'm doing an algebra one "linescapes" project and your supposed to make a drawing that represents you and if you get an award for one of the categories your grade gets boosted up. So I said hey i can shade decently so my objective is to go for the realistic award but i don't have a light box but this video basically saved me. Thank you so much for this affordable tutorial.
Love your energy, great project. Have always wanted a lightbox and this looks easy to make. Thanks for a super video.
Thanks from the core of my heart, I was really wondering for this DIY project
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You're wonderful! Thanks for giving your gift to the world.
Amazing! I have been wanting one of these for a very long time ,for quilting.Don't see myself wanting to pay the large price they ask for .Thanks a lot
Thanks for the tutorial! I need it for school work and this is so helpful!!!
Best tutorial I've seen on this subject thus far. Thanks!
awesome, just looking on line for store bought at crazy prices so off to make this now. thanks heaps for sharing and caring
Never even knew you could get LED strips. Need a light box for stained glass work, what a great video! Easy to assemble. Thanks.
+Hopeful Magic Good luck with the project. Keep me updated on your stained glass work. I am going to be doing some.
I can't wait to make one! thank you!
Thanks for the great tutorial. This box is very useful as a Xray view box.
I want to use 9.6W led strip, will it be enough power? I would photograph old negative film with my dslr.
Thanks sooooo much man! Wanted to make one of these for ages for a friend but couldnt figure out how to do the lighting! I'm going to use wood instead of foamboard though :) cant thank you enough!!
this is the best ive seen on the internet thank you so much I need this for university
Extremely well done video. Great explanations. A project I've wanted to do. Many thanks.
Absolutely. The links to the supplies are great. I wish more posters would utilize the description section as well.
Thank you so much for these easy to understand instructions and good filming of the process. When it comes to DIY videos, many are called but few are chosen. You are clearly one of the best. Thanks again.
You are very welcome. Thanks for watching and thanks for your kind words.
This is awesome! Thank you!!!
Claire Bear Thanks for watching!
awesome! I've always wanted to have a light box for animating in pencil, but ones on line are always so pricy! thanks for showing me an inexpensive way to make one of my own!
this is an amazing project, thank you for doing this! im going to try my hand at this :)
I want to make my own UV light box for exposing silk screens etc. I can also use them with polymer clay, resin etc. for certain projects. This video should come in handy when I go to do that.
- Heidi
Amazing ..been searching for one that's easy to make ..thanks a million ..
Thank you very much for making this video. I REALLY REALLY needed a light box and i hate spending money. I really appreciate you making these videos every week.
weirder321 Thanks for watching and have fun making a light box!
Thanks for the making this video. I just made my own light box and used your tip on the foam board for light diffusion it worked out great!
+Dan The Maker Man You are very welcome. Grats on the light box and thanks for watching my video.
Nice!
Thanks epicfantasy for this video, it is going to help a ton with my halo tac-pad!
Oh. My. Gosh! I dont have to waste like $50.00 buying one!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU! totally subscribing!
Super! I wanted a light box but sooo expensive. Now I can show this tutorial to my cheap husband! Thank you
Just watched your video light box nice & easy to do especially if you only got one hand to use (stroke put pay to right hand side) keep up the good work
I used ur ideas except for the box I just used an old wooden draw from a bedside draw and drilled a whole in the side for the power cord thanks..
It'll look even better once I mount the rope lights to the base it's going to be perfect thank you I'm going to make a lot of money with this
Thank you! Fantastic abbreviation!
wow! this is brilliant, youve saved me allot of money
Very helpful! Thanks! I will make a light box ! :)
Thankyou for this video! I bought a Mac Tonight McDonald's panel at a yard sale about 10 years ago and have always wanted to make a light box for it but had no idea where to begin. I'll probably use wood so I can hang it. Now I have an idea of how to proceed
Thanks!
thanks your a life saver :)
really useful tutorial , now I can make one for myself . subscribed haha :D
Are you an animator
Super helpful! Thank you!
Fantastic! I've always wanted one, but like everyone else says, they're so expensive. Heading to Hobby Lobby for materials. :) Thank you very much. I'm subscribed now.
That's a great idea. My wife goes through printers like candy so I'm going to take the next one she throws out and turn it into a light box. Great video.
Dean O Pretty creative idea!
Can you do a tutorial on how to make a softbox (used in photography)
I always wanted one of these. When I was younger I uses to hod the pic I traced up to a window when the sun was out, but it was realy tiering for the arms.
Wow! Thanks for sharing 👍👍
imma try this but make it thinner :D thank you for this vid
hey man.. i love you! thanks for this video!
whats we need to make this stuff ? or lightbox
I just got the how to draw comics book and they said use a light table. I thought I just do it for fun I'm not buying a few thousand dollar table. Now I can make this and add perspective to my doodles thanks. Looking forward to the paper making. I tried to get my neices into this but they just like to draw and the art projects seemed to bore them. I liked it and had a blast making the diorama. Thanks for the uploads.
Therealhatepotion Thanks for watching! If you make this be sure to send me a pic!
I would love it if u would do a tutorial on a steampunk hand ax : )
this is awesome just went to a craft store with a store wide liquidation and a light box still cost about $120 thanks so much for this tutorial!
cameron Smith You are very welcome! Have fun making it!
Hey thanks for the tutorial, man! I've been drawing for a few years, but I've never had one of these before. I anticipate it'll greatly improve the quality of my drawings. In my personal experience of having a go at making this, though, I found that a little bit of strong tape at the corners and edges of the box in addition to the glue REALLY helps hold it together even better. Makes it look a little less professional, but hey, I'm showing off my art, not the box, eh?
Hi!! Mr. Castle Master!
Foam board ! Fun Project!
Las week I have made one for my wife. But I used Masonite (acrylic and LED strips), not bad, but I had to have it cut in my hardware store.
Foam board is easily cut with just an Xacto knife...
I shall try foam board for my own!!
Thanks!
Thank you for sharing, I'm sat here think what do u have around the house that wud work I have a box I will put some polystyrene in and around to make the lip, as some lady said i m going to use a picture frame and I have lots of led Xmas lights somewhere, so that's my Friday sorted. Thanks again.
I love your channel. I have been subscribed for years.
HI there! Wonderfull tutorial! I have only one question, wouldn't be safer to glue the glasses on the walls or put 4 short strips over the inside walls so the glasses will go between? I believe there will be danger of falling off in case you move the light box for some reason
This is now one of my favorite channels on TH-cam. I am now Subcribed!
Thanks :)
you are a genius!
After about 1:50 the narration starts sounding like Peter Griffin lol.
Can u use normal white 4A for paper for the sides ?
this video is wholesome
I still have the one my legendary animation professor (R.I.P. Vincent Potuto) made. That thing is a rustic beauty.
hi, does it matter what wattage led's I use?
+PeopleCanFly23 Probably, but there is a pretty wide range that this light box will work in.
epicfantasy I'm planning to photograph negatives with my dslr, so maybe the higher the wattage the better?
I'm planning on doing this also. I wouldn't worry too much about the brightness though if you have 35 to 120 negs. Increase the density of the strips to get even illumination over the smaller area. Squaring off the camera and negs is important. Maybe you would want to photograph the emulsion side and flop it in software. Even a relatively long camera exposure is so much better than any affordable scanner.
Hope this works, or worked , out for you
I watched this video at 8:00am it inspired me cuz now I'm just getting in to tattoos again and I've been using Tupperware drawer with a flashlight under it so I got the rope lights for $10 from home Depot with the plug included and I got the two sheets of plexiglass they were $12 and luckily I had some white plexiglass at the house and all that woods scrap so yeah pretty much a $20 light box that will last forever thank you I already subscribed and liked
Love the video! It will be a big help, thanks! Just got a new sub : )
thank for sharing idea.
Im actually gonna make this for filming it seems bright enough
Did you think to make it shorter, like maybe and inch deep? I think I'd like that better and it would be sturdier to rest your hand on.
Good work.
Why do you use foam instead of white acrylic?
So awesome, I want to try making my own!
One question: Would it affect the light/tracing if I were to build the box a little shorter/lower to the led lights? (As in the sides) I feel like it would be a little easier to put my hand/draw on if the box was shorter rather than too tall. (I hope that made sense, English isn't my first language >_
The light would not spread as evenly (aka you would see the individual lights more). But that is not a big of a deal, I guess
You could place another piece of diffusion between the lights and the top diffusion.
Thanks ❤️
So nice!!!"
AWesome!
Cool
Nice bro
Great tutorial !!!!! I'm going to buy my materials and it just happens that I have foam board in my house ! Though I need to buy more ! Thank you !
Could this be used for scanning old film negatives
Huh! was thinking of making myself a new desk. Might make something like this as the working surface (with a bit better diffuser material)
Wow, what a creative idea!
indeed. just came to me as I was watching this. I'm a drafter, by education, so anything that would be useful for old school t-square on paper is something I'd consider. Foamboard, as handy as it is, isn't quuuuite up to the challenge of holding drafting equipment. Most drafting tools like triangles are clear, and the light would shine through them, as well, which would make lining up circle templates and the like quite easy.
Are you making a railroad spike knife? Sweet!, can't wait.
I sure am! Coming up, but not the next video.
Sweet!, you've always been talented at blacksmithing, I also can't wait for the medieval billhook video that your making.
Also if you want to do the light part easier, couldn't you use like white Christmas lights? I think that would be simple but I'm not sure how well it would work.
Hey,
Wanted to know why you double layer the glass ? Would it work if you just had one layer on the visible side??
I’m planning to make a 3m x 3m light Box (for a shoot) and want too see what the necessary costs are !
Thank you for this awesome video ❣️
Yes, i think it would work with a single layer but... a light box of that size is going to be heavy and the lexan is going to sag quite a bit. You will probably need to add some bracing.
Would it be possible to make one of these 60x48 to hang on the wall?
thank you so much really