…what a girl’s gotta do! I really want a light box, to help with my quilting efforts. What quilting efforts, you ask? Well, see, I know I haven’t been quilting much lately, but I started the Mystery Quilting Project the other night. The MQP involves a lot of applique and…oops, I’ve said too much. Anyway, tracing patterns taped to the window is a little tough, and pre-made light boxes as big as I want aren’t too cheap.
So, I found these instructions. The only modification I’m making is that the finished size will be 15″ square (14″ usable), since the MQP blocks are 12″ square. Not only do we have all of the power tools required, I went to Home Depot and got all of the raw materials last night. The employee who cut the acrylic top to size was totally surprised that I’m making it. I took shop class. Granted it was, ah, 14 years ago, but c’mon, how hard is it to use a table saw?!?
Don’t worry, I’ll be careful with the table saw. Gotta keep the quilting (and knitting) fingers intact!
be VERY careful!!! :)
I took Ag in high school. I thought it would be good for me. It was. One of my favorite pieces of equipment was the table saw. Don’t forget to push the wood through with another piece of wood. That way your body parts never get near the blade. Get some safety glasses and earplugs too–can’t forget those. Still to this day I want my own table saw. I would like to make some bookcases and things like that. You realize now that I’m sitting here thinking about how I really should build my own bookcase. I’m going to have to stop reading your blog. You are such a bad influence! ;)
I’ve been contemplating buying a lightbox…I should check your instructions and see how it’s made! It would be great to use for photographic ventures, and paper crafts!
You will definitely have a multi-purpose tool there!