Anyone ever try to make a lighted Marquee holder?

[2PacMan]

Anyone ever try to make a lighted Marquee holder to display the Marquee itself.  Something like a wood box with a light in to display a marquee that you could sit on a desk or something??

I think it'd be a cool addition to a game room and it wouldn't be that hard to make, and it'd look better than just hanging the marquees from a wall.   

[Chris]

These are called "lightboxes", and they are fairly common projects.  Also used for displaying pinball backglasses/translites.

--Chris

[2PacMan]

Do you know anywhere i can get some specs on how to build a lightbox?  It would be for a standard arcade marquee.

[Stingray]

Well, you build a box of the correct width and height to fit the marquee and the correct depth to fit a flourescent light fixture. There isn't a lot more to it than that.

-S

[Chris]

Vent holes would probably be good, too.

[2PacMan]

Well, you build a box of the correct width and height to fit the marquee and the correct depth to fit a flourescent light fixture. There isn't a lot more to it than that.

-S

Well, i pretty much figured that out myself   I was hoping someone had all the measurements already, because i've got the marquee measurements (23'' by 9'') but you have to make the sides slightly longer for a border of some sort and i wasn't sure on the depth.  Like how far away should the light be from the back of the marquee?  I don't want to burn the back of the marquee.

Vent holes are a good idea.

[RoboG2]

You could put the marquee in between two pieces of glass (or maybe plexi, lexan, etc.), you could probably put the flourescent light pretty close.  Doesn't seem to hard to make though.

[Chris]

Just look at any cabinet plans and match that depth.  If that will make the box too deep, you could use LED's or cold cathodes to light the box and you could use a much shallower box that way. 

--Chris