Space Invader Nightlight/Moodlight - completed with pictures and coursework

[david656]

My A-Level technology project this year had to be a lighting project, this is what I came up with.

The attached coursework includes 'working drawings' encase anyone has a laser cutter handy and wants to make one  although i would happily send the proper drawings.

Would like some feedback and just out of interest more than anything but would people want these?

cheers 

http://uploading.com/files/P8ME7WOZ/Coursework.pdf.html

[Franco B]

Looks great David. Would look cool in any game room (or anywhere for that matter!) 

It would have been nicer if the sides were enclosed but I imagine you have left them open for cooling?

Are you still working on your juke?

[david656]

cheers franco 

Juke?!? HA! I was let down by my school, then let down by a few people i went out of my way to help but they couldn't be bothered to lend me tools they had lying about so it never went any further than my PC ! but next year i get to do a 'big project' now that could be my juke OR a driving cab  but as the driving cab would be for me... and expensive buying all the bits it might be pointless thinking about. Where as the jukebox was of similar nature to yours... not for me so as i have all the parts for that as well it would be the more logical choice  . besides which with access to a laser cutter that im allowed to pretty much do what i want with i will be engraving up all the sides of the juke, piano black with white engraved black sabbath things :-) bit of chrome t-moulding and it should look pretty sweet

Back to the light, yes my original idea was to have the sides enclosed but due to having an 'irn-bru break' (lol its a tradition, if you look at my arcade machine building there are bottles of bru everywhere) we decided it looked like car louvres with the sides open and very 70s.

as the lights are cold cathodes i imagined heat wouldn't be a problem but they do start to warm up a bit...to be honest i've not left it on long enough to see what happens.

in total the project cost about a tenner so a bit cheaper than my GCSE