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    Default Photo cube

    After months of scouring the interwebs and photo places for light tents and finding nothing suitable I decided to make my own.
    It had to be a decent size, sturdy, collapsible, easy to set up, and allow plenty of light in.

    Initial drawing.


    Voila! Made with laser cut semi-opaque acrylic sheet. I made some small tabs to lock the panels in place by just swiveling.





    I have to change my lights to daylight bulbs and funds permitting upgrade to a better camera but I think it's a success. I've tweaked the images a bit with photoshop because of that.

    On to the pics!














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    oh wow thats cool!! i want one

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    Holy.... Professional as!
    Can you send us the CAD files + material specs? :P

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    Very nice! How much did it cost all up? Where did you get it cut?

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    Great idea! Very inspiring.
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    Cheers guys. The pics are still not where I want them to be but that's down to the lighting and camera.
    I designed it for 6mm sheet, which in hindsight was a little bit too thick. It's sturdy but heavy. I think 4 or 5mm would be optimal but the drawing needs to be adjusted if using different thicknesses. Colour is opal white.
    I got it cut at absoluteplastics.com.au, not cheap at around $400 but better than some places quoting $950
    I think using thinner sheet would make it cheaper (and lighter).

    h o m e dot e x e t e l dot com dot au slash leducly slash frosted dot pdf

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    Awesome gamblor, so did you have to buy the stuff first and send it to them or do these guys have the material and cut it for you?
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    Material and shipping included.

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    That's great!
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    Quote Originally Posted by gamblor916 View Post
    Cheers guys. The pics are still not where I want them to be but that's down to the lighting and camera.
    I designed it for 6mm sheet, which in hindsight was a little bit too thick. It's sturdy but heavy. I think 4 or 5mm would be optimal but the drawing needs to be adjusted if using different thicknesses. Colour is opal white.
    I got it cut at absoluteplastics.com.au, not cheap at around $400 but better than some places quoting $950
    I think using thinner sheet would make it cheaper (and lighter).

    h o m e dot e x e t e l dot com dot au slash leducly slash frosted dot pdf
    Apart from the cost of the materials, I could get this cut for free potentially (I'd have to get permission to use the laser cutters at uni, seeing as I used them + the 3d printers last year I'm hoping I'd be able to get it).
    Could we get the schematics? (I may get one done for me) :P

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