Photo cube

[gamblor916]

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!

[loophole]

oh wow thats cool!! i want one

[KillinSpoon]

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

[kurdt_the_goat]

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

[Wheel-J]

Great idea! Very inspiring.

[gamblor916]

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

[liegeprime]

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?

[gamblor916]

Material and shipping included.

[liegeprime]

That's great!

[KillinSpoon]

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