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LED Edge Lit Control Panel for Arcade Cabinet
Posted by Chris Carpenter on
Since I’ve been stuck at home a lot during COVID-19, one of my projects was to rebuild the control panel for my arcade machine. I built the machine over 10 years ago and at the time I installed generic black buttons. I wanted to do lighting but to save costs I kept it generic. LED lights now are pretty cheap and easy to install. I wanted to light the panel but I didn’t want to stop with just lighted buttons. I wanted something that would make the whole panel pop. The original cabinet. I decided to engrave the top...
CCHobby Designs Lighted Signs for the FAA Challenger Space Operations Room
Posted by Chris Carpenter on
CCHobby recently designed 20 lighted nameplate signs for installation in the FAA Challenger Space Operations Room. CCHobby nameplate signs can be customized with any text, graphics or photos. CCHobby was chosen because of another well received lighted sign installation at Wallops Island for NASA. The install called for the signs to be mounted on poles next to monitors in a control room style layout. Custom 3D printed mounts were designed for the signs along with the logos and text. The mounts and signs all cam out great and the customer is very pleased. Here are some pics of the signs. ...
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- Tags: 3D printed, control room, Custom, DoD, edgelit, FAA, Government, LED lights, lighted sign, monitor, NASA, Wallops Island
Mother’s Day Gifts!
Posted by Chris Carpenter on
Mother’s Day is coming up and like everybody else I need to give out gifts to the very deserving moms in my life. I wanted to make something that was unique, memorable and most importantly usable throughout the year. Family photos and photos in general are alway precious to most moms. So, I decided to gen up something to uniquely display the photos. I’m etching the photos onto 1/8” thick acrylic. I just started using Lightburn software and I have to say its a HUGE upgrade over RDWorks. The software makes converting images into a laser engravable format a breeze....
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- Tags: acrylic, battery powered, edge lit, Gift, lighted, mom, Mother’s Day, Photo, portraits, sign
Resin Art
Posted by Chris Carpenter on
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- Tags: art, burl wood, casting, cube, hello kitty, Mandalorian, mold, resin, sphere, star wars, starship, Tie Bomber
Club Quarantine Party Lights
Posted by Chris Carpenter on
My wife has been really digging the @dnice Club Quarantine dance party. It's been a really nice break while we stay at home. To help her get in the vibe a little more, I whipped up a sign. I cut it out of 1/8" acrylic and put on a portable battery operated stand. Perfect to setup any place in the house while she gets her groove on!
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- Tags: acrylic, battery operated, club quarantine, covid19, dance party, dnice, laser cut, Laser etched, LED, lighted sign