I am very interested.

Rodney you are amazing.

Rodney..

Is there anything you DON'T do? I'm in awe.

Dixie

Said it once, said it a number of times....
Rodney , you need top touch base with one of the Laser producers and go on a talk circuit in the USA, write a book ( I'll illustrate it ;-) )

Get some backers, you'll make a squillion and they'll beat a path to your every presentation.....!

Hey I'd pay for a 2 day intensive course, DVD or Cd and book..

regards

Peter

Rodney - I would love to see all the detail on how you did it.
I also agree with Peter about you doing a CD or Book, I am sure the ARA would love to have you as a speaker.

Rodney,

Sounds like there's alot of interest. It would be great if you could post the details.

Hiya , I have posted them
http://www.engravingetc.org/forum/messages.php?webtag=EE&msg=1772.1

The wooden base would (could?) be an option...but the main offering will be the acrylic base.

Would you think I'd be better off to leave the glue (wood or acrylic) out of the kit? I think that might be a better idea than including it...hmmm.

I'm not even sure yet if we want to mess with the kits. We have our annual Fall Festival coming up in mid-September, and we might do a little market test there. ....just a thought...

I'm certainly no legal expert, so I don't know just how liable I could be if I offered these things WITH the adhesive in the kit. Just thinking about that makes me shiver! >.< 

If acrylic glue is needed you would probably need to supply it; its not something available at the local store.

Maybe there is an off the shelf glue that would work. If the base is not see-through it can be applied on the inside out of sight. I've seen lots of other glues in little tubes. Some plastics will adhere to many glues, others won't; I don't know about acrylic.

I'm no legal expert either so I can't say what to do. I suspect you can include an off the shelf glue, with complete packaging, and a disclaimer that it's to be applied according to the manufacturer's directions by an adult. - Or you just glue the (5?) pieces yourself.

If still available Duco plastic cement will work wonderfully on opaque plastic. It came in different size tubes and was quite thick to prevent mess.

A guess is that it was dissolved plastic.

Philadelphia, PA (Really Bensalem)

Harvey's Tips Page When you finally understand it completely... it changes.

I've looked all over our little town for light bulbs like Rodney has in his pics. All I've been able to find so far are similarly-SHAPED bulbs, but none in colors other than white.

Has anyone else seen them around? I'd like to use the same (or similar) color for the bulb as I do for the acrylic diffusers. For now, we'll be doing red, blue, and green.

I have tried 7W and 13W bulbs so far, and I think the lower wattage bulbs look best. We're even considering using 4W night-light bulbs in another set. When we get our "druthers" settled, I'll post a pic.

You can actually spray paint the bulbs to get a colour - we did it for this illuminated sign , we needed to use a circular flourescent and getting one in blue is impossible , so we spray painted it. Worked wonderfully (in this case we used an opal front panel to act as a diffusor as we did not take a lot of care spraying the bulb and it was rather mottled , but if you use a few light coats yu do get an even paint coverage )
We made this thing on our lasers too , even the back casing etc , I will post the way we did this (you need a wire bender).
Was a very lucrative job as the run was for 500 and we did a far better job on it than most of the "pro" lighting guys did at a cheaper price.