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How to Craft Your Own DIY TARDIS Puzzle Box Night Light

Posted on the 01 January 2015 by Nrjperera @nrjperera

While browsing the Instructables I found this awesome project about DIY Doctor Who TARDIS puzzle box, which also works as night light. The cool thing about the box is that it can only be opened by sliding the roof panels in a certain way.

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Chemical and Biological Engineer/ DIYer Britt Liv Michelsen has crafted this with nothing but some normal stuff you can find in your house. She has shared all the step-by-step details for crafting this awesome piece of art. Head over to the Instructables page for all the info.

Here’s what you need -:

  • 3 mm MDF or ply wood
  • 3 mm white acrylic (with 45% opacity)
  • Wood primer
  • Paint
  • Remote controlled RGB LED strip (e.g. from amazon.com)
  • Waterslide decal paper (for inkjet printers or laser printers)
  • Top coat
  • 3 mm thick wooden skewer
  • 15 mm thick acrylic rod
  • Acrylic glue
  • Wood glue
  • Small piece of aluminum foil
  • Hot glue

Tools

  • Clamps
  • Laser cutter (you can of course use a saw, but a laser cutter will make your life a whole lot easier)
  • Small hand saw
  • Hot glue gun

[Via: Instructables ]
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