Fallout Vault Boy Led Light

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Fallout Vault Boy Led Light

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I created this for a Fallout fan. The Vault Boy Led Light.

It's made out of acrylic glass and a wooden base with green Led's.

The Laser Cut Parts

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First I created the Vault Boy in Inkscape. I used 3 mm cast Acrylic glass to laser the Vault Boy

In Qcad and Inkscape I created the base, It's made out of 4 mm plywood. and then glued together. In one of the parts, 4 nuts are inserted. They are used to screw the cover on it.

The 2 files are attached here. I'm working with Qcad and Inkscape

Mounting All Together

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Here are the 4mm plywood laser cuts

Starting with part 1. Use four 20mm M3 Screws like on the picture. Wood glue on the part and then place part 2 on it.

Again use wood glue and then part 4. Here use three M3 nuts and screw all together. And again use glue on part 3 and 5.

Use a clamp to hold all together.

After the glue is dry, glue part 6 on it and use a weight to press all down.

Now screw the bottom part 7 on it, and sand it with sandpaper.

The Color Job

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Painting the base with blue acrylic color mixed with water. After drying use bronze acrylic and tap on the corners of the base to give it a metallic look. Let it dry.

Now use a black acrylic color with a lot of water and paint it on the base, wait a few minutes and tap with kitchen paper on it to remove it from the surface. Now you have a nice washing effect.

Again let it dry.

Now paint two layers of acrylic varnish on it and sand it again. To finish pass a last layer of varnish on it.

The Electronic

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For the electronic I use my self developed PCB's.

Parts used:

  • 4 Resistors 220R
  • 4 LED's 3mm green4
  • 1 Micro USB breakout board
  • 1 Micro switch
  • 1 laser cut switch cap

A breadboard can be used to replace my PCB board

The Program I use is DipTrace

Now screw the bottom (part 7) with four 16mm M3 screws on the base and finished.

The Result

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And here the finished item and NO, it's not 3 meter high, but the room is a miniature I'm working on :)

I hope you enjoyed my instructable.