LED Circuit Board Table

This is a LED lighted reclaimed sewing table. I decided I saw the beauty in this piece of furniture and knew I could do something special with it. I used a Circuit board in the top cause my house is circuit board themed. I got this table from an auction for $2. I got the circuit boards from the salvage yard for about $1. I made this pretty cheap. Just need a good imagination for this if you wanna make one. I am using this table as a charging station for cell phones and tablets

1: Led lighting $8

2: Circuit board (free just salvage from old electronics)

3: Glue gun, adhesive or screws

4: 12v power adapter

If you're a cord guy, you have a pill of them laying around

If not there about $6-$10 on Amazon

5: Screwdriver, this was specific to me to take off top and front

6: Table, get creative. Really this is your taste but I will instruct as the sewing table

7: Scraps of wood

8: Scraps of foam or wood. I had scraps of foam I like to use

(YOU DO NOT NEED FOAM, I USED IT CAUSE I HAD SCRAPS)

9: Misc parts for decor

Total cost for me was under $20 I used all stuff from around the house

Get ideas and play around with it. Try to get an idea of what you want.

I made the mount inside that I wanted. That can be made for sure. I tested the lights on various objects inside

trying to find the right configuration for what I wanted.

I took off the front door and top. Very easy, just use a screw driver and removed them.

Determined by what you are doing with your table. I was gonna stain this one, but my wood putty dried up so I used spackle instead. So sand the table. Fill the holes and get ready to paint.

I didn't have alot of pics on mine for this step, but again based on your ideas for what you are doing

in this pic, you can see the inside of the table. I took 2 table legs off some old chairs and wrapped the LED strip around them. I would suggest that you do a wrap around to get an even light coming from everywhere and the front hole that I have. If you go around the outside edges just doesn't have a very good lighting effect. Don't be afraid to play around with it to get what you want. If you have an awesome idea, send me some pics. I am sure I could have done more with this, but I kind of had a creative block on this and budget around Christmas, So I use what I can

I have alot of Blue Insulation foam left over from my masks, If you follow my other instructables. So you will see I use that. You don't have to, but I used it for the bottom. I cut to fit and hot glued it in place. I only used a little. I would suggest maybe using aluminum foil on the bottom of the inside to maximize the light. Mine does not have it (yet)

This step is out of place but I used an old ethernet card for the front hole. Make sure to clean off the stuff you don't want on it. Don't forget the stickers on back of card.....like I did lol

Can't see to awful well but I put some plumber caps painted black to cover the groves of the top. I made them look like capacitors. Then I added some chips to the top of the table

I use it as a night light in the hallway for my kids. That way its multi-functional. Charging table during day, Night light in hallway at night, making my friends and neighbors jealous all the time :)

Really your imagination is the limit, I saw the beauty in this table at an auction and found a cost efficient lighting project. The lights I had left over from my lamp and I used scraps for everything. My Cost.....$2

I wanna see yours, send me some pics and have fun !

I use this as a charging desk for phones and tablets

I eventually will put glass over the top and make it a desk

I am thinking of adding a small bottom to to hold a small tower or there is enough room inside just to make the table a case.You could creat a small back plate and make it a bookshelf with decor. Bottom line, this table is a good base, but you can make into alot more. Your imagination is the limit.