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This is a calendar I made for someone for an unknown use case.

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LED Pictures

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An unremembered number of years ago I started wanting to make at least one picture like this. A picture engraved into a transparent polymer sheet, lit by LEDs from the side. The light gets scattered in the rough places of the sheet. If the LEDs are hidden, e.g. in a frame, this makes it look like the transparent picture itself is glowing. I liked the idea - probably seen it somewhere. And I knew I'm not good at making pictures - be it with paint or an engraving cutter. So I didn't do it. Usually this is the end with ideas like this of mine.

I couldn't get rid of the idea for years though. And some day I made one. It didn't look good but I liked it. I made a few more and applied more efford this time.

I saw a potential to become better at this (and still do) so I made more and more. And about 7 years later I have made hundrets of them. (Sold most of them.) Attached are a few I like best.

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Derpyfest 2018

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Derpyfest was a great community event. I visited only once (in 2018) and I couldn't have been made feel more welcome. I was a bit sad that it didn't happen in 2019 and I didn't even check if people met for it in 2020 because of the virus. It would make me very happy if we could get together for another Derpyfest in 2021 with all its customs and beer-drinking.

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80s Loudspeaker Mini-ITX Case

Entry created on 2020-09-18 author:steeph (374) cat:Case Modding (11) cat:Computer (78) cat:DIY (17) cat:ITX (1) cat:Router (1) cat:Speaker Box (1) lang:en (253) top:Projects:Case Modding (9)

My old router had been case-less long enough. So I've built this mini-ITX case from an 80s speaker.

When I saw these old plastic speaker boxes in a pile of scrap on the side of the street I just had to save them. I always see things and think: Huh, I could put a computer or something in there. The same in this case. I finally found something I wanted to put this old mini-ITX machine into.

I cut away most of the inner support structure and the beams that held the back cover on, cut off part of the back cover so the PSU fits (It fits so perfectly! It's not even mounted by anything and I can really push and pull the wire as much as I want.), cut holes in what was now the new back side, fiddled a bit and wrapped the sides in matte black foil.

It was usable at that point. The back cover is held in place a bit by the mainboard hardly fitting. Then I just glued on those wooden "feet". Their main purpose is to prevent the back cover from coming off unless the wall is strained/pulled out a bit. Such a messy built, but I'm very happy with how perfectly everything sits in place now.

Added two LED strips, a power button and a switch for the light afterwards. Now I consider it done.

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