Source for Lighted Base

[Michele Welch]

Thanks Chuck, that was me that was looking for it. Where did you find it?

I just picked up a Freud 'keyhole router bit' that has a 1/4" shank, bit it thins to 1/8" above the shaft area.
The cutter head is 1/4", but the body is also a cutter and that's 1/8".
Don't know if you can use those in your milling machine or not.. but for $16 it isn't too expensive to find out..

[Chuck Stone]

Thanks Chuck, that was me that was looking for it. Where did you find it?

It was the local hardware store. I only mentioned it because you said you were using
the 1/8" acrylic, so you'd want a thin channel to give it some support.
I wish I had kept the package, I could have given you a part number.
But most places that sell a lot of router bits will have a catalog and you
can look it up easily enough

[Dan Kozakewycz]

Post moved because of this forums incredibly annoying thread structure!

[Martin Boekers]

Can you just cut a couple strips, one for each side of the acrylic out of 1/16" plastic?

[Dan Kozakewycz]

He's my attempt, made out of 4mm thick plywood. Simple box with a slot in the top for a 3mm sign, and a hole at one end with a battery cable.

No pictures before it was painted, but you all know what they look like.







Needs some tweaking to add some internal support for the acyrlic so it sits straight, at the moment it just drops through and sits on the LED strip which isn't ideal. I've got my first trade stall event tomorrow though so this should grab some attention!