Ben Heck’s LCD Monitor Light Box Episode -- Episode 175

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Ben converts LCD monitors from old laptops into a light box for artists on this week's episode of The Ben Heck Show. Watch as he creates this desk and uses it to trace pictures of Slothacus!

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shapeshifter over 10 years ago +1

A solution in search of a problem... Wouldn't it have been a whole lot easier to just use a piece of frosted glass (or a piece of think paper under the glass) and put a cheap florescent light stick under…

cptcornwault over 8 years ago

I'm going to do something very similar. What kind of power adapter was used to power this?
What kind of power supply/adapter should I use to power 4 CCFL tubes from a 19" monitor?
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shapeshifter over 10 years ago

A solution in search of a problem...

Wouldn't it have been a whole lot easier to just use a piece of frosted glass (or a piece of think paper under the glass) and put a cheap florescent light stick under it?
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knight_rider1977 over 10 years ago

The laptop Felix is taking apart looks an awful lot like my HP Pavillion 17inch Laptop that gave up the ghost. Its screen has been re-purposed for my Raspberry Pi workstation. Which I am still building. Still trying to come up with ideas for using some of the other parts of the laptop such as the touch panel for media control....
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