Do any of you ever use a light box ?
01-06-2011, 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by sewingladydi
I just use my glass top coffee table and put a lamp under it. Or tape it to my patio door wall
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01-06-2011, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by ibequilting1
I have the Sew Steady plexiglass table for my machine and I just put a small florescent light under, works great.
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01-06-2011, 11:25 AM
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I have done the same thing, and it works great when hand printing the quilt label in permanent ink. I first print on the computer the message and then using 'blue' tape adhere it to the top of the plastic table, 'blue' tape the fabric over that - and then print away!
01-06-2011, 11:37 AM
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WOW! Good find!
Originally Posted by Dandish
At a garage sale, I found one that looks like the light boxes that the doctor hangs x-rays on - it's pretty big. For $5 I couldn't pass it up!
01-06-2011, 11:48 AM
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Yes, here is one my sweet hubby made for me out of an old scanner. He attached gridded paper to the underside so I would have a guide when tracing. Also cuts the glare. Its a great size, nice and sturdy and I love it.
Originally Posted by FroggyinTexas
Love my light boxes. I bought one and made another by using the old fashioned one-function scanner that someone gave me after it broke. You take its insides out, velcro a flourescent light of the right size to the hollow core, stick the cord through a convenient hole--there will be several in the hollow core of the scanner or you can easily make one--and voila', you have a light box with a cover.
Those old scanner are hard to find now, but you might find one at a garage sale for less than a dollar.
froggyintexas
Those old scanner are hard to find now, but you might find one at a garage sale for less than a dollar.
froggyintexas
Lightbox from old scanner - look closely for the grid
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Lightbox - sorry its upside down!
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01-06-2011, 12:34 PM
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I am lucky to work in a doctor's office. When our X-ray department went digital (so the doctors could read them on their computers) the light box was obsolete. They let me have it. I also read somewhere that you can use your table if it has leaves in it. Open the table up, put a piece of glass over the opening and a strong flashlight underneath. Haven't tried it, but it sounds like it would work although not portable at all!
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