When I first turned it on, it didn’t seem to be that bright. The light is perfectly even, and deceptively bright. The light comes from Super Bright LEDs, which use a fraction of the electricity of regular lights, and are rated to last for 50,000 hours without failing. It comes with a felt-like sleeve and can be thrown into a small suitcase with ease. The 9″ x 12″ Light Pad is only 5/8 inches thick, and is incredibly light despite a solid aluminum casing.
DIY LED LIGHT TABLE PORTABLE
I bought the 9″ x 12″ one to use as a portable light table when traveling, and I was blown away.
They come in a variety of sizes, the largest being a whopping 17″ x 24″.
DIY LED LIGHT TABLE SERIES
Artograph now makes a series of light-boxes called Light Pads, which are LED units that are amazingly light, thin and bright. They get plenty hot… not like incandescent bulbs do (I miss my sister’s Easy-Bake Oven cakes), but enough to make it uncomfortable after a while.įortunately technology has come a long way in 5 years. Anybody that tells you that florescents do not throw off heat is lying.Light spills out on either side of the work, even with big pieces, and that screw up the effectiveness of the light table itself because there is too much ambient light. The illumination is not even, there are four bands of bright light and even the sanded, diffusing plexiglass can’t completely even out the light.That made it tough to lean over and work high up on a piece. The necessary thickness of the box/casing to contain the shop light unit made the drawing surface too high from where my knees cleared the underside of the table.I would get a headache or get very tired after a certain amount of time using it. There is an almost imperceptible flickering that occurs that fatigues your eyes and your brain after too long staring into it. Using florescent tube lighting is hard on your eyes.This light table served me well, but it did have a fair share of problems: About five years ago I built a home-made light table into my drafting board in the studio using a fluorescent shop light, some pine boards, a piece of plexiglass and, of course, duct tape…I did a DIY post about it at the time.
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