Combining my two most expensive hobbies, I am keeping a photographic record of the birth of a new light box used for viewing and judging prints at the Churchville Photography Club in Bucks County, Pa.
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Clamping up the laminated legs and frame pieces (poplar).
Glue squeeze out
All you need is time....and pressure.
Popping off the glue blobs
One good edge and one bad one
Ripping the frame pieces to the right width
Jointing the finished edges
Prepped poplar ready for assembly
Frame assembly begins
The display backboard goes on
Print shelf installed & top hood being assembled
Side view of print shelf
View of the top of the top hood
Starting to look like something
Primed and wired
Finished product
Light box in use at a Churchville Photography Club meeting