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Thread: LED UV Light Box: Build Your Own for Under $150

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    Drew Wiley
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    Re: LED UV Light Box: Build Your Own for Under $150

    Jim, I'm VERY skeptical of those kinds of anecdotal tests, having constructed numerous fluoro tube lightboxes myself. Getting truly even diffusion is actually tricky. Maybe Bob S. will weigh in on this too. Of course, that's just an analogous case. Sandy K. has made some more detailed comparisons of UV tubes per se.

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    Re: LED UV Light Box: Build Your Own for Under $150

    No need guys, we will do what we want

    Insane advice with never a picture proof is worthless

    Quote Originally Posted by Drew Wiley View Post
    Jim, I'm VERY skeptical of those kinds of anecdotal tests, having constructed numerous fluoro tube lightboxes myself. Getting truly even diffusion is actually tricky. Maybe Bob S. will weigh in on this too.
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    Did I just hear a can rattle somewhere? Don't tell me the possum is in the recycle bin again!

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    go away, this is DIY experimentation

    if it doesn't work I will post images and not a wall of words



    Quote Originally Posted by Drew Wiley View Post
    Did I just hear a can rattle somewhere? Don't tell me the possum is in the recycle bin again!
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    Re: LED UV Light Box: Build Your Own for Under $150

    Quote Originally Posted by Tin Can View Post
    No need guys, we will do what we want

    Insane advice with never a picture proof is worthless
    With fl tubes the eve ness of illumination is also dependent on the distance the tubes are from the diffusion surface.
    Kaiser slim boxes had to have a silver stripe, the length of the tube, to even it out as the top of the tube was so close to the diffuser you would get visible banding without that stripe.

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    Thanks Bob, that would be easy to implement

    I also have Makrolon LD IF needed, it was designed for LED diffusion

    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Salomon View Post
    With fl tubes the eve ness of illumination is also dependent on the distance the tubes are from the diffusion surface.
    Kaiser slim boxes had to have a silver stripe, the length of the tube, to even it out as the top of the tube was so close to the diffuser you would get visible banding without that stripe.
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    Re: LED UV Light Box: Build Your Own for Under $150

    LED diffusion? Think "rim lighting" rather than head-on diffusion. Don't worry,Tin Can, I'm just waiting for retouching station to warm up, and then I'll disappear.

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    Re: LED UV Light Box: Build Your Own for Under $150

    Good news is always welcome


    Quote Originally Posted by Drew Wiley View Post
    LED diffusion? Think "rim lighting" rather than head-on diffusion. Don't worry,Tin Can, I'm just waiting for retouching station to warm up, and then I'll disappear.
    Tin Can

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    Re: LED UV Light Box: Build Your Own for Under $150

    Randy, I'm bumping this thread to ask if you put the LEDs to use, and what your experience has been.
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    I will not update this thread

    Experiments continue

    Out



    Quote Originally Posted by Mike in NY View Post
    Randy, I'm bumping this thread to ask if you put the LEDs to use, and what your experience has been.
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