Light Up Wood Box Keychain

by dvdkyle in Craft > Art

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Light Up Wood Box Keychain

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We made a small cube keychain with symbols on each side of the box. There's an LED on the inside of the box, which can be turned on by a switch on top of the box. We made this keychain because it's a cool addition to put on bags, backpacks, etc.

Supplies

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Plywood

LED

Hot Glue

3V Lithium Battery

Switch

Keychain

Laser Cutter

Solder

Cut Wood Pieces

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Laser cut 4 x 4 x 4 cm box and 1 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm box of medium bass plywood using MakerCase.



Laser Cut Designs

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Laser cut chosen designs onto the individual walls of the 4 cm box and 1 cm hole onto the top of box

Build Box

Hot glue 4 cm box together and smaller box together

Switch & LED

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Solder the LED to the wires of the switch

LED in Box

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Hot glue the LED through the hole on the top of the box

Cover Wires

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Cover the wires by placing the smaller box on top of the larger box. Hot glue the switch to the top of the box

Attach Keychain

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Hot glue the keychain to the top of the box

Finished!

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