Hello all,

This has been on going for about a decade, and I decided to take the guts of this to my Uni's theatre, where they have all sorts of tools and space to do this.

It's a continuation/supplement of this thread: Hi I'm new - Here's my system and CPU collection!

The frame was purchased from Goodwill. The backing was made in Photoshop, printed, and laminated.The labels printed form a label maker (unlike the Intel collection I made earlier, which was printed directly onto the page, with a few mistakes),and onto the backing, which was glued to a 3/16ths inch riser (hard cardboard) to give it some height. This in turn was glued to the picture backing which slips into the slots of the frame itself, held in by tabs.

The electronics:

The LEDs were bought in Korea (1,000WON each) and are 12v, auto-polarity units that provide a LOT of light (I've used them in my cars for interior lighting when the doors open, etc) - I had my wife bring me a spool of them because they're super useful.

Here, I've recessed them into the frame by using a dremel to cut out behind them so as to make them flush:

Here's the 12v cell and housing - I will have to further recess this assembly, as it is slightly noticeable in the final product:

The toggle switch turns this all on - It's encased in the frame with hot glue.

The finish on this frame was inadequate, and due to being handled a whole lot over a decade, there were some scratches.

Sanding:

Applying automotive spot putty to get rid of all the scratches/gouges:

Sanded down again, masked and ready to paint:

After paint and a general clean up:

With illumination:

Here's my old Intel one - Next time I open it (I recessed the LEDs too, but I will be adding a diffuser there so you can't see the LED lights through the side) I will attach the proper labels to the CPUs, as I do know there are errors!