8/31/96
Out here in sunny California* three or four-bottle wooden gift wine boxes
are common and empty ones can be obtained from liquor shops for about
$2.50. These boxes are about 10" X 12" X 6" and have a sliding top made of
0.25" wood, usually stamped or printed with the wine makers logo. Inside
are two or three dividers or, sometimes, cut out bottle holders.
I tossed the sliding top and replaced it with an 0.25" sheet of translucent
lucite plastic. I happended to have it on hand, but these can be gotten
from any plastics supplies dealer. Usually they will give you scrap of
roughly the right size. The plastic I had on hand was clear, so I sanded
it to translucency. If you buy a sheet you can get a better quality of
translucent plastic.
The box I used had two wood dividers inside (a 3-bottle box). I left them
in and covered them and the bottom with a sheet of aluminum foil over
cardboard to make a kind of curvy "W"-shaped reflecting surface.
Then I tucked three small fluorescent lights into the box, added a switch
and a hardware store handle, and Presto! Light box.
*where I live, San Francisco, we've had fog and 60-deg weather for the last
month.
Dr. Wayne Lanier
250 Ashbury
San Francisco, CA 94117
TEL: [415] 346-4940
e-mail @home: lanier@slip.net
e-mail @work: lanier@resbiom.com
: lanier@slip.net