Halloween lanterns. Will be hanging outside, hopefully later this evening.
I’ve been looking for an excuse to get rid of some awful, pre-finished plywood that I will never buy again. I knew sanding through the existing finish would lead to uneven staining, but that seemed like a positive feature for this project.
I’m using LED pixels (15 each) behind a laser-cut mylar sheet. I went with XLR connections, simply due to the fact that the mountable plates are readily available and it was much cleaner than having permanently dangling cords. I could not find any Ray-Wu or X-Connect plates for the boxes — they may exist, but this option presented itself and was on my doorstep the next day.
I will be hanging these in the arches over my front patio and wiring them into my Falcon controller for full LED lighting control. But for testing purposes, I just have them on a Bluetooth LED dongle.