[jepho]

after years of use our Ikea coffee table had seen better days. After no success in finding a new one we liked, the wife gave the go ahead to make a new one.
with a slight twist, under lit white plexi top with color changing leds. i think the final product came out pretty good.

http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc366/jepho13/P3150026.jpg

built in drawer to control the leds, and IPod dock. (will be used for future home automation)
http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc366/jepho13/P3150027.jpg

http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc366/jepho13/P3150031.jpg

short vid. kinda hard to see the colors clear, but it looks awesome IMO.
apparently i dont know how to post videos... stay tuned while i learn

just thought i'd share

[TOS'd]

Oh man, that's awesome!

I drew up some rough sketches back in highschool for one of these but never got around to building it. Thanks for the motivation.

[Matlock]

Very cool!

Just out of curiosity, what type of lights did you use? If I made one I would probably use GM Lighting LED strip lighting, but the only thing is the drivers are quite bulky.

[jepho]

I bought 2 of the "dioder" (I think that what it was called) kits from ikea. I opened up their controllers and spliced them together, to be controlled off of one. Fairly simple actually and small

[GLOW]

very innovative!
are you running the power cable underside down the table, cutting a small hole in your rug to run back to an outlet? i don't see any wire for a power source unless that little black wire in picture #2 is it? if so, any plan to do anything with it to make it not a potential tripping hazaard/cleaner look?

[jepho]

Right now the cable runs down the inside of the leg, out the bottom and to the plug. Over the rug. Didnt want to cut a hole In the rug because I wanted to be able to move it easily to vacuum :-)
i have thought about having battery packs inside the legs with a jack to charge them, but couldn't be bothered and cause the carpet is black its not very visable, and no real hazard in my eyes.

[Spoon]

looks cool. but on the other hand, i can't think of a situation where i would turn it on . . .

[jepho]

looks cool. but on the other hand, i can't think of a situation where i would turn it on . . .

We don't turn it on a lot but my wife and I usually host a few decent parties each year. (Halloween,Xmas etc.)
Plus when we watch movies etc. we keep all the lights off and just set the table to shine white light.