Huge transluminator

I am pretty sold on this design.  It is elegant in many ways, and it provides quality illumination.  Lets look at the features it has for the user:

• Extremely easy to assemble.  It should take maybe 5 minutes.
• Very thin, which makes it easy to store. Maybe 1/2″ tall
• Large illuminated area, 4″x4″ (10cmx10cm for you metric folks).
• Gel filter stows inside of transluminator, and protects EL panel.
• EL panel illumination is very even, which makes it easy to pick out bands
• Lost cost and high value compared to other options

Now, lets look at this from the viewpoint of me as a manufacturer:

• Uses off-the-shelf components for anything that requires tricky assembly (EL inverter)
• Low parts count -> low cost and easy to pack
• Almost zero material is unused.  the Negative space becomes the filter!
• Small size makes it cheap to ship
• High value added in the parts I fab

These things make me happy, because I can provide a lot of value by selling the kit to people, and it should make people happy because they have a simple to build and beautiful transluminator that they can use for a long long time.

Transluminator…ASSEMBLE!

This is an animated gif of the assembly process.  The illuminator is a laminated design, held together with screws.  Assembly takes only a few minutes, or maybe a bit longer if you are a super-perfectionist.