Bloominglabs side-lit LED sign

A guy (Sam) with a very nice home built CNC stopped by a recent meeting asking if people had ideas for CNC projects. Bloominglabs doesn't have a nice sign outside our office space, so that is something we need to fix.

The current plan is to come up with a side-lit LED sign. There are numerous sites and projects on-line to look to for inspiration and information:

Online Projects

• EHow, how to make edge-lit signs
• You know, for the kids!
• On Adafruit - gave us the idea

Materials

• Machinable PETG (recommended for indoors)
• Machinable acrylic
• LED tape (around $30, best would be RGB for multi-colored possibility)
  • http://www.amazon.com/Flexible-Color-Changing-Ribbon-16-4ft/dp/B006JIWM4Y
  • http://ledshoppe.com/Product/led/LE5045.htm
  • http://www.ebay.com/sch/LED-/58019/i.html?_armrs=1&_mdo=Consumer-Electronics&_mspp=&_pcats=58017%2C71536%2C60207%2C3270%2C293
  • http://www.creativelightings.com/LED-Flex-Strips-and-LED-Ribbon-Flexible-LED-Lighting-12v-s/39.htm
• Aluminum for the case
• Power Supply (12VDC)
• Arduino or microcontroller to make the display do cool things.