Lithophane frame with LED lights

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A colleague has been proudly showing off a picture of her son who recently completed Army boot camp to anyone willing to take a look. I offered to create a Lithophane of the photo, and when she saw it, her amazement was evident. I decided she needed an effective way to display it and got started. I found a supplier for a 12vdc LED lit panel that had a lit area of about 4" x 6", a 12vdc power supply, and an adapter plug to connect the two. The lithophane happened to be almost a perfect fit for the panel by sheer coincidence. I used Fusion360 to design the frame, back, and stands. I printed them out on a Hictop 3DP-11 using Hatchbox brown PLA filament. I cut a thin piece of Acrylic to cover the delicate front surface of the Lithophane, and assembled everything together. It's a bit challenging to capture the effect accurately with a cellphone camera, but it almost jumps out at you. As for the Lithophane itself, I didn't include it in this file, but if you're using Cura as your slicer, it's as simple as loading a .JPG , answering a few questions about size and reversal, and sending it to your printer. I've found Esun's Warm White PLA+ to be excellent for Lithophanes. Other whites I've tried appear to have so much pigment in them that they're opaque in thin sections. Warm White is translucent and works wonderfully! I purchased the LED panel at Electronic Goldmine, and the power supply and adapter on Amazon. If you'd like part numbers and details, just ask me. Print Settings: Layer height: .2mm Shell thickness: 1.2mm Retraction enabled Fill density: 15% Print speed 60 Print temperature: 210 Bed temperature: 70 No support No raft Filament diameter: 1.75mm Flow: 80% Nozzle size: .4mm