Photo Studio In A Box - BigBox (PSIaB-BigBox)

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The PhotoStudioInABox (PSIAB for short)-BigBox is supposed to be an easy way to start making photo's for a webshop or ... whatever you want to make photo's for ...The trick (for some webshops) is repeatability ... even if photo's are made years apart, they should look largely the same (with exception of the product of course).This small scale studio (this one is a bit larger) is designed to make good looking pictures of products in a repeatable way. Every part that plays a role in the setup can be fixed to the box and attached in a repeatable way.Just mark or note down the exact setup and camera (lighting) settings and next time you can make the exact same photo. Whenever and wherever you setup the studio.This studio can be used with a "professional" setup (strobes and a DSLR camera)just as well as with a smartphone and some lamps bought at IKEA ...It was designed with portability and ease-of-use in mind.Every part should be printable on my printer (a Prusa i3 MK3s), or can be lasercut on a regular size lasercutter. It should only use extra hardware that is widely available (6 x M5-15 bolts and nuts, an sheet of (plain) paper, IKEA LAGRA lamps ... or any other lighting, ...) and it should be transportable. Any user should be able to use it anywhere on earth (as long as they can use it on a dry spot ;-) ).Print instructionsThe box is lasercut from MDF or some similar material that can withstand some use. The corners can be any material. The other parts should be printed in a strong material as there might be some forces applied to them. Especially the printed bolts should be stronger. I printed some in PLA and force applied while fastening them could just break them. PETG did not have this problem.I printed my product-plate in a transparent PLA ... no forces applied there and the transparency allows for ligting to be applied from the bottom (when done right this takes care of shadows falling on the background). As I also use an A4 white paper as background, the "yellowish" color of the transparent PLA doesn't matter much. A set of at least 2 plates can be accommodated inside the box (one in the lid and one at the bottom).My prints were all at 0.20 mm layers and with a nozzle of 0.4 mm. Some of the STL's have built in support where needed ... if there is no STL with support or a sacrificial layer there should be no support needed.I also made an extra part for use with the Tripod Mobile Phone Clamp V2 and for the IKEA LAGRA lamps. Other parts can be added later as the connectors are all screw-on (mostly 10 mm threads) or a standard Camera Cold Shoe (CCS) ... you know, like the hot/cold shoe connector between a flash/strobe and a camera.The only assembly I could not get around is the PSIAB-Start-Single together with the PSIAB-Flat Nut and the PSIAB-CCS-connector. I made an instruction pamphlet. A single drop of (super)glue is needed.Any questions, remarks or requests are always welcomed (just do so politely, I do not respond well to rudeness ;-) ).This version is not as finished as I would like … as the contest I wanted to enter this in ends in the middle of my vacation and the FabLab I work with is closed in the school holidays … I will however continue working on it. The parts printed for the smaller version of the PSIAB can still be used. If you printed that one first, you would only need to reprint a few parts (corners, hinges and CCS-plates).Don't forget to download the PDF-files … they can be used for laser-cutting the box and some product-plexi's.