DIY Fluorescent light bank - part 2

Right - continuing on with this project, after adapting the fittings from a 2 lamp to a 4 lamp fitting, i have sourced a nice chrome enamel spray paint and have coated (with several layers each) the fittings with it. This should help throw out the light from the concave surface with a little more intensity.

mmmm nice chrome! :)

Hopefully ive managed a solution to the rear of the unit for encasing etc (and generally making it look like a professional piece of equipment!). M wife happens to work at a school where they have a nice machinery shop with vacuum forming tools!, so hopefully i am going to be able to form a nice polycarbonate back which will be both strong and light! YAY!. - plus i could use a funky colour also!.

I was going to make the barn doors out of aluminium but have now decided on some black sheet plastic (600 x 400mm) and will bond it to hinges ( small 12mm butt hinges ). The plastic should be nice and rigid and light weight. I need to keep the weight down as much as possible as the main unit is sheet steel so i don't want to add too much weight as it may become unwieldy on a stand.

Stay tuned for further updates.......

ciao for now