I am building a UV lightbox to make photographic prints using alternative processes, that is to say using photographic processes of the 19th century or the early 20th century, that usually require a source of UV light. The sun is ok for the exposure, but it can takes hours when you live in Paris, especially during the winter. So i decided to build a UV lightbox. I did the design of the UV lightbox using CAD software. Think of it as an array of 8 UV light tubes... :

If you are interested in learning more about theses processes, you can find a very complete source of documents here : http://www.alternativephotography.com/wp/

But i couldn't find any plastic protection box for the main ON/OFF switch that fits well in my design, so i thought that a custom 3D printed protection box may well come to rescue !

Here is the current UV lightbox, not yet finished, but you can see the wiring of the electrical parts (8 ballasts, 8 starters, ...) :

In the top left corner of the pic, you can see the main ON/OFF switch, that needs to be protected against unwanted contacts. Since the wiring board must be removable for maintenance, i need the protection box for this switch to be small enough.

Here is a screenshot of the CAD design of this protection box : it is very simple, once again what was important for me is its optimal external dimensions ! :

It shall add pics of the 3D printed part itself and assembled in the lightbox !

Loïc