Lithophane Box w/ Backlighting (Build Guide incl)

This is a project that I worked on with my kids for Mother's Day but it is applicable to any picture that you would like to turn into a lithophane.  

It is composed of 4 parts…the lithophane itself, the box, the lid/bottom for the box and a light strip.  Here are the details for each part:

1. Lithophane - I used ItsLitho • Free Online Image to Lithophane Maker in order to make the lithophane.  These are the settings that I used in the maker

• The image is a regular picture taken in portrait orientation with an iPhone
• I did not adjust anything in the EDIT menu
• *Shape:  Plane*
• *Width: 100mm*
• Min thick: 1.2mm
• Max thick: 3.6mm
• *Frame: Frame*
• *Thickness: 0.1 mm*
• *Depth: 12 mm*
• Angle: 40 deg
• I did not change any other settings but, if you choose to do so, it shouldn't affect the fitment.  The critical settings above are marked with an asterisk. 

Printing the lithophane can be tricky, here's a good guide for settings Slicer Settings for Lithophanes • Tweaking to Perfection • ItsLitho.  One tip that I found really helped with this one is to print it on it's side…it makes it more stable on the print bed.

2.  The Box 

• Orientation:  I don't think that orientation matters too much.  You'll see in the pictures that I printed the box with the backside laying down and it did lead to some user-error related quality issues.  I used the wrong build plate and had some warping in the corners. 
• Layer height:  User Preference
• Supports:  I used organic supports
• Material:  User Preference
• Infill:  I used 25%, cubic
• Perimeters:  2 or 3
• No need for brim or raft

3. The Box Lid

• I used the same print settings as the box.  Print it with the flat side to the build plate.

4. The Lights

• I just purchased this off Amazon but any short LED strip light will suffice.  https://a.co/d/1oAKSwF 

Assembly of the final product should be pretty straight forward.