Hardware Build

The first stage was to build a basic enclosure for my table, which I did with a lot of help from my dad and his extensive selection of power tools (thanks, Dad!). I had a custom piece of frosted glass made, which cost about £12, and them we measured and built the wooden enclosure around that.

The inner pieces are pretty basic: just a standard mains bulb holder and a 60w energy saving bulb (I wired two of these in just in case I needed more light), a mains junction box, an inline power switch on the cable, and a Logitech Quickcam E2500 webcam, mounted on a cross member about half way up the sides (see the picture above for details).