Quick, handy, home-made alternative to a light box (for looking at negatives)?

Quick, handy, home-made alternative to a light box (for looking at negatives)?
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This reference has a list of materials and a lot of good photos. The guy’s total cost was $15.00 http://jbwebdev.com/blog/homemade-lightbox/
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