This is going to happen, just taking a while. But I did have a play with a CNC plasma this morning and made up the front face for the lightbox. I'll put some translucent acrylic behind it and get some LEDs off eBay.
I've also run some coloured resin through some aged jarrah to be a timber frame for the lightbox.
And to prove the actual build of the bar has started, here is some of the timber I've dressed. It's a mixture of jarrah, karri, marri, wandoo and blackbutt.