carriage led mount

lajos

carriage led mount
June 07, 2013 06:46PM

Registered: 13 years ago
Posts: 180

I found myself standing over the tantillus with a flashlight too much, so I made an LED mount for the carriage. Takes a 5mm LED and goes between the top and bottom carriage replacing a washer.

Files available on github in the Extras folder.

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kburr

Re: carriage led mount
June 08, 2013 01:30AM

Registered: 14 years ago
Posts: 72

That's a really nice light setup. How well do you find it lights your build area?

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lajos

Re: carriage led mount
June 08, 2013 11:16AM

Registered: 13 years ago
Posts: 180

I'm using an led with a 20 degree light cone, so it creates a spotlight next to the hotend, it doesn't light the whole build area.

To light the hole table I think you might have to add an led strip or at least several leds and mount them on the inside of the case.