LED Strip Printer or Enclosure Mount (Anet A8 etc) by GingerBrandon

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

After I added an LED strip under my extruder,http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2277040
I wanted to "add some more light to the situation."
I liked the "LED strip holder for Anet A8"http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2004680
Byhttp://www.thingiverse.com/FreakErn
But I have never had any luck with the adhesive on LED strips... So I wanted to change the holder so It would secure the LEDs without relying on that glue.
So I changed the holder to be more like the one under my extruder, with the help of retaining walls and zip tie holes.
Then I thought, why not try using clear PLA and encase the LED strip and hopefully diffuse them a bit?
I also cannot use the part of spacer part of the original thing, because I am using a frame bracehttp://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2243664
That replaces them.
So here we go. I uploaded a bunch of varieties, Some have holes for mounting under the Anet A8 LCD, and some have blank supports so you can drill your own holes.
Also there are ones with "lenses" which will only work with clear filaments.
I also added a lens version that can be surface mounted with screws. Great for an enclosure. You can use this thing to control the wires:http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2284508
After trying to mount this, I realized it was to wide if you hare using the "Anet A8 corner braces"http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2243664
So Ive made a shortened version of the lens version, which should save you from using the belt sander on the end.
The "Thingiverse" display has some problems resolving the things, but if you open them in your slicer they should be fine.
EDIT 05/03/17
Turns out if you print this in PLA and put it in an enclosure, and use cheap LED strips that get hot the ends tend to bend on the unsupported part, so I made a new version with supports.
I guess that's why they call it "rapid prototyping."
EDIT 5/5/17
The Angled surface mount came out so well that I made a drill guide for it to center the mounting holes.
My printer does a so-so job of making holes, but its never going to be as good as a drill bit, and its nice if you can change the hole diameter to match whichever screw you using.
You can skip all that and use double-sided tape.