LED Light with Switch

Last crawled date: 4 years, 2 months ago

I first made this switchable LED Flashlight to house a red LED for use with my telescope setup at night. Looking at it, I thought people might be interested in it with either white (clear LEDs) or any other color, so... here it is...
FWIW, I used PLA+ (big deal, eh? You'll use what you want...)
No supports needed.
Parts needed:
1 5mm 3v LED (you can get about a hundred of them for like 7 bucks)
1 2032 Battery
1 Switch - SS12F1-G3, SS-12F16, or equivalent (easy to find on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0799R529Z )
1 3D Printed Base
1 3D Printed Cover
Also, a soldering iron, solder (of course!) and snips. I also drop in a random piece of foam, just because (see pic)
See my LED switchable Pendant if you need more pics to assemble it. Be aware that I made this a tight fit so that it could be pretty tiny, so you need to cut one ear and the opposite tab off of the switch (see pic)... https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3895405
The cover is a snap fit, no glue needed unless you absolutely must (remember, the battery should be replaceable!). Press it in first right over the switch and then gently press in the remainder.