Magnifying clamp-on lamp upgrade by WalterSKW

Last crawled date: 4 years, 1 month ago

I had an old clamp on lamp as the one shown in the picture and decided to give it a new life as magnifying lamp.
The lamp has been designed for a 100mm magnifying glass, a small c&k toggle switch, 12V ledstrip and a 12V adapter as power supply.
Printing
Lamp body : I printed it with 0,4mm layers and a 0,6mm nozzle. Flat lamp top side down on the bed.
Connector : needs support. 0,2mm layers
Locking ring with the broad site on the bed, 0,2mm layers.
Switch protection with the flat side on the bed, 0,2mm layers.
Assembly
see picture
Mount the magnifying glass using the locking ring. The ring should fit on the 3 tabs. Melt the tabs on the locking ring. Pay attention for the flat part on the outside diameter : should be directed towards the switch.
LEDs : I glued a strip to the vertical "wall" at the inside of the lamp body and some smaller strips of 3 LEDs each to the slope.LEDs do like the correct polarity very much!! Look for the plus and minus signs on the LEDstrip !
The M3 screw and nut lock the connector in place and allow the lamp to be adjusted.
Pictures of the thing (being assembled) will follow.