Balance Lamp 3D Printer Model

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Summary

I was inspired bij the Heng Balance Lamp by Zanwen Li on Instagram.
This was made of wood but I found no 3D-printed derative so I made one.
I made parts for little and bigger printers.

Print parts:

  1. Small test parts to calibrate the slicer (with modeled supports).
  2. Right part + cap (2x)
  3. Quarter curve part + cap (4x) or half curve + cap (2x)
  4. Mount (6x)
  5. Magnet close and hole (2x)
  6. Pin (6x)
  7. Housing (1x)
    Be aware that the modeled supports are sliced in your slicer (check shell thickness)
    See also printer settings below.

Materials used:

  1. ledstrip (3828 - 8 mm or 5050 - 10 mm)
  2. 2 neodium magnets, round 10 mm, thick 10 mm (must be strong N50)
  3. switch with (long) lever (AliXpress: V-153-1C25 Micro Switch)
  4. potentiometer for dimming (1 kΩ - 10 kΩ)
  5. jack socket female 5.5 mm, 12 volt (see picture)
  6. electrical wire
  7. rope for the two balls
  8. 2x M3 bolts and nuts
  9. Some glue and soldering iron

Assembling:
The light caps can be printed in different color and fit tight in the frame, no glue required.
The caps also hold the ledstrip in place and are a bit overlap with the seams for strength.
After assembling I melted the links inside with a soldering iron for better bonding which are covered bij the led strip and light caps.
Tight the ropes to the upper half, inside with knots (and/or glue) and couple the other half with the magnets and 3 pins tightly.
At the top I used a little of the support from the caps (2 cm) and punched a hole for the rope and put it behind and between the upper 2 curve caps so it won't fall off.

Base_bottom.stl 129.7KB
Base_housing.stl 633.2KB
Base_switch.stl 151.4KB
Base_top.stl 411.2KB
Half_curve.stl 159.5KB
Magnet_close.stl 979.7KB
Magnet_hole.stl 989.1KB
Mount.stl 14.3KB
Pin.stl 100.1KB
Quarter_curve.stl 79.8KB
Quarter_curve_cap.stl 76.4KB
right.stl 7.5KB
right_cap.stl 1.4KB
test1.stl 7.5KB
test2.stl 1.4KB