Edge Lit Star Wars Displays 3D Printer Model

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File formats: cdr,zip,STL
Download type: zip
Size:1.9MB

The file 'Edge Lit Star Wars Displays 3D Printer Model' is (cdr,zip,STL) file type, size is 1.9MB.

Summary

These are edge-lit displays/signs of Darth Vader, Boba Fett, and Jar Jar Binks that I made as part of a bigger electronics project. To control color and brightness of those displays, I modified a toy Han Solo DL-44 blaster to emit IR TV remote codes and designed these displays to respond to the codes. (To see more about the design files for the display stand for that blaster, follow this link.) As the blaster shoots, the Star Wars characters react by blinking and playing audio recordings. Also, certain button presses from a non-blaster TV remote unlock bonus Easter egg content from the displays!

The displays were designed to be laser-cut from plywood and acrylic. So, the .STEP and .STL files that I generated and included here have not been printed and tested, though they should probably work together okay since they were generated from the same SolidWorks files that I used to make my 2D files for. Everything was held together with hot glue, except for the clear acrylic pieces, which, IIRC, were fastened with 1/4-20 screws and nuts (the hole has a diameter of 1/4", which could be okay for 1/4" screws since the laser kerf will make the cutout bigger than that). Before adding the acrylic pieces, I stained the wood and gave it a couple coats of polyurethane.

Here is a list of how many parts you will need to cut and from what material for a single display box:

Part Name Quantity Material
all_3_star_wars_profiles 1* 1/4" clear acrylic
led_array_holder 1 3mm or 1/8" plywood
ir_detector_mount 1 3mm or 1/8" plywood
top 1 1/4" plywood
side 2 1/4" plywood
profile_holder 2 1/4" plywood
front 1 1/4" plywood
electronics_platform 1 1/4" plywood
bottom 1 1/4" plywood
back 1 1/4" plywood

*This .CDR has profiles of Darth Vader, Boba Fett, and Jar Jar Binks in it. Only a single profile is needed per display box.

To show how the parts fit together, I have included a picture of a 3D model of the display box with a few components made transparent. You can also check out my Imgur build log, which shows a few steps of the assembly.

3_star_wars_profiles.cdr 99.6KB
all_cdr.zip 189.7KB
all_dxf.zip 146.3KB
all_solidworks.zip 1.4MB
all_step.zip 89.6KB
all_stl.zip 24.1KB
back.STL 17.3KB
bottom.STL 5.4KB
electronics_platform.STL 17.1KB
front.STL 48.1KB
ir_detector_mount.STL 10.8KB
led_array_holder.STL 2.2KB
profile_holder.STL 16.3KB
side.STL 9.3KB
top.STL 7.1KB