Slot Rail Articulating Light 3D Printer Model

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Summary

A remix of MrMartiniMo's CR-10 Camera mount re-tasked to hold the business end of a dollar store flashlight.

Notes

Matches Articulating Camera Mount
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4123940

Supplies

  • Dollar store / gas station / Walmart flashlight. (Check that drawer in your kitchen, I had two)
  • Resistor depending on power supply and needs.
  • Some thin wire, something you can route in the unused rail slot behind the psu

Assembly

  1. Disassemble the flashlight and remove the head
  2. Solder wires to the head of the flashlight as shown below (fig1), the inner ring should be the cathod (+) and the outer ring should be the anode (-)
  3. Pass the wires through the cap
  4. Insert the bolt into the head, this also should be quite snug to prevent it from spinning, use the nut to draw in if needed
  5. Fit the LEDs into the head
  6. Press the cap into the head
  7. Assemble the rest of the arms as shown below(fig 2)
  8. Slide the assembly onto the rail
  9. Wire as needed
    • Important: there is no resistor in the head of the flashlight be sure to add as needed depending on your power supply. See resources below

Fig 1

Fig 2

Resources

Ohms Law calculator if you need help calculating your resistor.
http://www.ohmslawcalculator.com/led-resistor-calculator

Example: to run this off the 5v power supply at 20 milliamps you would use a 160ohm resistor. (Assuming a 1.8v drop on the LED)

Check the wattage rating on your resistor

Update: 1/24/2020

Images folder was regenerated removing extra images.

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HeadArm.stl 14.5KB
Light.blend 659.9KB
LightHead.stl 828.5KB
PC_arm1.stl 112.2KB
PC_arm2.stl 60.4KB
PC_base2.stl 158.7KB
PC_knob.stl 194.2KB
PC_washer.stl 72.4KB
RailBase.stl 12.6KB