3D Printer Light

Creating a Mini Light to Light 3D Printer Bed

My 3D printer bed was dark, so I designed and built a mini-battery powered light to mount on the printer head.

U Bracket CAD Drawing

U Bracket CAD Drawing

The first step was to make CAD drawings of the parts I wanted.  Here is a drawing of a U Bracket for a mini flashlight to light up the 3D printer bed

Printer Light Parts

Printer Light Parts

The second step was to print the needed parts and then to assemble them.

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Then, I took apart a cheap LED flashlight, took out the electronics, mounted them in my new 3D printed case to the printer with my new brackets, and now I have a lighted printer bed.

Assembling the printer light

Assembling the printer light

Printer Light

Printer Light