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Here is a cheap and effective way of lighting your 3d printer

just requires a lid off ferrera rocher or similar chocs

Some 50cm light lcd light strips
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-50cm-Power ... SwpDBZivzN
and a usb power supply - I used this one

but this is another
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6-Ports-Mult ... SwH-9ZnnF9

and hey presto let there be light!

Alwyn

Clever idea Alwyn but surely in the spirit of the 3d printing community you should have printed the Ferrero lid?

B_Man wrote:Clever idea Alwyn but surely in the spirit of the 3d printing community you should have printed the Ferrero lid?

Ah, but how would he see what he's doing?

Alwyn what a cracking idea. on my other printer im using a cheep angle eye ring from Aliexpres £2/3 wired up to the 12v on the built in power suply through a switch.
I've just recieved my CR10 50x50x50 and the print quality is brilliant. But I have been wondering about lighting it up. I have designed a lidht bar for the X axsis but not printed it yet. Your way looks good.
Thanks
Adrian

As anyone who follows my posts will know my first reaction when I need something is to search my scrap bin, it's free and usually saves me loads of time and money. Consequently I unfortunately (to the extreme annoyance of my better half) very seldom throw anything away, which leaves my man cave extremely cluttered and subject to the usual refrain "I know I've got one of those but where the hell did I put it so I wouldn't lose it".

Alwyn

Did you try the lightswitch? There is usually one on a wall in the room somewhere. ..

Looks like a great idea but I'm not sure why you need it. In a well lighted room do you really need task lighting? I mean, once it starts printing you just wait for it to finish, right?

Unfortunately in our house the powers that be (herself) have dictated the use of the new low-energy bulbs and the house is Edwardian with high ceilings, which provide inadequate lighting in my man cave, so I have an anglepoise type light over my work bench and I needed a decent light over the printer so I can see what it's up to and for removing completed stuff, hence my devised light fitting.

You are probably right that a light wasn't needed, but I found I was always having to fiddle and adjust/fix the old printer and was more comfortable having a light for the new one, besides I like to look at what it's printing after spending hours designing the stuff

Alwyn

I get it. You can never have too much light, I was just wondering if I would absolutely need one, but I don't think I will because I have a very well-lit room with a couple of spot type task lights that I can apply. But I like your light set up, very innovative.