Illuminate your space with this striking Gundam lightbox, featuring a bold red and black rectangular design that pays homage to the iconic mecha series. This lightbox showcases intricate details inspired by Gundam aesthetics, bringing a touch of futuristic flair to any room. Perfect for anime enthusiasts and collectors, it serves as both a functional light source and a stunning decorative piece, making it an ideal addition to gaming setups, bedrooms, or display areas.
If you don't have or don't want to install LED's you can just glue the parts together and have an awesome sign!
WARNING!
- remove purge line at the beginning of the print, it may interfere, specially with bigger prints!
Materials and tools:
- glue gun
- aluminum tape
- led strip: simple 1m or 2m white or rgb led USB (recommended 60 LED per meter)
- soldering iron (optional)
RECOMMENDATIONS
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use a textured PEI sheet
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remove purge line at the beginning of the print!
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use the print profile, it has quite a few setting changes that help achieve the best results
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make a hole for the USB strip wherever you like it best with a soldering iron, drill or in the slicer
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use the aluminum tape on the inside of the backplate to help with light diffusion
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glue the LED's the further away from the colored design possible; placing them too close ruins the diffusion and the individual LED's become visible
Bambu Studio Settings: I always recommend using the print profile I provided since it has settings with which I've been able to get the best results. If you choose not to here are the main slicer settings I recommend:
- preferences (ctrl + P) → activate developer settings → Quality →Advanced → First Layer Flow Ratio: 1.04 to 1.08
- Quality → Wall generator → Arachne
- Quality → Wall transitioning threshold angle → 30º to 50º
- Strength → Advanced → Infill/wall overlap → 20% to 25%
- Increasing retraction / reducing temperature can help reducing wisps
- Order color printing from lightest to darkest color
How to make a hole in Bambu Studio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsA23WCxRtg&t=14s&ab_channel=braga3dprint
Assembly video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNsShLmXYh0&t=8s&ab_channel=braga3dprint
How to print without AMS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUSTGxOOS_U&t=4s&ab_channel=braga3dprint