3D Printable 70cm 150 node star

[Freman]

Hi

My first Christmas design is a 3D printable 70 odd cm (it's like 73cm, or 69cm if you're measuring led distance) 150 node star.

With many thanks to @AussiePhil for testing iterations and encouraging me to increase the border thickness for rigidity. I present a thingiverse link.

70cm, 3 ring, 150 led pixel star by fremnet

Printable tree topper for mega treesYou will need:1 x 3D Printer with a 300x300mm build plate4 x M4X6X6 Threaded Inserts (Tho you could drill the holes all the way through and use 4 bolts4 x M4 Bolts of sufficient length to mount8 x zip ties, or 8 x m3/m2 nuts and bolts150 x 12mm LED pixel...

www.thingiverse.com

 

[Indigogyre]

I look forward to trying to print one of these when the printer is dialed in.

 

[rippernz]

Good work..

I see that you have used PETG,
how hot do these yet?
Will PLA+ work?

 

[Freman]

Good work..

I see that you have used PETG,
how hot do these yet?
Will PLA+ work?

PLA+ would probably work, buuuuut in the Queensland Sun, I suspect I'd end up with a star that looked more like this

 

[rippernz]

PLA+ would probably work, buuuuut in the Queensland Sun, I suspect I'd end up with a star that looked more like this
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just through i would ask as filament here is not as cheap as it is there, how i miss those prices.

 

[AussiePhil]

just through i would ask as filament here is not as cheap as it is there, how i miss those prices.

PETG is actually cheaper over here from ebay generally, surprised you don't have a cheap ebay seller

 

[AussiePhil]

I took me a little while to work this out but here's how i'm going to set up the pixels.
This is going inside my larger 100 pixel star so the 30-50-70-100 progression works quite well in xlights, and i should be able to drive it all from one port

Won't know till some new pixels arrive

 

[rippernz]

PETG is actually cheaper over here from ebay generally, surprised you don't have a cheap ebay seller

do you have a reommended seller on Ebay that might ship to NZ?

Do you buy from local sellers or from China?

 

[Freman]

I took me a little while to work this out but here's how i'm going to set up the pixels.
This is going inside my larger 100 pixel star so the 30-50-70-100 progression works quite well in xlights, and i should be able to drive it all from one port

Won't know till some new pixels arrive

I took mine in the middle at the bottom (basically just as recommended by xlights), signal+power in one side, power injection in the other

 

[EddieV]

Interesting as i was thinking of something similar but cut on my laser cutter. Last year was the first time i brought any pixels and had a crack at making anything like this and routed one from MDF on my CNC router. It was to be mounted in an area with lots of protection so i wasn't concerned but this year i thought an upgrade to acrylic would be good which would mean it could be mounted where ever i wish. These end up 550xx490 roughly and take 144 Pixels

This is how my first one turned out and was looking for inspiration on how to improve on it

Dropbox - Error - Simplify your life

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[Freman]

This is how my first one turned out and was looking for inspiration on how to improve on it

Dropbox - Error - Simplify your life

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Man, that looks great, what's to improve?

 

[EddieV]

Man, that looks great, what's to improve?

Mainly just making the backing from 2mm acrylic mostly so its weather proof i think. Looking around at other ideas for inspiration perhaps for some leaping arches and how to do the outline of the roof, walls and windows

 

[CSR]

What printer did you print this one on? I see the thingiverse says it was an Ender-3 which I think has a smaller than 300x300 build plate.
Got an Ender-6 to print with and this looks really cool, just trying to work out how you print it. New to the 3D printing scene.

 

[Freman]

CR-10S Pro V2 - has a 300x310 bed (tho it only sees it as 300x300). Make sure you don't have skirt or brim enabled.

 

[rebeccamclellan]

Hi

My first Christmas design is a 3D printable 70 odd cm (it's like 73cm, or 69cm if you're measuring led distance) 150 node star.

With many thanks to @AussiePhil for testing iterations and encouraging me to increase the border thickness for rigidity. I present a thingiverse link.

70cm, 3 ring, 150 led pixel star by fremnet

Printable tree topper for mega treesYou will need:1 x 3D Printer with a 300x300mm build plate4 x M4X6X6 Threaded Inserts (Tho you could drill the holes all the way through and use 4 bolts4 x M4 Bolts of sufficient length to mount8 x zip ties, or 8 x m3/m2 nuts and bolts150 x 12mm LED pixel...

www.thingiverse.com

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@jules_beck we could get anthony to do these up for us.