Don’t get 120 LEDs per meter - too power hungry for most applications. You can also use higher density 60 LEDs per meter strips without worrying about the pain of attaching individual lenses. The metal also works as a nice heat sink and way to attach to the wall. The other option is to use metal tracks that little plastic filters snap into. If you go higher density on the lights it’s gonna take a long time. If they have waterproofing it will be basically impossible to attach. I would recommend 30 LEDs per meter strips that are NOT waterproof. I’ve used these diffusers with good results. It proved that yeah, I really do want an enclosure. Until you have an enclosure sorted, even surrounding the printer on 3 sides with cardboard proved to be a huge step in the right direction for me. Other mods pictured are the printed Z-axis braces on the printer itself, this fan shroud on the control box (because the stock fan is a joke), and the aforementioned borosilicate glass print bed. It could have been done for probably $130 without the arduino & lighting tom foolery. I'll guess my all-up price was about $200. I'm going to tie my OctoPi to the Arduino and trigger the fan on high after a print ends to cool the enclosure down faster so I can pull parts off the glass bed sooner. But I wanted to be able to place a charcoal filter on the exhaust fan for ABS, so I planned ahead. I don't have a filter on the enclosure now, and to be honest, 90% of the time, the fan is off. I just had some from a previous project.īecause I went "full nerd", I used an arduino & temperature sensor to create a temperature controlled fan, with LED control panel (designed & printed bracket), and used sketch-up to build an exhaust housing very similar to this one, except for a 120mm fan. I put the LED strips on aluminum channel, but that really could have been skipped. The lights were about $45, using this, this, & this. I printed standoffs / brackets to hold the plexiglass (see Thingiverse), $14 in brackets & board for the side shelf. It's basically the stuff that political yard signs are made out of (if that makes sense). I then purchased $60 in plexi, but used corrugated plastic for the back panel since it's significantly cheaper and the white background reflects more light on the print bed. I don't live near an IKEA, so I bought two end tables $8/ea, but ended up paying $26 total after shipping. I followed the Ikea LACK build, with my own mods. Thanks for the contest!^ifitisacontest^probably Add-ons list: iRobot Scooba Hard Floor Cleaner ![]() (He did have some cardboard boxes that came with the set, but he ate them in true baby form.) This set of wood pantry items will hold up and also be fun for stacking. He has a play kitchen, but no play food yet. ) My son's birthday list: Wooden Pantry Products I have a ten-year-old neurotic cat who takes his pants off when he's anxious. I need a thermometer that starts at zero for this. Some of the breads require water at an exact temperature. It's great and I use it every day, almost. o_O Kitchen and Noms list: Instant Read Pocket Thermometer But I plan to put mini pendent lights in instead. ![]() It's got sunken eyeball lighting in the kitchen. Home Improvement list: Recessed Light Can Converters My den is basically a shrine to Uncle Steve. I have read everything he's written that I could get my hands on. Stephen King and I have a long relationship. I'm one of 4 kids and reading was the thing we had together while I was growing up, that nobody else shared. We both love reading and bond over books better than anything else. ![]() He's been through a lot, health-wise, and he's finally at a place he can relax. His birthday and father's day are the same day. What I did was added light strips above and below my cabinets to provide indirect uplight, and task lighting under the cabinets, and then the 5 can lights with br30 rgbw lights. And the cooler (higher in k) you go the brighter the Hue lights are. I personally dont like 6500k so I deal with it by adding more lights. Also most people say kitchen lights should go cooler, more towards sunlight at 6500k. Ģ700k is one of the lowest lumen outputs. ![]() If they are recessed can lights you could possibly go to the new retrofit lights that just recently came out, tho not color. So like if you had a PAR up shining onto a specific spot on the counter you are now seeing more of a flood. So you are probably seeing a more washed out light that isn't as hot spotty. Also PAR's are 'narrow spot' and BR are more of a flood. So what's happened is you are loosing a little light that isnt being reflected down as efficiently.
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