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Servo Bracket with 60mm LED light ring mount and remixed parts

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Publication date 2021-03-10 at 00:15
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Published to Thingiverse on: 2015-01-02 at 00:04
Design number 326400

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3D model description

The original bracket is great, but my Prusa i3 uses a short (36oz.in.) NEMA 17 stepper, placing the servo too close to (touching) my hot end. I redesigned the top clamp to accommodate the stepper plug, thus allowing me to move the bracket to the back of the stepper. I also shortened the switch arm to the minimum length that would fold up beside the bracket, and I modified the recess for the servo horn to accommodate the non-tapered single horn that came with my 9g. servo. The horn simply glues into place with the screw side exposed for removal if needed.

Another change was adding arms to support a 60mm LED ring. The ring is attached to the bracket using two zip ties, which holds the ring flat and securely. (You MUST insulate the top of the LED ring to prevent heat from the individual LEDs from weakening the arms. See updates in the instructions.)

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I printed the items in the photos using black PLA, 0.3mm layers, solid fill, with extruder at 200C and bed at 50C. The LED ring is from ebay (search for 60mm Angel Eyes) and has 15LEDs, operating at 12v. It is attached to the bracket with two zip ties.

UPDATE 01/03/2015: After a long duration print job, the heat from the bed caused the LED arms to droop. I updated the design to include some support beneath the arms as well as a few holes to help cooling.

UPDATE 01/072015: The dropping arms was not caused by heat radiating from the heated bed or the hot end. After replacing the clamp with the updated version I inspected the old one and found swells in the PLA above each of the LEDs in the ring. They are obviously the cause of the heat-related failure of the arms. I have insulated the LED ring using silicone impregnated fiberglass material and have had no further problems. Either design (holes/no holes) should work fine -David

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