HSW Border for LED Strip (Angled Corners Update!)

This border is easily attached to your existing Honeycomb Storage Wall (HSW).
It features an angled backside on which you can install an LED strip (10 mm) that gives a you nice indirect lighting around the HSW.

Which parts you need depends mainly on the number of hexagon columns you've got. If the number is odd, you need to pay particular attention to which parts you need, as further described below.

Important information - read before printing

Because of the hexagonal nature of the wall, there are several shapes possible. You may need to print different types of corners and you may need to mirror some or all of the provided stl files to fit your wall. 

The parts are attached with inserts so you will need to have empty honeycombs at their ends. This means you need to choose the length of the border parts in such a way, that they span across any fixed inserts, e.g. the connector of two wall segments, if you screwed that part into the wall and can't move it.

The stl files are oriented for printing. Their top side will face the wall.

The parts are designed without tolerance. Extensive overextrusion might lead to a bad fit. It is recommended to print only one part at first and test the fit.

Corners

If your HSW is rectangular, you will only need the standard corners. For other shapes the "creative corners" can be used, to join the borders in different angles. 

Standard corners

 The standard corners come in 2 versions, for “sharp” and “flat” corners.

• even number of columns: you will need to print two corners of each type (check, if you need to mirror them).

• odd number of columns: you will need to print EITHER two corners of each type OR four cornes of a single type, depending on your wall (check, if you need to mirror them).

With the update, both corner versions now have a variant with a rounded edge

Creative corners

With these corners you can join two borders of your HSW in any angle.

The corners are named after the border segments they join (referred to as horizontal and vertical, see below) and the angle as seen from the inside of the HSW.

• hh --> two horizontal borders

• hv --> one horizontal and one vertical border

• vv --> two vertical borders

Borders

There are 2 types of borders: horizontal and vertical. Check that the chosen border segments can be installed in free honeycombs. Also consider which hexagons are already occupied by the corners when choosing the needed length of borders.

Vertical Borders are quite simple, as they follow a straight line of hexagons at the left and right side of your HSW (they run orthogonal to a hexagon edge). Just count the number of hexagons you need.

Horizontal Borders are installed at the top and bottom of the HSW (they run parallel to a hexagon edge). Because of the alternating arrangement of hexagons along this axis they are designed in lengths that are a multiple of two. 

• even number of columns: just choose parts you need to fill your border

• odd number of columns: Pay attention to the orientation of the border with regard to the corners, as they will only fit on one side. On the other side you will need a part with an odd length (parts h1a, h1b, h3a, h3b). If you have different corners at the top and bottom, you will also need a different version of the odd part.

Printing

Print the parts on their flat side as they are provided - no supports needed.
0.2 mm layer height, 3 walls, 4 top&bottom worked fine for me.

Remix ideas

• larger corner pieces with more than one attachment point

• different angle of the LED strip placement surface

Updates

25-12-12: Corner update teaser

• Added two right angle inner corners (see folder "creative corners") 

25-12-15: Corner update!

• Added rounded versions of the existing outer corners (see folder "standard corners")

• Added inner corners in various angles (see folder "creative corners")

  • thanks for the suggestion to @MON5TERMATT