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Glowing Truncated Icosohedron

Nevil_Clavain avatarNevil_Clavain

May 9, 2021

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This is a glowing Truncated Icosohedron that is inspired by one that exists as a VR construct in the Oculus Quest. Its part of a lamp or something in the futuristic Steampunk apartment home screen. I saw it and thought it was cool so I tried to make one. It prints in 2 halves with transparent filament. The black Polygons are printed separately and then glued on. I used PVC/ABS cement from the hardware store. Note that this will only work if you are printing with ABS, If you use PLA or something else youll have to use an adhesive like epoxy or appropriate for your plastic. The light comes from an AA battery pack inside with 4 LEDs soldered to it and held on to the case with hot glue. The LEDs are from electronic goldmine and conveniently run at 20ma and 3V which is what 2 AA batteries put out. No need for a dropping resistor. Alkalines should work fine but I use rechargeable lithium AAs because they put out a constant voltage. The LEDS point UP/DOWN/RIGHT/LEFT to light up the whole ball. The 2 halves are held together with 2 O rings that go around the little nubs on either side of the ball. They are JIS #15 but anything close should work. Dont use something too tight because transparent ABS is brittle, Im not giving the precise printer settings because Im using an old Afinia 479 which Im assuming most people dont have anymore but if anyone does send me a message. If you havent worked with transparent ABS before it prints at low temps, is brittle, and needs very sparse support. Should be easy to remove support material because of low layer adhesion.

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