DIY Light Ring from LED Strip
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This is a DIY light ring made from LED light strip segments.The base positions them all symmetrically. It was designed around this strip (see link), but any 8mm wide x 100 mm long segments (take two to get to that in my case) should work. Designed for the entire fifty meters (so 50 strips) as I wanted a brighter ring that I could buy cheaply, but you could add fewer. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HSF65MC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It's built pretty ruggedly and a tripod mount is integrated (just a holder for a 1/4-20 nut). I used PETG as that will give more temperature resistance when soldering or from waste heat, but perhaps you can get away with PLA. If that works out, LMK! The model is 296 mm in diameter, so may require being split up on smaller printers. I recommend clipping the corners of the strips (snipping off positive on one end and negative on the other) so that bare wire can be used as that makes it a lot quicker to solder (see pictures). Snipping and sticking the strips down took about an hour, but it's mindless so you can listen to a podcast or whathaveyou. Soldering took an additional 30 minutes or so. Be aware that not all the segments will be exactly the same length, owing to manufacturing tolerances. Pro tip: test all the segments before snipping and sticking them down. I had one bad out of one hundred but didn't think to test until after I'd done so (at least it was before the soldering...). Not too terrible to replace, but still. Marking this a work in progress as I need to add a diffuser and perhaps some handles so those models may be added later (though I'll keep them separate from the main ring as options). Won't add a specific phone holder model as they vary so widely. Easy enough to glue one on the back if desired. Step version is included to aid modification. Considered a lot of geometries for the strips, but ultimately decided to play it safe and not contort them. A bit fragile once you start bending them a lot.
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