LED Light Strip Mount

LED Light Bar Arm V-Slot

This is an movable arm for a light-bar made using 12V LED strip.

When building my Full Bear, Prusa i3, Mk2.5, I thought that it would be a good idea to put an LED light strip inside the z-axis extrusions, to light the build plate. I thought that putting them inside the extrusions would prevent glare from the strips in front of my eyes. I used 'waterproof' LED strip, which incorporate a silicone moulding, to avoid, if possible, any shorts on the aluminium extrusions.

This worked well enough but causes quite a few shadows and the 2035 LEDs weren't particularly bright. I sourced some 5730 LEDs (I think) which were much brighter but as they were wider (and enclosed in silicone tube rather than moulding) they did not fit inside the extrusion.

To utilise this strip, and to improve the lighting of my bear, I thought that some sort of swinging arm would be the best way to mount them. This would allow them to be positioned to best effect - even allowing you