Entropy Reduction

Personal log of yet another digital native.

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Project maintained by andre-abadi Hosted on GitHub Pages — Theme by mattgraham

Purpose

• Mount a Neewer NL660 behind a Dell U3011

References

• Neewer NL660
• Dell U3011
• TinkerCAD
• Printables Upload: Dell U3011 Neewer NL600 Adapter

Design Files

• 2022-04-25-studio-light-monitor-brace-base.stl
• 2022-04-25-studio-light-monitor-brace-pole.stl

Actions

• Calipered (measured) rear of monitor arm
• Added 0.5mm to each outside dimension for fit
• Measured internal diameter of light pole mount, subtracted 0.5mm
• v1
  • Generated negative volumes in TinkerCAD to represent the monitor arm
  • Covered in a large rectangular prism
  • Designated this the base of the two parts
  • Added holed-cube for placement of pole part
  • Printed the base with
    • 4mm nozzle
    • 0.3mm layer height
    • 20% gyroid infill
    • Printed on longest side
    • Added internal support enforcers
    • 4 vertical walls
  • Left print overnight (~5hrs print time)
  • Had a hard time removing supports
  • Base
    • Fitted perfectly
    • Quite heavy
    • Pole location meant when light is tilted it touched the wall
    • Needed redesign
• v2
  • Back to TinkerCAD
  • Reduced all walls of base to 3mm width
  • Moved pole socket to front
  • Intersected base of pole socket with top of monitor arm negative space to make an orifice (save some filament)
  • Printed
    • 0.6mm nozzle
    • 0.4mm layer height
    • 4 vertical walls
    • 20% gyroid infill
  • Base V2
    • Fitted perfectly as last time
    • Had the pole socket lower by 7mm
    • Plenty strong enough
  • Pole V1
    • Loose fit to base v1
    • Good enough fit to base v2
  • Adjusted pole height for pole socket offset as a result of base V2 changes
  • Adjusted pole square base to same dimensions as pole socket
  • Reprinted pole
    • 0.6mm nozzle warped edges a bit
  • Reprinted pole didn’t fit in base v2 due to being too big
  • Reverted pole v2 to same square end dimensions as v1, which had fitted fine
  • Reprinted
  • It worked

Reflections

• 3mm thick walls is sufficient for strong PLA parts
• 5mm thick walls results in a lot of infill, adds a lot of time, and doesn’t seem to add much strength, or at least isn’t worth the extra strength
• Internal supports are a pain to get out because removal meant pulling the rectilinear parts which didn’t in turn pull off the interface layers very neatly
• It was overkill to initially print v1 on its widest side as v2 printed upside down was strong enough not to break

Pictures