Hello everyone.. apologies for not posting anything last week.. i had a family emergency and was gone for a few days.. i only had time to do the Fay3dlab 1st giveaway.. and none of you guys participated.. i guess you dont want the LED lamp coupon..
Anyway I finally got all my hardware i needed to make the lightsaber water bottle and assembled it.. Introducing the Darth Vader lightsaber water bottle..
My first thought when i finished was "I should have used a red LED for the lights rather than using clear red filament.. it looks pink rather than red color light.." LOL
I used a greeting card music module for the sound effects and a round LED module for the lights.. So how it works is when you open the bottle.. there is a switch that will turn on the led lights at the bottom of the bottle.. and the greeting card module is triggered using light sensitive sensor.. so the module will play the lightsaber sound when light is triggered when opening the bottle.. it is powered by 3x AAA batteries.. or you could change it to Lipo 3.7v battery as well.. The wiring is very easy but assembling and connecting the wires inside the bottle is tricky..
I still havent compiled or organized the instructions on making the water bottle yet.. but here's a list of everything i used:
1- clear water bottle - https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_onPfCZC
2- Greeting card module.. select the light control version - https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_mOHEPQU
3- COB LED light - https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_oCYvSsg
4- D ring - https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_EzqdEMJ
5- Bambulab springs, brass thread, m3 screws and steel pegs
6- Aluminium rod
I regret not multicolor print the water bottle.. and painting it using spray cans was a hassle since i had to mask different parts when spraying.. I think using PLA silk silver would have been a better choice to make the steel part of the lightsaber.. i'm going to order some for future lightsaber water bottle..
I'll be making an instructable.com post for the water bottle.. and i actually also made the anakin skywalker lightsaber water bottle too.. but i only ordered the one greeting card module.. so have to wait for the new one to arrive so i can assemble the lightsaber..
Since i just got back.. i havent made any suspended model for this week.. and i'm going to have to postpone it to next week.. i'm making the Rosinante corvette class ship from the scifi series The Expanse..
Another project im working on is making a prosthetic thumb for a co-worker at my university.. last month he accidently table saw his thumb.. the doctors couldnt re-attached his thumb so he's thumbless at the moment.. So i volunteered to 3d model and 3d print him a new prosthetic thumb.. i'll share the files to anyone to use and remix... i'll be sharing it on all platforms for anyone to access too.. The project is already underway.. just had to make some adjustment to the sizing.. since i didnt 3d scanned his hand.. I'm actually using Bambulab new PETG HF filament for this project..
On the side note.. please participate in the LED lamp giveaway i made on the 3 social media platform.. your chances of winning is quite high if you look at the participating people..
And that's all i got for this week.. have a great weekend 3d printing..