Darts Board Illumination Ring Light

prusaprinters

<p>Playing darts gains more and more popularity, especially around the time of<br/> world championship games in December/January.<br/> Playing and practicing for a few years now, I wondered how to optimize the<br/> conditions. The illumination was one of the most obvious points. Buying<br/> professional equipment was never an option (tinker on a budget), I started<br/> designed something myself.<br/> What you see here is the first version, maybe I'll redo some parts in the future.<br/> My illumination ring is press-fitted between board and surround and should<br/> therefore fit most boards (for reference, my board is 45,6cm outer diameter).<br/> Despite time and plastic on your printer, you'll only have to supply a self-<br/> adhesive LED-strap of at least 2.2m length (this drained my budget by 13€,<br/> making it a lot more affordable then commercial solutions).<br/> If you want to build one yourself, this it what you'll have to print:<br/> 11x Ring Element<br/> 3x Holder<br/> 8x Connector (maybe scale up by 2%-3%)<br/> 1x Ring Element Cable<br/> 1x Holder Cable</p> <p>All items are printable on a 20cm by 20cm bed (ANET A8 in my case), you can<br/> even fit multiple ring elements in one print. The settings I used where pretty<br/> rough (0.4mm layer height, 20% infill), if you want more quality, reduce layer<br/> height. If you fancy hidden cables, print one dbi_holder_cable for a regular holder (support needed).<br/> For assembly, there is no glue required (as long as your print has average precision).</p> <p>My overall print time was around 20h, consuming 380g of filament (I<br/> printed everything in PLA, mostly from dasfilament).</p> <p>If you build one yourself, please upload a make, and if you feel like, consider<br/> tipping a small cup of coffee from the money you saved.</p> <h3>Print instructions</h3><p>Support only for dbi_holder_cable. See description for details.</p>