MP Mini Delta V2 Pillar covers (with or without LEDs)

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<p>These will cover the opening preventing most things from falling down in the pillar, where it could jam the motors and belts.</p> <p>If you make the LED-version, you also get a nice light in the printer, but it flickers a bit with power use (you can see it as a feature, not a bug ;-).</p> <p>I recommend two LED in the front pillars and a plain in the back, so you don't have the light shining in your eyes. If you don't want to do the electrical stuff, you can just go with all plain.</p> <p>It uses LED strip segments that is 50 x 8 mm.</p> <p>I recommend using pigtails with connectors for wiring so any part could be easily removed if you need to work on the printer in the future. I used two pairs JST-SH style pig tails and JST-XH style pigtail with a connector:</p> <ul> <li>XH connector soldered to the small power / USB board.</li> <li>Y-adapter with 1x XH -&gt; 2x SH</li> <li>SH pigtails going to the LEDs.</li> </ul> <h3>Print Settings</h3> <p><strong>Printer Brand:</strong></p> <p>Prusa</p> <p class="detail-setting printer"><strong>Printer: </strong> <div><p>I3 MK3S</p></div> <p><strong>Rafts:</strong></p> <p>No</p> <p class="detail-setting supports"><strong>Supports: </strong> <div><p>Yes</p></div> <p><strong>Resolution:</strong></p> <p>0.2mm</p> <p class="detail-setting infill"><strong>Infill: </strong> <div><p>15%</p></div> <p><strong>Filament:</strong> Mixed brands PLA Black / Transparent</p> <p><br/> <p class="detail-setting notes"><strong>Notes: </strong></p> </p><div><p>The upper ledge of the LED version needs support.</p></div> Post-Printing ============= <p><strong>Mount the LEDs</strong></p> <div><p>Clean up the supports.</p> Put the wires in from behind. If you use two, make one with wiring exiting to the right and one with wiring exiting to the left. <p>Solder the wires to one of the two LED strip segments, then connect the segments together with small bits of wire.</p> <p>Press in the LED cover in place</p> <p><strong>Mount the LEDs in place</strong></p> <p>Remove the filament and holder from the back and disconnect power.</p> <p>Put the printer on it's left side (as there is nothing sensitive on that side) and remove the bottom cover, keep track of what length screws go where.</p> <p>You want to put the covers with LEDs on so the wires is towards the back of the printer.</p> <p>Put the wires in to the pillar and fish them out with pliers from the inside, they should enter through the hole in the bracket behind the stepper motor.</p> <p>Clip the pillar covers in place and tug the wires lightly to pull any slack inside the printers electronics compartment.</p> <p>Connect the LEDs to the output of the small Power / USB-board on the right side of the printer.<strong>Double check the polarity</strong>, my printer had red as minus and black as positive.</p> <p>Check if everything works.</p> <p>Put your printer together again.</p> </div></p></p></p> Category: 3D Printer Parts