#NoWalls LED Wall Torch - OpenLock/MagBall

prusaprinters

<p>Video of the two-color flicker <a href="https://youtu.be/6CtCdkzSDtM">https://youtu.be/6CtCdkzSDtM</a></p> <p>Want some awesome flickering wall torches, but don't want to crowd your tabletop with walls? I have the solution!</p> <p>At a minimum, print the torch cap in a translucent/transparent material. I use clear resin. Also print a torch base. I use PLA. Optionally, print a battery holder as well.</p> <p>This is designed for 3mm LEDs. You can use a single LED, but I prefer stacking two LEDs on top of each other. I put an orange flickering LED into the flame cap, and I sand down the tip of a yellow flickering LED so it's flat and fit it underneath the orange LED. The combination of the orange and yellow flickering LEDs creates a very convincing flickering flame effect.</p> <p>I use ~13mm lengths of 1mm shrink tubing to insulate and combine the leads together, then another ~13mm length of ~6mm shrink tubing, wrapped around both LEDs and the base of the flame, to hold the torch together. If needed, a drop of CA glue will firmly hold the torch cap and LED together.</p> <p>Run the leads through the two holes in the top of the Torch Base, and then bend the leads around the bottom of the base in the slots. Slide in a CR2032 battery and viola! You have a really good looking flickering torch flame!</p> <p>There are two ways to attach the torch to OpenLock/MagBall floor tiles.</p> <h3>1, just place the exposed half of the battery against an edge of a floor tile that contains a MagBall. The magnet will hold the torch in place.</h3> <h3>2, if you don't use MagBalls, then print a battery holder and clip it into the floor tile. The exposed half of the battery will drop into the battery holder.</h3> <p>This "wall" torch will fit in the 1/4" negative space created with my narrow spacers if you are using them.</p> <p>The torch sticks straight up so as to not interfere with the minis.</p> <p>The flame model is based on <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2949393">Flame by Mattias_Selin</a>.</p> <h3>Print instructions</h3><p>I print the battery holder with 0% infill and 0 top and bottom layers with 2 perimeters.</p> <p>The other parts print with typical settings.</p>