Prusa Side Light

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This light is great to have your model lid while being printed, proven to be light weight and will not cause issues to print quality. Building materials1x USB cable >5mm thick preferably long enough to reach a USB power supply and allow the Z axis moving freely1x USB power supply with minimum 1A of output1x LED strip with 5050 chips or equivalent with 160mm in length with approximately 10 led lights ( eBay 5V USB 5050 LED Strip Light White 2m 3m 5m Monitor TV Backlight Tape Lighting UK) Building instructionsRun the USB cable through the hole at the mount head, making sure you run the cable in the LED channel for 35mm to prevent shadow from the axis mountCut the LED strip to a length that covers from the cable to the channel endUsing the stick adhesive make sure it is sticked to the channel before soldering it makes it simpler  Using a soldering iron solder the (+) and (-) according to your LED PCB design NOTE: make sure you have plenty cable to allow the Z axis to move freely if it gets caught it could compromise the print and the printer.