RamjetX ShiftLight LED Mini Torch Conversion Kit

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Hi Sim Racer Fans! Christmas is here, I managed to slip away from the kids for an hour and whipped up something I'd wanted to do since last Christmas.... LED Mini Flashlights are perfect for upgrading into a smart looking Shift Light for your racing habit. I got mine from Officeworks in Australia for $2.99AUD... Conveniently, the internal design is large enough to fit a Pro Micro (my favorite!). So I decided to use a small pipe and hammer to punch out from the inside the original LED array. There's an aluminum step it's pressed into so you just need to pull the battery out, push something solid in, and WHACK it with a hammer. It should pop right out! My models are designed to fit directly into the empty barrel. The lens is ~23.5mm which depending on your printer accuracy is close enough to wedge in nicely. The main body will push into the bottom of the lens with a little super glue to keep it in place with the lens. I hot glued my RGB WB2812B LED on top of the main barrel. It works, it's simple... and despite the original version being much more elaborate. This just prints easier and you need to glue the LED anyway. so... y'know... The base lock is optional. I found the Arduino didn't slide around at all. Oh and the switch in the bottom cover of the flashlight should just push through from the rubber end and pop out the inside. It's a press fit too. Just put a slot in the rubber button cover and push your USB micro lead through it and screw it on to finish it up. The blue one I made was an old flashlight and perfect for a test. My printer also had a blocked nozzle for the test print but it all fit okay together. I have little reservation about the model. Once I clean the nozzle of the printer it should be smooth again. Have a go, the results are pretty neat. Oh, and if you don't want to print a lens with transparent filament.... Get an old plastic Milk bottle.. and cut out a circle to push in over the LED. It'll work just as well.