Traffic Light miniature with LEDs

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*** A new model is on the works and the new one is huge, just wait until I finish it, and sorry if the instructions are too confusing... *** Hello, this is my first model, a replica of a traffic light. The design is based on the style used in my city before the 2000's, but the pole is based on the new signals done in the 2000s (its from a different design but I wanted something to hold the lights quick) Arduino-type electronic skills are required to get the best experience I'm putting this as a remix of Mid-Century 4-Way Traffic light because I took the following files: - Led adapter: modified the holes because my printer kept obstructing them during printing - Lens: small modification and scaled down - Reflector: scaled down and modified to fit the LED adapter - Separated the light hat used on the original model (renamed to "hat2"), made another one using that as a base ("hat1") Also, everything is scaled down by 0.600 to save on filament, A bigger version was planned (the same size as the original remixed model) but I ran out of filament to test it, The rest of the models are done by me. Multiple filament colors required: Black, Yellow, Grey, Translucent red/yellow/green or clear if you can't get those colors. Other material needed: Respective color LEDs (Red, Yellow, Green), screws, nuts and bolts, and something to control the lights (Arduino for example) ***Lights*** (This is for a single R/Y/G signal) - Print 3 doors and 3 boxes in yellow, or in black if you don't have it - 3 reflectors in Black - 3 lens in their respective color (Translucent red/yellow/green or just clear) - 3 "hats" of your choice Or if you want to: use 4 colors instead of 3 (2 reds, just like my country's) - The "door" is used to hold both the color lens and the reflector with the respective LED color inserted, connect the wires using soldering or with tape (don't forget to test polarities) first place the lens, push it until there's a gap for placing the reflector with the LED already installed. - First color (Red): Pass the wires to the bottom hole of the box, then gently push the door to the box, the "door" was supposed to open like a door... hence the name, but I went with nuts and bolts, or just stick normal screws, those will fit. (that's what I did, see picutres) - For Yellow and Green: first pass the wire through the holes of the box (from top to bottom), pass it until it merges with the other color, then do the same step as the first color with your current color. ***Pole*** - Print all the "pole" pieces ("holders"/"bottom"/"middle"/"lghtlow") then choose either "lghthigh3" (for 3 colors) or "lghthigh4" (for 4 colors, UNTESTED) in grey or black (NOTE: I haven't tested the "base" but included it anyway, use yellow color, or just use a piece of wood like in the pictures) - Insert all your wires in the bottom part of the "holder" piece (the one with the hole) into the top side, push the wires until it comes out of the other side, then insert that piece (careful: sharp edges, and very tight) into the hole of the "lghtlow" pole piece - Now pass the wires through the "middle" and "bottom" piece, then join all three pieces together - Top piece ("lghthigh3" or "lghthigh4"): push the other "holder" (again: sharp edges) into the front hole of the pole piece - Now join your "high3" (or "4") piece to the "low" one secure the light boxes (if the top piece can't secure enough the boxes use tape, if the top piece breaks print another one or tape it too.) - Find somewhere to secure your traffic signal (wood piece or use the "base" if you decided to print it.) with screws using the holes of the "bottom" part of the pole. - For controlling the lights... there's lots of options, I used Arduino and recreated the action of a normal traffic signal of my city, It's up to you to make your code