ANNA LED- Namenslampe (Name lamp)

“ANNA” as a printable LED namelamp

Print settings: Infill 8%, no Supports, 0.2 mm (Ideally, conceal the Z-seam at the glue points.) PLA (not UV-resistant, better to use PETG!)

I work in child and youth welfare and also use this hobby to make LED lamps for all the children in our care, to give them as gifts at our summer festival or at the latest by Christmas

Since there are over 60 children, many new names will be added in the coming weeks and months

For new admissions, I will then print a lamp and place it in the room before the child moves in—as a small surprise

If you would like to support this idea, feel free to leave a small donation, which will be directly converted into filament: https://paypal.me/ledlampTomsen?country.x=DE&locale.x=de_DE

If you want to design your own LED lamps, then check out my tutorial on YouTube here and leave a thumbs up if you like it, and feel free to comment, give me suggestions, etc:

You can see here how to create your own letters for LED lamps, which you can also use commercially:

Don't forget to give me a thumbs up if you like the videos and subscribe—there's probably more to come

My 3rd video deals with reducing the file size of the letters so you can further edit them with TinkerCad—check it out here too ;o)

You are also welcome to contact me personally to get more information about child and youth welfare

If you want to design lightboxes yourself, my video on YouTube might help you:

This lamp can be printed on a 20cm print bed

All lamps are modeled so that they can be easily printed on a 20cm print bed and the individual letters can be glued together at the designated locations (I use UHU "hard plastic" glue for this, which adheres very well for me after a good drying phase). The inlays (covers) can also be best fixed in the letters with a few dots of glue if they appear a little loose due to the tolerances

For the LED strip, I can recommend the one from Action (for this model you need a little less than 3 meters). I acquired Grundig brand LED strips there.
Cost of the LED strip is approx 10€

Meanwhile, I have switched to the following LED strip because it is much easier to glue (I only use super glue at the entrance of the lamp):

https://www.amazon.de/Lxyoug-Farbwechsel-Lichterkette-Fernbedienung-Schlafzimmer/dp/B0B5DG93D6/ref=sr_1_33?crid=QRBOQJPPMQYI&keywords=5050%2Brgb%2Bled%2Bstrip&qid=1681329346&sprefix=5050%2B%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-33&th=1

Since the adhesive tape of the LED strips sometimes does not hold properly, I glue the strips in several places with WoldoClean super glue (SuperGlue Universal - ultrafast and strong). The glue sets quickly and can be easily ordered from common online retailers such as Amazon, etc

If you use the LED strips from Amazon, you don't need to glue them separately, as the LED strips are relatively light, they will hold to the lamp as they are. I only glue down the beginning of the LED strip

As filament, I usually use PETG (as it's more UV-resistant) or Sunlu PLA+ or PLA from Bambu Lab, which has a really beautiful look and prints superbly.
You can print the covers of the individual letters with transparent filament or, as I do now, with white (matte white) filament (PETG/ or Sunlu PLA+), as this hides the LEDs and makes the light diffusion much more beautiful!

For the individual files, I have indicated the filament consumption in grams in the file name (according to my settings) (e.g., J_Body_108g). This way, you can check if you still have enough filament on your spool. The covers of the letters require approximately 10-15 grams of filament

Also, please pay attention to the order of the letters; if, for example, T1 Body and T2 Body are listed, the letters must be glued in this order, otherwise the letters will not fit together, or the lettering will be crooked

Feel free to send me your makes and show me what filaments you have used! I appreciate all feedback. Feel free to give a heart, leave a good review, and/or save me to your favorites