Portable Ops Light for Bambu LED Lamp Kit 001 - Magnetic, Weather-Resistant, 3 Diffusers

Overview

A weather-resistant housing for the Bambu Lab LED Lamp Kit 001 puck, with three screw-on diffusers: a flat lens for a low-profile panel light, a dome for broad fill, and a tall lantern for 360-degree light. Four 10x3 mm magnets on the back hold it to a car, a steel case, or a table leg. A paracord loop on the top tab and shock-cord tunnels on the sides let you hang it sideways or face-down. Power comes from any USB power bank through the kit's own cable and inline switch.

On the Air

This light is for the hours after the sun goes down on a POTA or SOTA activation: logging, finding the paddle, and packing up without a headlamp blinding the log sheet. Stick the flat version to the hood or roof of the car for a vehicle activation, hang the lantern from a branch or tent loop, or set the dome face-up on the operating table. The housing and all three diffusers pack into a go-kit, and the light runs off the same power bank you already carry. It also works as a shack or EmComm station light when the mains are down, because it needs nothing but USB.

Print Settings

- Printer: Bambu Lab, 0.4 mm nozzle

- Housing: opaque PETG. Diffusers: clear or translucent PETG. Seal ring: PCTG. PETG was chosen because it holds up outdoors and in a hot car better than PLA.

- Layer height: 0.2 mm

- Walls: 4

- Infill: 15% gyroid on the dome and lantern (about 41 g and 66 g). 100% on the seal ring. Housing: 15% gyroid

- Supports: none on any part

- Orientation (every part exports already oriented):

• Housing: rear face on the bed.

• Flat diffuser: lens on the bed. The 0.8 mm lens is 4 layers.

• Dome and lantern: mouth on the bed. The bed gives the sealing face a glass-flat finish, and a 45-degree cone inside carries the round top.

• Seal ring: flat.

Hardware and Assembly

- 1x Bambu Lab LED Lamp Kit 001 (60 mm puck, cable with inline switch)

- 4x 10x3 mm round neodymium magnets

- 1x seal: the included printed PCTG square ring (default), an AS568-150 nitrile O-ring, or the included TPU 95A ring

- 1x short length of 1.18 mm paracord for the hang loop

- 3 mm shock cord (optional, for hanging face-down)

- USB power bank

- Silicone RTV (optional)

1. Press the four magnets into the rear pockets until flush. Crush ribs hold them without glue. Keep the same pole facing out on every light you build.

2. Optional: run a thin bead of silicone on the seat cone to fully seal the front of the puck.

3. With the cable at 6 o'clock, press the puck in from the back. Crush ribs grip it, and it stops on the seat cone 0.5 mm below the rear face.

4. Snap the cable past the 2.6 mm neck into the rear slot. The slot captures it.

5. Drop the seal ring into the face groove.

6. Screw on a diffuser until its mouth lands on the outer land. That hard stop sets the seal squeeze.

7. For the hang loop: push the paracord through one top hole from the front, run it across the rear channel, bring it out the other hole, and tie the ends at whatever loop length you want.

8. For hanging face-down: push shock cord into the rounded tunnels at 3 and 9 o'clock, then tie a loop.

Makes, remixes, and fit reports are welcome, especially if your puck or magnets measure differently.