Turbine RGB Lamp

A Turbine-like lamp with RGB LED lights

Video: https://imgur.com/Qd0Y0tP

Print instructions

Print instructions

Fins

Roughly four hours per fin

• 0.3mm layer height
• 15mm brim
• Use a matte white filament, I used Prusament Vanilla White PLA
• 2 perimeters
• Important: Disable 'ensure vertical shell thickness' in Printer Settings -> Layers and Perimeters
  • if you don't you'll see a shadow in the middle

Base & Center Pole

Ten hours for the base, four hours for the pole.

• 0.3mm layer height for speed
• 3 perimeters
• I used Prusament Galaxy Black PLA
• Otherwise, nothing special

Assembly

Required Materials

• M4 Screw
• M4 Square Nut
• 3x M2 Screw
• 3x M2 Heat-set Knurled Threaded Inserts OR 3x M2 Hex Nut
• 5v RGB LED strip
• Controller (Raspberry Pi, esp8266, etc)
• Zipties
• Super glue

Prepare Base

• Turn upside down, mark locations for microcontroller/raspberry pi
• If using inserts, do that now
• Otherwise break through the bridging at the right spots and clean area up. m2 hex nut should be able to move around easily, then remove

Prepare Center Pole

• Dry fit first, count how many LEDs required to fit whole pole. I needed 63, then cut strip to size.
• Important: Insert the M4 nut. Test the fit with the M4 screw.
• Leaving one LED poking out, wrap LEDs around the center pole from top to bottom, ensuring tight fit. There's a slot on the top cap to help.
• Zip tie the end of the LED strip to secure it to pole

Fit fins

• After a quick peel of each fin's brim I was usually left with an extra one or two more perimeters, I left these on to allow a tighter fit with the base.
• Insert and fit, then superglue fin into base.
• Important: Be sure to push each fin into its slot tightly, and then twist it into the slot so the center is flush with the base.
• Important: Do this for the first five fins.

Insert center pole

• With five fins in, there's still plenty room to insert the pole and align it with the center hole in the base.
• Finish the last two fins

Final assembly

• Carefully fit the center pole cap inside the slots at the top of the fins. Tighten M4 screw on bottom just until the cap & fins are firm.
• Fasten your controller onto the base & connect any wires
• Power up