Z42 Prusa Mini/Mini+ Light Mount For LED Strips

This version of the Z42 Prusa Mini light mount is an evolution of the original and is designed to hold a LED light strip. You can wire your own or you can purchase a sewing machine light kit (USB, no soldering involved), install it and you're set. See Links below.

I have included a PLA Gcode for the Mini it includes all printed parts and a 3mf, also, with all the parts.

I printed at .2 layer height, cubic infill and 2 perimeters.

To assemble:

Use CA (super) glue to attach the two light bar parts together.

Install your preferred LED light strip. Most strips have a strip of tape attached, use it but don't trust it, most will fail. I run a bead of CA glue down the edge of the tape to be sure.

If you are using a sewing machine kit you may need to shorten the LED strip by cutting it in one of the designated places.

Run your power wire through the groove on the inside of the mount.

Push two M4x12 screws through the holes in the mount and thread the first few threads of two 3030 T-nuts onto them.

Ensure the power wire is in its groove and slide the t-nuts into the z axis extrusion, ensure the power wire is not pinched between the mount and the printer and tighten up the M4 screws.

Once the screws are tight give the mount a loving tug to ensure the t-nuts aligned themselves properly. If the mount pulls away from the printer, loosen and retighten the offending t-nut.

Install the extrusion cover over the power wire, plug it in and your prints no longer need to be afraid of the dark.

Links to parts:

Sewing machine LED strip that I used: https://amzn.to/3xkzxmx

If you need to substitute a different sewing machine strip, be sure there is enough cable between the LED strip and the switch, some are very short.

T-Nuts: https://amzn.to/304OyZW

Metric Screw assortment: https://amzn.to/3mMrHfj