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Re: Lights

Postby Holmesryan » Wed Nov 13, 2024 10:03 pm

Does anybody have experience in cad and can fill in the holes on these 3d printings.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2508987

The item is too fat nd short for my lights but I figured out how to change the dimensions to fit the lights but have to epoxy the holes and I’d rather start with a solid piece of plastic than epoxy all the holes and drill through the epoxy.

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Re: Lights

Postby ampzapper » Wed Nov 13, 2024 10:29 pm

Stl files are just the solid body so they don’t have a lot of editing capability. Filling in holes is possible but if you need to change the shape you’re better of starting from scratch. What lights are you using?
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Re: Lights

Postby Holmesryan » Wed Nov 13, 2024 11:33 pm

The original post is me with the pic. Lights are unknown, I can’t find the original builders receipt for the lights. I know I can adjust the stl size and my lights fit they are longer and narrower than the files attached, the holes just don’t match. The pulsar are the closest I can find that could fit.
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Re: Lights

Postby Bryan Cotton » Wed Nov 13, 2024 11:35 pm

I emailed Kevin and asked him to check out your post here. Kevin designed those mounts.
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Re: Lights

Postby kevinh » Thu Nov 14, 2024 7:27 am

I'm glad people dig those 3d printed mounts (I designed them and uploaded the STLs to thingiverse). You can also use the free webcad onshape app to customize them for different light designs.
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