Fixing Vintage Products With 3D Printing

[@SianaGearz]

My favourite LED strip trick is to chain them but connect ground at one end and voltage at the other. This way the resistance of the track gets distributed in the way that evens out the current and brightness. I also test drive strips at ultra low current and look for LEDs that don't light as soon as others, these are going to be trouble later, but I may still leave them alone to deal with the issue eventually.

[@Leadvest]

You have a lot of self restraint, not eating that fluorescent bulb. It would have gone crunch crunch crunch, as soon as it left the camera frame, if it had been me.

[@quartzofcourse]

You don’t know that it didn’t happen, they might have just not filmed it

[@SavvasPapasavva]

Skip diving treasures. It's great and you found filament colour so similar to the original.

[@chetleonard169]

good going. Less stuff going to landfill always a boon! And those lamps are cool

[@thesauceinspector4280]

nice build you could rectify that transformer and get some use out of it still too

[@richards7909]

I really appreciate your ‘upcycling’ videos. :)

[@KyleJamieson]

I legitimately remember having one of those lamps as a kid... god do I feel old now.

[@jon_raymond]

Love the Minecraft music in the background. So soothing!

[@tythetasmaniantiger7]

This is great content, 3D printing for upcycling is the way to go!!

[@ValRC1]

Another great project! I always love the vibe of your videos :) May I ask what kind of microphone setup you are using? The voiceover quality is excellent

[@Borgedesigns]

Just a Blue Snowball and a cheap pop filter

[@BlackPulsar13]

Здорово конечно, но светодиодные ленты очень желательно клеить на радиаторы, на пример на алюминиевые профили, это продлит их срок службы.

[@SirRobinII]

first time hearing that 3d printing is wasteful, maybe a 3d printed diffuser would be nice.

[@theabactor9561]

Any idea why that whole LED strip would be dead? I dont know a lot about electronics yet, but my current understanding makes that seem unlikely to me. Awesome video, ive never seen one of these lamps before in USA, which i could get my hands on one

[@Borgedesigns]

I think its just bad quality control, that strip was quiet literally the cheapest I could find and has been nothing but trouble.

[@dogwithatie]

probably one LED was dead and they were alle wired in series, so they all didn't light up

[@LeighReviews]

Get some COB led strips, they look like they have built in diffusers and are a great option if the leds themselves are visible. @@Borgedesigns

[@olafmarzocchi6194]

LED strips are barely more efficient than those fluorescent tubes and mounted on plastic without heatsink they'll die soon, or lower their light output and be less efficient than the tubes

[@TARmeow]

cool stuff!

[@cho4d]

isn't the heat going to warp the PLA?

[@marekparik4103]

I dont think there is that much heat from the LEDs. They are much more efficient then the old light bulbs.

[@cho4d]

@@marekparik4103 more efficient, not totally efficient. i know empirically that leds can in fact get VERY hot, or run quite cool if they're high quality and under-driven. however these are cheap leds and most likely over driven.

[@Borgedesigns]

With brighter ones for sure but these are pretty dim. Ive had it on for 2 hrs and can touch the LEDs and feel no heat.

[@darkmann12]

Audio is suuuuper quiet

[@Crappy.Consumer.Reports]

As a 3d printing hobbyist, the wasteful reputation is well deserved for all the absolute garbage most people are printing in this hobby - aka swords, anime characters, etc.

[@TheKumonxx]

good idea but there are a few places where it can be improved, first of all, instead of using the power supply outside the lamp you can hide it in place of the original transformer, when it comes to the leds themselves it is a good idea to use the leds extracted from the led fluorescent lamp but you need to be careful because not all led fluorescent lamps are built the same way, you can find some that have an aluminum pcb inside with the leds and are only inserted, from experience I know that they last the longest

[@321tryagain]

Your feedback is valuable and I agree that this could have been done perfectly instead of "good enough". But as a repairer I know the reality is that making an upcycling or restoration perfect instead of "good enough" can double (or worse) the time needed for a project without giving a proportional improvement in functionality. That doubling in time needed means that fewer items overall get rescued, so I choose not to do it except for the highest value products.

[@Borgedesigns]

The power supply could have been neater for sure, but these are not LED bulbs these are the original florescent ones.

[@FunnyPhisto]

Pls normalize the audio in your videos to a steady level. Trying to watch the first few seconds in a train and sadly I can’t understand a thing sometimes and sometimes it blows my ears out.

[@crimsoncuttlefish8842]

What did you do with the old parts like the bulb? That was the majority of the product-- you just saved the shell, really. If I were to call something fixing old products with 3D printing, I would have opted instead to print a new shell from a more heat-resistant material.

[@Borgedesigns]

A lot of people seem to share this sentiment but I completely disagree. For one those bulbs burn out after a time anyways, it will end up in the bin eventually. But more importantly, there are efficient recycling programs in place for the bulb and internal metal components. Plastics not so much, thats what goes to landfill and is the important part to reuse.

[@hanspeter9636]

Or, just put in a LED replacement that fits the old socket, you know. No need for printing at all. No need for cheap led's. No need for new cables. No need for new switch. No need for extra weight. You failed on that.

[@MrTapanes]

No need to be rude. LED flourescent bulbs in these oddball sizes can be quite pricey. His method is likely cheaper and certainly more flexible. Besides, I like the look better too.

[@hanspeter9636]

@@MrTapanes for a plug and play system, we start from 9€ of a named brand. From that, it only gets cheaper.

[@Borgedesigns]

You missed the part where all these lamps came to me with cables cut. While easy yes, its illegal for me to do any mains electrical work including putting plugs on things. Also what new switch and what extra weight?

[@hanspeter9636]

​@@Borgedesigns cables cut makes no need for new internals new plug is ~50ct and you can just clamp it on the old cable.

[@hanspeter9636]

I Missed the part where you said you used the old switch and the old weight. I'm sorry for that. So we are at 1/5 reuse (plus new printed parts) instead of 5/5.