tired of the persistent hum his fluorescent desk lamp made, [Andres Lorvi] decided he had to repair it. as well as by fix, we mean get rid of altogether. He liked the lamp though so he decided to convert it to LED — that method he’d save some money on electricity too!
Besides wanting to get rid of the hum, [Andres] had likewise been reading up on the impact of light temperature at night — bluish light is normally poor for your eyes when you’re trying to go to sleep. So he likewise took this chance to modification the color temperature of the light in his room. unfortunately it wasn’t as simple as just replacing the fluorescent with the LEDs — no, that would be far as well easy…
Because of the giant warm sink required for the LEDs, [Andres] decided it would be easier to rebuild the entire lamp head utilizing his 3D printer, rather than trying to modify what he already had. In buy to make it a bit prettier, he utilized the acetone vapor bath technique to smooth out the printed part. He likewise designed in a little diffuser utilizing a sheet of acrylic sheet to assist spread out the light better.