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Mounting AI Blades to a Kessil 360xe; Calling all 3D printing gurus

B the Nano Reefer said:
Thanks! Didn’t at all think about the heat element tbh. The light + blades itself wouldn’t weight very much, but the fact that the attachment would have to be pretty thin + the heat and then the weight on top of that, not sure if just any 3D printed material would work.

I have an idea to try to actually make this with a thin aluminum bar that I can cut to size, drill the necessary holes, and hopefully bend into shape. This bar that is 3/4” x 1/16” might work just right. That’s about the exact width and thickness needed. Cut this down to about 9”, drill the necessary holes, add the blade brackets at the ends and I think I could have something functional… I think.

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The question is why though? How will making it look nicer than something prefab? Is the prefab a lot bigger than what you need?
 
iani said:
The question is why though? How will making it look nicer than something prefab? Is the prefab a lot bigger than what you need?
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Don’t have the prefab on hand but seeing as it’s designed for the hydra not the Kessil, likely too large for what I need and predrilled holes probably won’t align.

Have you seen them mounted like this before? You seem very insistent on the pre fab lol
 
B the Nano Reefer said:
Don’t have the prefab on hand but seeing as it’s designed for the hydra not the Kessil, likely too large for what I need and predrilled holes probably won’t align.

Have you seen them mounted like this before? You seem very insistent on the pre fab lol
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No but if you do not know isn't this something to figure out first?
 
Blades have landed. Also managed to make a mount that I think will work great and looks sleek!

Will post an update once mounted!
 

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