A light box created for a 3D printed image (100mm x 56.25mm x 10mm) with the LED Lamp Kit-001 in mind.

All credit for the original image goes to Rockstar for creating a vary pretty game.

Bambu Lab

A1

No

No

0.16 & 0.08

15% & 100%

The frame should be printed as opaque as possible

The image should have 100% infill and the smaller the layer size the better. I had semi-translucent white filament, I tried again when uploading this and the white I currently have is too opaque.

If you wish to create your own image:

I used UltiMaker Cura as it's the only software I know of that can import a 2D image file. The image I used was a 16x9 screenshot that came to 3840x2160px. I opened the file in Cura and set the Height to 10mm, Width to 100mm (the depth defaulted to 56.25mm) and set it to Darker is higher. From there I was able to export the now 3D image as an STL file.

Not all images will work well with this method. I imagine that an image that looks good as a black and white, high contrast image will work best.

Install the LED lamp in the back, tape a bit of printer paper half way between the lamp and image. The rest just slips together.

Years ago, when my boss got his first 3D printer (A monoprice mini) I was tasked to figure out how to make it work. While testing, I found that Cura (The software that came with the printer) could import images. I tested a couple and a screenshot I grabbed from GTA5 looked the nicest. After I printed it, we found that putting a light behind it just looked really good.

A few weeks ago, my wife got a Bambu Labs A1 mini that came with an LED lamp kit. She wasn't going to do anything with it, so I started thinking of uses. I still had that 3D printed image I created at least 7 years ago, so I decided to finally make a light box for it.

The box is simple. The base inside is just smaller than the image with a cutout for the round lamp. The lid has three steps to hold the image as well as wrap around the base. I had to put a larger hole than I would like into the base as the lamp has an on/off button on the USB cable.