So a neighbors pupper recently crossed the rainbow bridge and i wanted to make something for them to remember her by. So i decided to make a name plate to put in a shadow box with ability to light it up.

It is designed to be powered by a 9v battery, a switch and 3x 5mm LEDs and i'm also including parts so that you can simply print the base without the electronics, Or you could print the base without the switch and still use the 9v battery thats always on.

Instructions:

A very simple way that you can customize this and make your own,
*Go to this site: https://text2stl.mestres.fr/en-us/generator

*Change the type of shape to match the orientation of the above images, choose your own font etc and save the file (default is named "output.stl"

*Then import output.stl (or whatever you named it) into something like tinkercad and adjust your scaling so that the base of the name plate is 27mm deep and 130mm wide. Also make sure that base is 10-12mm thick.

*Import this file: LED-Name-Display-Stand-LED-Spacing-Template.stl

*Change this object from Solid to Hole

*Align center on the X and Y axis

*Group your name and spacing template together

*Export the file and its ready to print. (In a clear or translucent resin/filament)

*Print LED-Name-Display-Stand-BottomPlate.stl, LED-Name-Display-Stand-BatteryPlate.stl and LED-Name-Display-Stand-Body.stl

*How to wire:

The power lead runs to the first of a 2 pole switch, then the 2nd pole of that switch runs to the first LED's Positive (Anode, or the longer of the 2 wires if not attached to a pigtail. Then the Cathode connects to the next LED's Anode, do that one more time and then the 3rd and last LED's Cathode wires to the 9v terminal negative/ground.

*Connect a 9v battery and make sure your circuit works

*Insert 3 of the 5mm mounting clips (You could omit these and simply use hot glue or even super glue)

*Slide the entire circuit through the switch hole opening (Or disconnect switch and re-attach after you lock it into place)

*Snap LED's into the mount

*Screw on the bottom plate

*Re-Attach 9v Battery and place in its holder

*Tuck wires into the base

*Screw on the battery plate and its completed.

TO PRINT WITHOUT ELECTRONICS:

swap the LED-Name-Display-Stand-BatteryPlate.stl and LED-Name-Display-Stand-Body.stl files for the NoLight-Name-Display-Stand.stl and NoLight-Battery-Plate-Replacement.stl

You can use 8 standard M3 screws(6mm preferable, but 8 or 10 could work) and carefully thread/screw into the smaller receiving holes, Ive done this on a prototype and it worked just fine, but i decided to use a self tapping M3x6mm screw.

*Noteworthy, I've taken bottom plates off and re-attached them 4x and the threads in the base were still plenty strong, so this should last you at least a few rounds of battery replacements. You could also start off with M2 screws and then switch to M3 to make it last even longer.

Parts i used:

LED Lights: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08G4X23BR
LED 5mm Plastic Mounts: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LX8JVG7
Power Swtich: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07S2QJKTX
9V Pigtail: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TRKYZCH
M3 Screws: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B081DVZMHH

Anycubic

Photon

No

Doesn't Matter

.05 mm

100%

I wouldnt print the name portion hollowed out, though it might look cool. the rest of the parts are fairly thin and also do not need to be hollowed. I only needed supports on the main base portion.