I made two of these simple 60W lights to use as lights for making videos of my projects.
You will need:
- 30cm x 22cm piece of 2mm thick aluminium plate
- 4 pieces of M3 flat head screws, 15mm length
- kapton tape
- 2 pieces of 2mm thick, 20cm length copper wire
- 2x 1mm stranded speaker copper wire (I use around 3m length)
- 5m of 5050 white LED strip (60 LEDs per meter | 12W per meter or 60W total)
- 1/4 thread ball joint adapter for tripod
- 1/4 thread 10mm length threaded insert
- 100W LED power supply
- the 3D printed parts, STL files provided here

Few notes about how to assemble the light:
- first make the holes on the aluminium plate as stated in the holes drawing image.
- don't forget to sink the holes for the flathead screws for the light holder, so they can be flush on the plate.
- optionally paint the back side of the aluminium plate black.
- put the holder on the back and use the screws to secure it on the aluminium plate
- as shown in the assembly image drawing, put kapton tape on the sides for the wires and leads.
- cut the LED strip every 5th section and then glue it on the aluminium tape as shown in the image.
- glue the 2mm copper wires on the sides with superglue.
- connect the LED strips to the copper wires by soldering pieces of the speaker wire, as shown in the image.
- use some hot glue to make sure that the 2mm copper wires stay glued after you solder all the LED strips to the copper wires.
- tie a knot on a 30cm of the speaker wire and then separate the positive and negative wires of the speaker wire up to the knot, then pass the wires through the side holes and solder them to the 2mm copper wire and cut the excess wire.
- use hot glue to fill in the holes where the wires pass from the back to the front, this will prevent them from moving and getting cut on the aluminium.
- the knot of the wire should fit inside the compartment meant for it in the light holder on the back side, also pass the wire through the hole on the holder.
- glue the 3d printed parts as shown in the image and glue the resulting case to the aluminium plate with superglue. I just added a few dabs on the corners of the aluminium plate to do this.
- there is a slot along the inside of the 3D printed parts case, this is made so you can put colored film or a diffusion film in it to color or soften the light. The film size should be the same as A4 format.