8X8X8 LED Cube Layout Frame

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I, like so many others, have been hooked on LED cubes. I purchased one of the basic 8x8x8 kits on eBay (registered trademark of eBay Inc.). I was ever so happy to find it came with no instructions, a broken chip, and little support. But I digress. I wanted to be sure my cube looks like a cube, and not some form of Salvador Dali, curved, trapezoid. This jig holds the 3.2mm LED's in a 1.5 scm. grid. I placed the LEDs up on towers to minimize issues with the soldering iron. I will be adding additional pictures as the final build completes, but I figured others might have need of this jig. If I have time, I am thinking of making a secondary unit that will aid in removing the grid smoothly, but that will depend on if it is needed or not. Print Settings Printer Brand: MakerBot Printer: MakerBot Replicator 2 Rafts: No Supports: No Resolution: .2 mm/layer Infill: 15% Notes: This was a pretty basic print. No special settings were needed. I used Simplify3D to slice it with the above settings. If you look closely at the LEDs, you can see how to bend them so they can be easily soldered into the grid without shorting them. How I Designed This TinkerCad makes it easy This was a quick and easy design. I used TinkerCad online.