Pile of Books Lamp

I made this pile of books lamp a few days ago, I used old book covers I found at a local paper dump, I 3D printed the insides as hollow, to house the LEDs, and soldered the wires to the LEDs. I hooked it all together with hot glue and epoxy glue.

You will need:

Book covers

LED strip and wire

3D printed pieces

3Amp 12v PSU

touch switch

PSU socket

Hot glue gun

epoxy glue

I went to the local paper dump and got some book covers. Yes, I cut them from perfectly good books, so sue me, but those books were thrown away anyways.

I designed a standard carcass for the LED light, then measured each book cover and fitted the standard carcass to each book cover, 3D printed all of them.

I soldered the LED strips to the wire

I printed out these connectors that would connect the book covers together and would serve as rotation guides (so the book covers can take any shape and rotate around) The wires will also go through them that is why they are hollow. They are made of 2 pieces that screw into each other from both sides.

To put them in place I drilled round holes in each book cover from both sides.

Finally I glued the carcasses in place, put the connectors into the holes, and hooked it all together.

Finally we are done. The books can turn in any direction, the length of the wire (20cm) allows it. The switch also allows it to be dimmed as you like. For more info - subscribe to my youtube, I will have a full video tutorial soon!