LED insulation gasket built with a 3D printer

[zeremefico]

I really need some MT-G2 gaskets or XM-L2 in some sizes, which I cannot find.
Is it possible these gaskets being built with a 3D printer?

[djozz]

There was someone who offered 3Dprinting on BLF, he had printed his plastic p60 host. The gasket you want should be easy, as long as you provide the dimensions. Only possible problem I can think of could be a low melting point of printing plastics.

Edit: it was hi-beam:

3D printed p60 host

A few members expressed interest in the 3d printed lights I mentioned when I became a member of BLF recently, so here are a few pics of a simple twisty light I printed out of ABS, this one has a mildly driven XML in it and uses an 18650 battery. I inserted an aluminum tube, actually I measured and printed the light so that it would be a tight fit around the tube, this serves two purposes, as an electrical conductor from the tailcap and as a heat sink. I was concerned about the ABS melting from…

Oh, and illumn.com had an offer too at one point, ask Calvin?

[Cereal_killer]

Best bet for what you need is Kapton sheet (you can hold your soldering iron on it and it won’t melt, try that with 3d printer thermoplastic).

Real sheet can be $$$ so I usually make it out of tape.

[NightSpy]

Shapeways has some printed plastics good to nearly 90 deg C. With the very small amount of material needed, these will be economical to make. Maybe MTN ELECTRONICS can have a batch made. Of course, they also do a ceramic. That would be nice for some hotrod lights. That may be much more expensive.

http://www.shapeways.com/materials/elasto-plastic

Edit: ceramics are cheaper but have more design limitations. If it is a simple butterfly design you can ask what their minimum thickness is.

[leaftye]

Illumination Supply does 3D printing

[WarHawk-AVG]

Would need a .stl or measurements/drawing