The Matrix Of Leadership

This is a Matrix Of Leadership that I have modelled from the 1986 film Transformers: The Movie that I watched in the cinema as a kid. It is designed to use the Bambu Lab LED Lamp 001 kit (EU/US/UK/AU/CA/JP/Global) as it is an affordable, quality USB powered lamp with a nice feeling switch.

This model is available for free on Makerworld, but by buying it here you are supporting me as a creator and Printables as one of your favourite model sites. Note that any purchase here just includes the model to print and you need to source the LED lamp yourself.

Printing

There are pre-configured profiles for Bambu printers which have been fully tested. A separate, un-configured 3MF has been provided for non-Bambu users, for which some advise follows.

The model has been designed to be as easy to print as possible and as such there are few considerations. The translucent blue part benefits from as larger nozzle as you can use and a large layer height to aid transparency. This part also requires supports underneath.

Assembly

The first part of the guide is important to follow or the sphere may never attach in its correct orientation, as it is possible to install it 90 degrees the wrong way. Screw the translucent blue matrix onto the lower sphere all the way.
Find the part of the sphere pictured, and rotate the blue matrix part back so the tab is aligned above the middle of the part pictured. Try and keep this alignment fairly exact, as in the next step we will be pushing the upper sphere onto it so the tabs snap in place.
Now align the top and bottom parts of the sphere. The part of the sphere with the three vertical black lines is easiest to use. Now firmly push the lower sphere onto the lower piece keeping it aligned. It should snap into place. Now undo it.
Now unscrew the top part of the sphere. Pull the USB cable of the lamp through the hole in the bottom of the lower sphere and insert the lamp into the base keeping the cable in the guide. Then place the outer metal part as pictured so the arrows are aligned. It is only possible to insert it one way around.
Screw on the upper sphere part.
Place on stand, congratulations you now have your Matrix of Leadership!

Finally, while holding your own personal matrix of leadership aloft in your darkest hour, we got you covered for the appropriate music.

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