A small 3D printed solution to a tricky bathroom installation.
An electrician came to me needing a custom conduit to help install LED strip lighting inside a recessed bathroom niche.
This needed to go through a particularly tight space in the framework, and the challenge was getting the LED strip through a timber wall stud while keeping it correctly aligned.
A standard round hole would allow the rectangular connector to rotate, potentially twisting the LED strip and making installation difficult.
A round hole needed a rectangular solution.
So I designed a small, 3D printed adapter with a cylindrical body to fit neatly inside a drilled hole in the timber stud, and a rectangular opening sized specifically for the LED strip connector.
The rectangular end extends through the side of the prefabricated niche, holding the connector in the correct orientation and preventing the strip from twisting. A flange at the opposite end keeps the conduit securely positioned against the timber.
Original CAD design of the custom conduit, showing the cylindrical body and rectangular opening designed to keep the LED strip connector correctly aligned.
It's a simple little design, but one that makes installation easier and gives the LED strip a neat, properly aligned entry point.
And the best part? Once everything is installed, the conduit is completely hidden.
A small part, designed for a very specific purpose.
That's one of my favourite things about custom 3D printing. Not every project needs to be something impressive to look at.
Sometimes it's the little things you never see that make all the difference.
Let’s make it work.
Working on a project that could use a custom-designed part? Get in touch - I'd love to hear what you're working on.
Images are illustrative representations of the design and its intended application. As the finished component is concealed within the wall, installation photographs weren't possible.