Anyone make 3D printed mounts for noop K7 and 8020?

[OutColdCRNA]

Looking to build a floating canopy and adding 8020 within to be able to move my K7’s. Does anyone print or know where I could buy hangers to mount the K7 III pros to 8020?

 

[OutColdCRNA]

@Projects with Sam
@neonreef3d

would either of you be of assistance?

 

[OutColdCRNA]

We can probably help with that..

What I had in my head is something similar to what you had printed for I believe radions.

 

[Gtinnel]

I just put screws with washers in the mounting holes for my NooPsyche lights and then spaced my rails out to line up. There is enough of a gap to slide the lights but no so much that you notice the screws too badly.

 

[OutColdCRNA]

I just put screws with washers in the mounting holes for my NooPsyche lights and then spaced my rails out to line up. There is enough of a gap to slide the lights but no so much that you notice the screws too badly.

Have actually looked at your mount a few times. So did you just run the screw in enough so that there was enough gap for the washer to fit within the railing?

 

[OutColdCRNA]

What I’m thinking is using pvc baseboard to build a rectangular frame. Setting the 8020 parallel to the tank within the rectangular frame and screwing the frame to the wall. Would probably incorporate a small shelf within the frame to hold the power supply’s for the three lights and run the power cords through conduit behind the tank to the outlet. With the 8020 I could add a quanta bar down the road if I need to.

 

[OutColdCRNA]

That’s exactly what I was thinking. Do you have those available for the noop k7 III?

 

[Gtinnel]

Have actually looked at your mount a few times. So did you just run the screw in enough so that there was enough gap for the washer to fit within the railing?

I just got longer screws from lowes so that I could thread them in several complete turns and have enough sticking up so that I could hang them. I don’t remember the length of screws that I used though. I also used a drop of loctite to make sure they didn’t back out.

If I remember when I get home tonight I will slide a light to the end of the rail and take a picture.

The disadvantage of the way I did it is that you need two rails.

 

[OutColdCRNA]

I just got longer screws from lowes so that I could thread them in several complete turns and have enough sticking up so that I could hang them. I don’t remember the length of screws that I used though. I also used a drop of loctite to make sure they didn’t back out.

If I remember when I get home tonight I will slide a light to the end of the rail and take a picture.

The disadvantage of the way I did it is that you need two rails.

That was my only thought was with the two rails vs one and a hanger like neon reef has for the radions.

 

[OutColdCRNA]

Excellent I will try and get the measurements off of my lights.

 

[Projects with Sam]

What I’m thinking is using pvc baseboard to build a rectangular frame. Setting the 8020 parallel to the tank within the rectangular frame and screwing the frame to the wall. Would probably incorporate a small shelf within the frame to hold the power supply’s for the three lights and run the power cords through conduit behind the tank to the outlet. With the 8020 I could add a quanta bar down the road if I need to.

You may want to look into extruded PVC ceiling tiles as a potential canopy material too. I use it extensively in my DIY projects. It may not be strong enough for your design so you'd have to consider an 8020 frame with a ceiling tile shell.

You could probably mount the Noops directly to the 8020 using a t-nut or similar attached to the supplied one screw mount or either of us could design a custom mount with more attachment points to the extrusions. Or, like Neon Reefer's cool Kesil mount that slides into the extrusion.

I do something similar for my noops and I just screw directly down into the mount from above. An 8020 right angle bracket might allow that.