3D Printing Maker Design Lab's Silhouette Vases.

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I was unable to obtain a laser cutter, so I couldn't replicate the beautiful yet remarkably simple Maker Design Lab's Silhouette Vases (https://www.instructables.com/id/Wooden-Silhouette-Test-Tube-Vases/) in wood. Therefore, I downloaded the provided .SVG templates into Autodesk Fusion 360 and modified our favorite template for 3D printing. For those who don't want to use a glass test tube (hint: grandchildren), I created a version with a 3D printed tube. The files "Silhouette1.stl" (for use with a glass test tube) and "Silhouette1 With Tube.stl" (for use without a glass test tube) include all components in one file, ready for 3D printing. The individual component files "Silhouette1 Bottom.stl" (print one of these), "Silhouette1 Frame.stl" (print two of these), "Silhouette1 Top.stl" (print one of these for use with a glass test tube), and "Silhouette1 Top With Tube.stl" (print one of these for use without a glass test tube) are also available if you prefer to 3D print each component separately. I 3D printed our vases using a brim for extra hold-down strength, especially around the tenons, at a layer height of .15mm, with 20% infill and no supports. After some filing and sanding, I simply pressed the bottom and top components onto the twin frame components and secured them together using cyanoacrylate glue to recreate this Maker Design Lab Silhouette Vase via 3D printing. Many thanks to Maker Design Lab for sharing this remarkably simple yet elegant design; my wife and I truly enjoyed it, and it will be appearing on all of our table settings! Designed using Autodesk Fusion 360 with the Maker Design Lab vase templates, sliced with Cura 4.1, and printed in PLA on an Ultimaker 2+ Extended and an Ultimaker 3 Extended.