Artichoke Lamp Shade multiple parts

cults3d

I really liked the Artichoke Lamp Shade design by gCreate but it was too large to print on my setup. Downscaling was no option for me since I wanted a large printed lamp to display in my living room. I decided to edit the .stl file and cut the lamp into smaller pieces (top and bottom, both in thirds) to print separately. To be able to print the cut parts without high support structures I made some small modifications to the bottom of some of the 'leafs'. I also added a small protrusion to help with aligning the parts when glueing them back together. I printed the lamp in Colorfabb woodfill which always prints easily on my setup, even with bridges and large overhangs. Moreover, the result always looks amazing. An additional advantage of printing the lamp in separate parts is that if this rather difficult print fails, only a smaller piece is wasted instead of a 10+ hour print. Printed with a raft, with Woodfill I used a 0.25mm layer height, 10% infill. Only use support for the underside of the lowest leaf. Glue the parts together with epoxy glue.