Chinese Lantern Pagoda (XL)

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I wanted a larger pagoda style lantern for my garden next to my pond and also wanted to be able to light it up with solar powered LED's. The project turned out great! This is a remix of the Pagoda Lantern by briver2046. Here are the changes I made: 1) Upscaled the parts by 450% (The max I could print on my Ender 3 PRO) 2) Added holes down the center of each part to reduce plastic and provide a place to run the LED lights up the center of the lantern. 3) Created a new spool file that give you someone to wrap the lights around to keep their shape inside the lantern. Printing and assembly: Here are the lights that I used from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RBK3TYS/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_AtzQEbYMAM6E8 I printed everything with 4 walls and 10% infill to keep it structurally sound but keep the plastic to a minimum. This uses about 80% of a 1kg PETG roll to print. Sand the surface of each part where they will be glued together with a fine grit sand paper. I used Gorilla Glue which works very well, but make sure you keep the layer of glue very thin. Gorilla Glue expands and you don't want it oozing out. For the spool, I used a clear PETG to help the light shine through. You need to assemble the pagoda except for the top first, then run the lights up through the center and wrap them around the spool. Then you can glue in the spool and the lantern top. I hope this brings you as much joy as it does me.