Desk accent light

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My daughter sent me a photo of a desk accent lamp and said "Can you make this for me?" So I have no idea whose design this is and don't claim credit. But I was able to replicate it precisely. With OpenSCAD, it only took 5 instructions and 10 minutes to recreate the globe portion of the light. If you haven't tried OpenSCAD, give it a look. And I included the .scad files in case anyone wants to modify them. Note, I set the facet number quite high and with the design using a large number of spheres for the design, OpenSCAD is slow at manipulating the model -- and rendering took over an hour on my old PC. So change $fn to some smaller number for editing, say 30, and when you're done editing, reset $fn to whatever resolution you want for printing. Required, non-printed parts: lightbulb holder -- I used Leviton 002-19062 lampholder 2 - 4mm x 35mm cap head bolts and nuts 1 - lamp wire, plug, switch -- I found a wire, plug, and in-line switch assembly at a home center for about $5 3 - self-adhesive rubber pads 1 - standard-size LED bulb Assembly: Slide the wire through the hole in the base, up and out of the base. Wire the bulb socket and slide back down into the base. Screw in place with the screws with the nuts on the bottom. I touched a bit of hot glue onto the wire inside the base as strain relief. Cap with the plug and attach the pads to the bottom. Attach the globe with a couple dabs of hot glue. I bought a Wyze smart color bulb, just to play with a smart bulb for the first time. It works really well, with dimming features, adjustable to a warm or cool light, lots of colors, timed light features, and lots more. I wouldn't try this with anything but a LED bulb.