Folded Shade / Light Arm Mash up

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WARNING: This is my first contribution, and I'm totally clueless about what I'm doing. But hey, I managed to print it out and everything seems to work just fine. I fell in love with the idea of using the Light Arm 140 to give my airbrush-directed lighting a boost, but the shade that came with it was way too small for normal threaded bulbs, and I wanted something super neat-looking. So, I grabbed this fancy folded shade (Folded Light Shade mk2) and attached some threading from the light arm shade - now I can thread the folded lamp shade onto the light arm mount. The pieces of the light arm are extremely tight and a real pain to assemble, but it's 100% printable. I mainly used a Leatherman file to sand down the connections. I printed the bolts (maroon-colored in my case) horizontally with supports to make them stronger. So far, so good - no snapped bolts yet, but I have snapped similar printed objects when they were printed vertically. I used the LED Light Stik for the lamp and took my shade measurements from it. It also fits compact fluorescent bulbs, although it didn't fit some larger round bulbs that I tried out. This is the wiring I went with: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BLJSZ4H/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 But getting it set up required removing most of the outer shell (before and after pictures are included). The cable had to be cut, run through the light arm mount, spliced, and soldered. I used CA glue and hot glue to secure the cable screw portion into the light arm mount. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask - I'll do my best to help out. Do a brother a solid and post your makes if you make it! Happy printing, and remember: "Let there be light!!!"