Golden Wave Lamp

cults3d

For a brand new and even better version on my own website, visit https://www.designuitinspiratie.nl/gouden-golf-lamp/. This is an LED Lamp based on a vase turned upside down. It consists of two parts. Depending on the light source I use, I printed the base in ABS because my LEDs & resistors can get extremely hot. However, if you're using a light source that doesn't get hot, you can use another material than ABS. In the pictures, you'll see my solution for a light source - a piece of aluminum milled down to fit the LEDs perfectly and hold them in place with thermal glue. To dim the RED and GREEN LEDs slightly, I used 47Ohm resistors, making the BLUE LED appear brighter by comparison. My power source is a USB charger. The lamp's shade was printed using the "Spiral Outer Contour Mode" in Cura, with just one bottom layer and a nozzle size of 0.4mm. The shade was printed upside down, as the orientation should already be set when you load the model into the slicer program. I used Gold PLA for this project, but if I were to make it again, I'd use Translucent PET-G instead - PLA lets less light through. Here are the settings I used in Cura for printing the base in ABS: - 0% infill - 0 top layers - Z Seam Alignment set to "Shortest" - 3 bottom layers - Wall thickness: 1.6mm Keep in mind that these settings are for a nozzle size of 0.4mm, and yes, the print time is quite long - but it's ABS I'm printing here! Note: The original size of the lamp shade is 271.1mm. To ensure a proper fit with the base, I tested it in this dimension. Scaling down the model too much might result in fitting issues, so be careful! If you have any questions or think I forgot something, feel free to ask!