Mini-pendant light shade #3

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This is a custom-printed shade designed to fit a specific Westinghouse Mini-Pendant light widely available in home improvement stores and Amazon (link below). You can install a small LED bulb in the fixture without any issues. Using an incandescent bulb would be unwise due to its excessive heat, obviously. The print was produced using clear PLA on a BQ Witbox with a PRINTinZ Zebra Plate. The vibrant blue color is achieved by running the filament through a Staz-on Teal Blue ink pad (link below). A 1/8" hole was drilled through the pad and its plastic casing, allowing the filament to absorb the ink along the way and dry before reaching the extruder. To keep the pad securely in place during printing, I created some small struts using my Prusa printer. This innovative idea was inspired by Dovid Teitelbaum on the Facebook 3D Printing Group, who successfully adapted a similar approach with a Sharpie marker. You can access the necessary materials through these links: http://www.printinz.com/zebra-plates/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002YEPRI0?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000S14ZTI?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00 The outer wall of the shade is a straightforward cone shape, but its inner surface features subtle waves to create an interesting visual effect and varying levels of opacity. Printing this design took 11 hours at a layer height of 0.2mm.