Multi-Lampshade Bouquet

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A couple of years ago, my wife purchased two five-light floor lamps from Bed, Bath, and Beyond: https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/product/studio-3b-trade-5-light-floor-lamp/1013906068?Keyword=floor%20lamp. Some time later, one of the shades from one of the lamps became damaged, and she could not find a replacement. I told her not to worry because we could just print another one. But what she asked me to do instead was to print a whole set of them in different colors, and make it look like a bouquet of flowers. Either shortly before or after she asked me to make these shades, I saw a video from Angus on his Maker's Muse YouTube channel showing how to use the loft feature in Fusion 360 to make vases with organic shapes (https://youtu.be/4UVEDKz2c5w). It seemed to me that the vases he made would make perfect lampshades for my wife's lamp. So, using the techniques Angus showed in his video, I made these five lampshades, and my wife and I loved the result. Also, when it came time to put these lampshades on the lamp, we found that we were missing one of the threaded rings that clamps the lampshade in place. However, this was not a problem either; I simply measured one of the existing threaded rings, designed my own version of the ring in Fusion 360, and it worked perfectly. (This awesome video from the YouTube CNC Kitchen channel was very useful to me in helping me create the threads for this part: https://youtu.be/1nhcKn7Kt8w.) The colored lampshades were printed using blue, red, yellow, and purple transparent AMZ3D-brand PLA filament available on Amazon.com. The white lampshade was printed using 3D-Solutech Natural Clear PLA which I also purchased from Amazon. I printed the lampshades on my Anycubic pulley-type Kossel printer, but they can be printed on any decent 3D printer using the spralize or vase-mode setting of your slicer. As well as the STL files for printing, I have included my Fusion 360 files for all of these parts. I specifically designed these shades for our five-light floor lamps, but with the Fusion 360 files the design could probably be customized for hanging lamps and other lamp types as well. I strongly advise against using incandescent light bulbs with these shades. Even the stock plastic shades for this lamp can be damaged by the heat from an incandescent lamp. LED light bulbs will work best, and they have become fairly inexpensive lately. I hope the community enjoys printing and using these lampshades. I want to thank my wife for her lampshade bouquet idea which is something that I would never have thought of on my own. Angus from Maker's Muse for giving me the inspiration for this design, and CNC Kitchen for showing me how to make threads in Fusion 360.