Solar Lamp Repair Bolt

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I'm replacing a solar path light that I bought at Costco, and it's called a "GTX Solar Path Light". The problem was that the bolt holding the lamp assembly together had broken off where it fits into the metal tube base. To fix this, I needed a new plug that would fit snugly in the tube and match the threads of the original bolt, along with a brand-new bolt. This bolt had to have a small nub to hold a conical reflector and a cross-shaped structure to engage with the protrusions at the bottom of the glass envelope, keeping it secure while being screwed into the plug. I designed these components using Tinkercad's simple shapes and threads generator tool. The original bolt had threads that were about 12.2 mm wide, which fit perfectly on the lamp that needed repair. However, I had another similar lamp that required a smaller diameter, so I adjusted the design to have a bolt thread width of around 10.8mm, which worked beautifully for that second lamp. The threaded plug's outside diameter remained the same as the original. The designs are available online at Tinkercad, with two parts: one being the replacement bolt and the other the threaded plug.