Wavelight2

thingiverse

This is a variation of https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2573484 - I altered the cross-section shape of the wavy parts from rectangles to ellipses, aiming to bolster these sections so there would be less movement when printing the upper portions. The change in cross-section helped somewhat, but the results still fell short of my expectations. The net outcome is that the tops of the waves end up being a bit uneven. The good news is the spaces between the waves are tidy and clean, resulting in nice light patterns when the LED is on. Additionally, I reduced the tolerance I used for creating STL files, so the curves are much smoother now. This lamp is about 10% larger than https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2573484. It printed in 33 1/4 hours using a layer height of 0.200 mm and a print speed of 100 mm/sec. The lamp is designed for an LED "puck" light. Battery-operated lights cost about $4 each; simply conduct a web search for "LED puck light" to find several sources. This blog page tells where you can get wall-powered lights that are brighter and work very well: http://birkbinnard.com/blog/wall-powered-led-lights/.