Wavelight2

cults3d

I modified the wavy part's cross-section shape, changing rectangles into ellipses to strengthen them and reduce movement during printing of upper sections. The change improved things somewhat, but the results still didn't meet my expectations. As a result, the wave tops turned out slightly bumpy. On the plus side, the spaces between waves came out nice and clean, which gave me the desired effect: beautiful light patterns when the LED is on. I also adjusted the STL file tolerance to get smoother curves. The lamp itself is now about 10% larger. It took 33 1/4 hours to print 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, which can be found by searching online for battery-operated lights priced around $4 each. For brighter wall-powered options that work well, check out this blog page: http://birkbinnard.com/blog/wall-powered-led-lights/.