GeoLight02 3D Printer Model
The file 'GeoLight02 3D Printer Model' is (stl) file type, size is 67.9KB.
The file 'GeoLight02 3D Printer Model' is (stl) file type, size is 67.9KB.
Geometric lamp-shade.
Modeled in Autodesk Maya. I wrote a Python script to help me auto-constrain polygonal platonic-solids to a hemispherical NURBS surface to get the overall shape.
The inside diameter of the top hole is about 3.5cm : This gives a nice friction-fit to the threaded light socket I picked up from Home Depot.
This is the first time I've printed with support material. Probably contributed to the 26 hour print time on my Makerbot Replicator (non-accelerated).
I had the printer plugged into my Kill A Watt: It used 1.63 kWh of juice to print.
I plugged a 40watt halogen bulb into it, and left it on to make sure it wouldn't melt.... It did. I came back in a few minutes later with the bulb completely melted to the top interior of the print. I was able to get the bulb out... and there's no visible damage on the outside... but I'll have to sand down the hole to get a new bulb in there. In the future, I'll either use a LED bulb (far less heat), or do a re-design to make the interior space... larger :)
Blog post here: http://www.akeric.com/blog/?p=1868
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