Twisted Vase Lampshade
Twisted Vase Lampshade
Published 2019-03-20T07:40:13+00:00
This design of this lamp shade is oriented on a "classic" vase shape and has some thread decor in addition.
The opening for the socket is 44mm in diameter.
This is the one I used: Amazon.com/Amazon.de/Amazon.co.uk
This is the lightbulp I used: https://amzn.to/2WcWrYW
Because the threads have some quite steep overhangs I increased the extrusion width to 150% nozzle diameter which worked really well.
But because of the steep angles there are repeating little gaps between some layers giving some nice net/grid effect which also increases the amount of light which leaves the lampshade.
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I was using a 0.4mm diameter nozzle at 0.3mm layer height and set the extrusion width to 0.6mm to allow the steep overhangs to get printed well.
Printed in vase mode with 3 solid bottom layers.
Date published | 20/03/2019 |
Support Free | YES |
Great design, but use bigger nozzle or line width. I've used 0.4 nozzle and it printed ok, but there are some imperfections. I've even made video about it: https://youtu.be/iiL8hjtQyuE Printed on my Prusa i3 MK3s with Enotepad Wood PLA: http://bit.ly/enotepadWoodPLA (affiliate link, you pay nothing extra, I get some change)