Modular Pendant Uplighter Lampshade by Hopo28

Last crawled date: 3 years, 1 month ago

Looking through the lampshades on here, there were no uplighters; I made one :-)
This is modular, 17 structural pieces and 17 panels all printable on a 200x200x200 bed.
For printing:
Rotate large frame sections by 45 degrees if needed to fit more centrally on build plate, it is also possible to print all frame sections standing upright; this gives pretty good results but can push your Z limit, check before you print, also, doesn't require support, but would recommend a brim to make sure they don't fall over.
let the thin panels cool before pulling off build plate otherwise they will be bent (my impatience taught me this).
I used PLA, clear for the frame pieces, middle octagon and, anchor piece.
Then candy red,green,blue and orange for the panels.
Included are a couple of patterned panels i threw together as a demo, I will probably add more at some point as i want to experiment with bas-relief stuff.
Also, using glow in the dark filament will be quite cool.
If you make this, please leave a comment or a 'make', I would love to see what people do with this :-)
openSCAD file included for people to tinker; the size is adjustable but the assembly view doesn't position properly; the bits should all fit though.