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Lighted Death Star Christmas Tree Topper by DracusMage
by Thingiverse
Last crawled date: 4 years, 11 months ago
My wife wanted a star for the top of the tree. My 1.5 year old son likes balls. I like Star Wars. Everyone wins.
This can be created in a few ways. The top of the Death Star has the emitter array cut away into its own part. If you want a DS with the array in place and a light in the middle, print the one with the hole and glue it in. If you want the array coming into position, Rogue One trailer style, print either the solid or hole version, print a pin, and assemble. If for some reason you want a solid and lightless DS, print the top of the Death Star Screw Ball by hendo420, and screw it onto the bottom part I modified.
My model tree has lights that are larger than the ones I had to test with. If you too have lights that are larger than 5mm, let me know and I'll help you out with a hole that will match. Or you can do what I do; load the solid array in 3D Builder, scale it proportionally to how large you are going to make the rest of the topper, then make a cylinder of the size of your bulb +.1 or so mm for slop, and subtract it from the array.
The bottom part may work without the cone, but the cone will make it easy. If you want to make something else a tree-topper with the cone, I've also included the collar I used. I merged the collar to the bottom of the topper, then slightly scaled up the cone in x and y but not z to cut the hole for the cone. Works best on a hollow object.
This can be created in a few ways. The top of the Death Star has the emitter array cut away into its own part. If you want a DS with the array in place and a light in the middle, print the one with the hole and glue it in. If you want the array coming into position, Rogue One trailer style, print either the solid or hole version, print a pin, and assemble. If for some reason you want a solid and lightless DS, print the top of the Death Star Screw Ball by hendo420, and screw it onto the bottom part I modified.
My model tree has lights that are larger than the ones I had to test with. If you too have lights that are larger than 5mm, let me know and I'll help you out with a hole that will match. Or you can do what I do; load the solid array in 3D Builder, scale it proportionally to how large you are going to make the rest of the topper, then make a cylinder of the size of your bulb +.1 or so mm for slop, and subtract it from the array.
The bottom part may work without the cone, but the cone will make it easy. If you want to make something else a tree-topper with the cone, I've also included the collar I used. I merged the collar to the bottom of the topper, then slightly scaled up the cone in x and y but not z to cut the hole for the cone. Works best on a hollow object.