Minimalist Desk Light by gh0stw0lf

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This is a minimalist desk light, it serves to create a nice glow for a night light or enough to provide decoration for a hallway.
Design Intent:
To make an 3D LED Light that required minimal screws, long printing jobs, and maximizing filament. This is my first version of the lamp, I will be making changes as time goes along and realize better ways of design.
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Requirements before printing:

White PLA for the diffuser.


G9 LEDs: https://amzn.to/2XUy2KM


G9 LED Sockets: https://amzn.to/33Zh9mh


Power Cord with Exposed Wire (you can purchase this, but I just cut one off an old appliance I was not using anymore): https://amzn.to/2DFflnI

Optional: HeatShrink Tubing: https://amzn.to/3kxQsuJ
Step 1:
Download the two STL files. At the time of writing 08/13/2020, these are labelled (Base V1 & Bulb V0 for the base of the lamp and the diffuser of the lamp, respectively).
Step 2:
Print the files. For the base, the layer height does not need to be small, I recommend using a layer height from .2 to .3 to save time. Ideally, the base print should only take 2.5 hours.
The base should not need to be anymore than 20% infill.
For the Bulb Diffuser, this will take a bit longer as I printed with .18 layer height to reduce the visibility of layer lines after the print was complete. There are also some more parameters here that are important. Infill should be 99% for diffuser.
Shells: This number controls the amount of light that will be able to get through your diffuser, the higher the number, the lower the amount of visible light. In the picture I used 10 shells, and it produces enough light to be a pleasant evening night light for a hallway.
-Supports: There is close to a 90 degree angle towards the top of the diffuser, this may trigger some of your Slicers to put in supports. Depending on how well your printer is calibrated, this may not be necessary. Please ensure your fan is at 100% towards the top of the print.
Step 3:
The two prints are now complete! Now for the electronics portion.
Go ahead and push the LED mount into the slot for in the base (this should be a form fit, so push tight to get a good fit. There is a spot in the base for you to guide the electrical wires through.
Next, go ahead and connect the LED Mount wires to your power cord. If you are feeling capable, you can solder them. However by turning the exposed wires on the power cords into "hook shapes" you can hook the power cord exposed wires to the LED mount exposed wires and then apply a heat shrink over them and this will make perfectly fine connections.
Step 4:
You're all done! You can plug in the light and see how it works. I have not designed this lamp with a switch, that will be probably on my next design.
Please let me know what you think in the comments! You can also follow me on instagram: @jguevar5 to ask me questions and look at my upcoming projects.Feel free to reach out to me at: jorge@disrupt3dp.com as well!