Modular Lampshade

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Modular Lampshade Is A Shade That Is Made From Small Pieces That Fit Together And Make Up A 12 Sided Cylinder. Modular Lampshade Is For Tabletop Usage. The Idea Is To Play With Different Colors. Maybe Print The Shade With Three Colors? Or Four Or Six. In My Example Print I Made It With Two Colors: Yellow And White. Yellow Color For Calming Light. But Who Is To Say That You Couldn'T Print It With More? Print Details: Wall.Stl Objects Were Printed With Wall Count 1, But In Hindsight I Suggest You Put It 2-3, So The Thickness Will Soften The Light Some More. Wallwithhole.Stl Is Printed Only Once Per Shade. This Is The Piece Where Cord Can Go Through. Bottom.Stl Is A Long Print. I Changed The Thickness Of It After Printing To Match Top Piece Thickness, So The Shade Looks More Polished. Dimensions Are Made With Standard E27 Light Bulb. Please Use Only Led Based Bulbs For This! They Won'T Warm Up So Much. Top.Stl Will Tie The Pieces Together When You Have Reached The Height That You Are Reaching For. Shade Will Become Very Sturdy After Installing This. I Suggest A Height At Least Four Layers Of Wall Objects. Tip For Assembly: Start With Bottom And Wallwithhole And Continue Assembly One By One With Wall Pieces. Don'T Be Afraid To Use Rubberhammer Or Such If The Holes Feel Too Tight (I Used Hammer Only Once During Assembly). I Used A File And A Blade Post-Printing For The Joints. They Had Some Inaccuracies And Leftover Filament. Tip For Printing: I Printed Wall Objects Usually After Some Other Prints If Nozzle Was The Right Size (0.6). Wall Is Quite Fast Print Which Doesn'T Need Massive Post-Printing Processing, So The Shade Came Together Piece By Pieces Slowly. If There Is Small Errors In Wall Objects, Just Let Them Be. Light Will Make Them Disappear And Maybe It Brings Some "Personality" To The Shade. Remember That Only The Front Of The Wall Object Will Show In The Final Shade. Joints Are Hidden. Anyway. Play With The Colors! And Maybe Leave Some Holes To The Assembly If You Want. The Joints Should Hold.

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