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Lithophane Lamp
by jameskite
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This is a cheap IKEA lamp hack that requires a large printer (~200mm). Using this $5 lamp and these $3 lights
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20055421/
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70326571/
I was able to create nice lithophane lamps for my friends and family.
First off you will need to create the shade, go to this website
http://maker.dongguk.edu/webclient/cylinder_litho_index.html
upload a few pictures, choose your resolution and thickness. I stuck with .75 base thickness, smoothing 5, 1.0 font thickness (didnt end up having any text) with an Inner radius of 94 (188 Diameter all together so your printer must be at least 190-200mm in Diameter).
Then for the top, I provided a plain top (187mm in diameter), how ever if you customize it using some Lithophane prints, make yours here
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:74322
and here is the top on tinkercad
https://www.tinkercad.com/things/2FaJk5ip8IR
then resize them using tinkercad and o
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20055421/
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70326571/
I was able to create nice lithophane lamps for my friends and family.
First off you will need to create the shade, go to this website
http://maker.dongguk.edu/webclient/cylinder_litho_index.html
upload a few pictures, choose your resolution and thickness. I stuck with .75 base thickness, smoothing 5, 1.0 font thickness (didnt end up having any text) with an Inner radius of 94 (188 Diameter all together so your printer must be at least 190-200mm in Diameter).
Then for the top, I provided a plain top (187mm in diameter), how ever if you customize it using some Lithophane prints, make yours here
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:74322
and here is the top on tinkercad
https://www.tinkercad.com/things/2FaJk5ip8IR
then resize them using tinkercad and o
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