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3D printed Christmas Pyramid

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    deckingman
    last edited by 12 May 2018, 20:12

    Finally got round to finishing this - well almost. I just have to make some clear "flames" to cover the LEDs on the candle tops. We have a load of those little "Lemax" figures which will go on it at Xmas time but they are up in the loft at the moment.

    I made a post on my blog a while ago when I started it https://somei3deas.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/a-3d-printed-christmas-pyramid/
    but I've just made a little YouTube video showing some of the stages of printing and assembly as well as the finished thing https://youtu.be/btk6HRX8KSM
    If you just want to see the finished thing, skip to the last minute or so of the video.
    Ian

    Ian
    https://somei3deas.wordpress.com/
    https://www.youtube.com/@deckingman

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      Phaedrux Moderator
      last edited by 12 May 2018, 20:57

      Wow that turned out really nice. Merry Christmas!

      Z-Bot CoreXY Build | Thingiverse Profile

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        Coffee
        last edited by 12 May 2018, 22:01

        Congrats!! That is some damn fine work, all the way around!!!

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          deckingman
          last edited by 13 May 2018, 09:14

          Thanks guys. One thing that's wrong with it is that the motor I chose is a bit noisy. Ideally, it needs to be silent. Does anyone have any ideas for a (near) silent low speed (or geared to be low speed) motor? Preferably one that will run off 12v.

          Ian
          https://somei3deas.wordpress.com/
          https://www.youtube.com/@deckingman

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            Qdeathstar
            last edited by 13 May 2018, 12:07

            doesn’t run off 12v but big clive posted a video of a asynchronous motor for a mirror ball, and if memory serves those were pretty quiet,

            it is a nice job, by maybe you should have used flickering leds on top of the red pedestals instead of just the white ones 😉

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              fma
              last edited by 13 May 2018, 16:53

              Amazing work! Very nice.

              Frédéric

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                deckingman @Qdeathstar
                last edited by 13 May 2018, 17:09

                @qdeathstar I did have flickering LEDS to start with but "She who shall be obeyed" said they were too distracting so I had to change them for static ones. I also printed some clear yellow "flames" to go over the LEDs but again,I got outvoted and she wants clear un-tinted ones (after 42 years of marriage, I've learned that she has the casting vote at all times) ☹ .

                Ian
                https://somei3deas.wordpress.com/
                https://www.youtube.com/@deckingman

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                  Qdeathstar
                  last edited by 14 May 2018, 01:18

                  tbh, i’ve never seen the flickering leds irl so maybe they don’t look so good. I’ve only ever heard about them...

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                    deckingman @Qdeathstar
                    last edited by 14 May 2018, 06:26

                    @qdeathstar These are the ones I tried https://www.amazon.co.uk/1819-Flickering-Emulation-Atmosphere-Decorative/dp/B078SLMPML/ref=sr_1_24?ie=UTF8&qid=1526278901&sr=8-24&keywords=flame+effect+led

                    They are a bit on the big side and need some sort of opaque diffuser for best effect. They are much much more expensive too so in a way I'm glad my wife didn't like them. Thankfully, I only bought 2 and not 8 (although I have no idea what I'll do with these other 2).

                    Ian
                    https://somei3deas.wordpress.com/
                    https://www.youtube.com/@deckingman

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                      Qdeathstar
                      last edited by 14 May 2018, 11:42

                      oh, i was thinking more of something like this:

                      https://solarbotics.com/product/13150/?cid=2&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5-TXBRCHARIsANLixNzBK7SDLEOZA82uLS-AnZXPUH5HKEOBw05I709rEW5My8G8SXPppbkaAufbEALw_wcB

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