3D printed Christmas Pyramid
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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 -
Wow that turned out really nice. Merry Christmas!
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Congrats!! That is some damn fine work, all the way around!!!
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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.
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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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Amazing work! Very nice.
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@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)
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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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@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).
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oh, i was thinking more of something like this:
