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My desk lamp was designed for a 35W, 12V halogen bulb... which gets ridiculously hot over time. I wanted to replace the halogen bulb with an equivalent LED bulb... but the bulb was just a bit too large to fit inside the ceramic enclosure. So... I printed a larger enclosure to accommodate the larger LED bulb, using blue filament to simulate the blue paint on the original shade...

apk wrote:My desk lamp was designed for a 35W, 12V halogen bulb... which gets ridiculously hot over time. I wanted to replace the halogen bulb with an equivalent LED bulb... but the bulb was just a bit too large to fit inside the ceramic enclosure. So... I printed a larger enclosure to accommodate the larger LED bulb, using blue filament to simulate the blue paint on the original shade...

Functional prints always make me happy. Nice one.

Bratag wrote:Functional prints always make me happy. Nice one.

Crazy, fire-hazard bundles of loose wires around make me happy. It means there are things too important going on to worry about basic safety.

As a former soundboard operator, I salute you.

Here's mine.

willnewton wrote:Crazy, fire-hazard bundles of loose wires around make me happy. It means there are things too important going on to worry about basic safety.

As a former soundboard operator, I salute you.

Here's mine.

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Nice!

One of my motivations for buying a 3D printer was to attempt to declutter my space by printing enclosures for my many breadboarded/cabled together electronic projects. At this point, I'm not sure that the 3D printer will actually lead to decluttering anything... but hope springs eternal.

apk wrote:...I'm not sure that the 3D printer will actually lead to decluttering anything... but hope springs eternal.

Nope, I can tell you right now, it actually makes it worse!