Lamp printed on a 3D printer

In principle, the lamp in the photo itself is quite original - after all, it is something like a puzzle that can be assembled and disassembled, giving the system a certain configuration. However, an even more interesting fact is that all this (except for light bulbs, of course) was printed on a 3D printer, which are increasingly invading the ordinary life of ordinary people. Of course, such printers are still quite expensive, but large and medium-sized companies can already afford them, as well as more or less wealthy geeks.

One of these geeks, Michael Rule, decided to create a lamp for himself with a 3D printer. It is said - done, and soon the lamp has already taken its place, receiving the name Atomic Sun. A total of 12 pentagonal and 20 hexagonal elements were printed, which were then assembled into a single whole.
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Lamp bases, as well as lamps themselves, were purchased at the nearest electrical goods store, since printers still do not know how to print such things. But this is nothing - a design and so pleases the eye. According to the author, the printed parts fit together almost without any additional “fit”, so the lamp was assembled quickly enough. As you can see, so far the Atomic Sun has two configurations - spherical and linear.



All this cost the author about $ 40 (not counting the cost of the printer itself), so not much money was spent. Yes, the printer on which the author has printed the details for his lamp is called MakerBot , this is an open source 3D printer. By the way, the cost of the printer is only 1299 US dollars - this is no longer tens of thousands, just like a couple of years ago.

Via unplggd