Introduction: Jellyfish-like Lamp
I always be fascinated about jellyfish. They have been on earth for millions of years, even before dinosaurs and some species of them live in deep and dark seas which seems a alien world to us. Do you know that people in china take some species of them as food. I guess that is because of that a jellyfish is mainly made up water and protein and no fat contained. So i build it a jellyfish-like Lamp which seems great for me at night. But do not expect too much, it just a piece of leisure time work and it looks more like the Gunga building in Star Wars.Now i will start showing to make one like mine. This project may do some good for teaching.
It is mainly consist of tow parts:the lighting bulb, outer frames and some basic programming(i will share my codes) work.
Step 1: Materials Required
All materials you need for this project is listed in above table:
Step 2: Do Cutting Works
- Download files required for making outer frames.
- Place chipboard under laser working area and adjust the distance between laser head and chipboard.
- Open a DWG format file named Jellyfish light.dwg.
- Set configurations to as above image shows in this step and start cutting.
Note that you should set the distance between laser head and chipboard as 25 mm.
Step 3: Print a Bulb Casing
- Load a file named “bulb casing.stl” from downloaded files into software UP!
Note that please set printing parameters as follows image shows
- start printing which may take approximately 30~40 minutes.
Step 4: Assemble Electronic Modules
- connect to all electronic modules as image above shows:
Step 5: Assemble Lamp Frame
- follow the steps shows in image to assemble a lamp frame and install electronic modules into it.
Step 6: More About This:
You can build a more innovative and interesting applications with 3D printer and laser cutter.In my case, i choose a manufacturing service provider called seeed for consideration for expenses.
At last, thank you for reading.
4 Comments
7 years ago on Introduction
So cool! Make sure you change your "cover photo" to the jellyfish!
7 years ago
Cool!
7 years ago on Introduction
Looks cool! What laser cutter did you use to cut the pieces?
7 years ago on Introduction
Cool lamp design.