Abstract Desk Lamp

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Hello Everyone! I made this desk lamp for my girlfriend for Christmas. It took about 12 hours to design on Autodesk Inventor. Made entirely out of white PLA I printed it in 9 pieces then glued it together with Loctite 401. I bought a cheap lightbulb socket off amazon and printed the head to its dimensions, then ran the wire all the way through the lamp to the base. Her name is printed on the bottle neck. If anyone would like me to post the STL file of the bottleneck without the name in it please let me know, it won't be a problem. When properly oriented in your slicing software, none of the parts need supports! The smaller pieces will need at least a brim but I suggest a raft for the added support. When I was done printing all the pieces I sanded it first with 80 grit sand paper then worked my way up to 240. I was going to spray on a gloss clear coat but i ended up liking it with the matte finish instead. The glue was quite a bit more expensive than i thought it would be but the small bottle lasts a while and it is by far the strongest adhesive I have ever used for gluing PLA. Below are the links to amazon for the glue and light socket: Glue: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000132VIK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Socket: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016MDPWL0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I forgot to take photos of each individual piece before I assembled it, my apologies. Please feel free to message me if you have any comments or questions! Hope you like it! Christian