UFO Lamp "I WANT TO BELIEVE"

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I made this UFO lamp inspired by the "I WANT TO BELIEVE" slogan for the alien lovers out there. Notes: Use an LED bulb, no incandescent. They get too hot. For the cord, plug, switch, and bulb socket, I used PN 625 127 by Commercial Electric from Home Depot that accepts candela style bulbs. It is a pre corded and switched light bulb socket. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Commercial-Electric-6-ft-White-Candelabra-Base-Socket-and-Cord-with-Switch-and-Plug-Set-81685/306198157? The brightness of the lamp will depend greatly on the transparency of the filament and whether or not vase mode was used. What is pictured is a solid / non-transparent white filament printed in vase mode with a 40W LED daylight candela bulb. I have included a couple STL files for the beam for your use. You will want to use the .1" beam for transparent filament unless if you want this lamp to be extremely bright. Print each part of the UFO body flat side down. The dome doesn't need to be printed in vase mode. I used a solid filament and it turned out okay. Experiment as you wish. The lamp base can be printed pretty quickly up to 80 mm/s. Slow it down for the outer walls. Use tree supports for the text. For the UFO Body: Use superglue to assemble the top and bottom pieces. I have made 4 pin holes for your use if you wish to use them, but I did not find them necessary. You can make a pin in TinkerCAD pretty quick for this purpose. Again, the pins aren't necessary to glue them cleanly together. Everything else should assemble quite easy. I left everything else unglued but you can do so if you wish. Assembly: 1. Insert bulb socket into base. 2. Install your bulb. 3. Place the beam, body, and dome in that order onto the base.