History Hernhutters
The Hernhutters were brothers who originally (anno 1722) came from the former Czechoslovakia, but were persecuted there, fled and ended up in Hernhut in Germany. In that town they built a settlement that has grown into an Evangelical Brethren community.
Today there are several Brethren communities throughout Europe, Africa, South-America and the Caribian, totalling to 1 million members.


Model
I used the central frame of the excellent Merandey design (upscaled to 350%).
The Fitting Holders and the Star Rays are new designs.
Diameter 44 cm (17 inches)
Weight: 0.36 kg.

A downscaled (Ø 30 cm) version of this model you can find here: Hernhutter Christmas Star - Ø 30 cm by Bootjevaarder - MakerWorld


Printing
The Star Rays are printed in Vase Mode:
Layer height 0.2 mm with 5 bottom layers, or layer height 0.25 mm with 4 bottom layers.

I printed the other parts with layer height 0.3 mm on my PRUSA Mini.
White E-Sun PLA+ works quite well for this application.


Assembly
For orientation please have a look at 3D-VIEW.stl.

All Star Rays except the bottom ray are glued to the Frame Bottom and FrameTop.
Leave the top square opening in the Frame Top open for the Fitting Holder.
The bottom ray is a press fit to the Frame Bottom to make bulb exchange possible, and for easy storage of the Christmas Star.

Now assemble the E14 or E27 lamp fitting (with electricity cord) in the appropriate Fitting Holder, and fit a LED bulb, max. diameter 46 mm.
Please let me know if your fitting needs a different hole in the Fitting Holder.
Next place the Fitting Holder (with fitting and bulb installed) in the Frame Top.

Finally glue the Frame Top to the Frame Bottom.


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