Twisted Lamp -

Wanted to try BL Translucent PETG for first time, and enter the light contest.

Materials:

Bought a roll of the Blue and dryed the Filament according to BL recommendations

Used Engineering Plate with a light glue stick as suggested.

Design was created to use cheap EL Wire lights -

Note:

You need to cut the ‘tip’ off the EL Wire. It will still work , just won't be water resistant any more.

Printing :

Center sections first and the first two pieces were having a sad.

Cancelled those two, and slowed the speed to 50%. Success on the rest.

For the Base - Printed a temporary to check tolerances, and test the EL wire clearance. Center sections snap fit together nicely, no glue required. They are the same piece, rotated 22.5 degrees, and nest into each other.

Lights -

Just weave the wire up and down through the base and the center set of holes, and the outer spiral, from the bottom up. I tried a few colors with various levels of effect.

Sample of weaving the EL wire -

Once you weave the EL Wire top to bottom a few times, it's all tight, no glue required.

Note the ‘top’ weaving shown is not nearly tight enough to fit the lid on. This was a test.

White wire up and down the center was the brightest, but too much on the outer spiral, so I'll use blue for that.

Add another set of center sections.

Nested, each is only 15mm net in height, so stacking 16-18 pieces is a ‘lamp heght’.

On the cap.

The top it's tapered ‘up’, so I printed it at 50% speed. PETG support in the snap together section would be tough to remove.

Final base :

I printed the top of the base right side up, so the indent where the center sections snap in is super clean and a tight fit.

but, it is work to remove the support underneath.

Clear the holes, just a finger twist will do.

Big enough to hold three EL Wire battery packs.

Final Assembly -

Wove the Blue EL wire up the outside spirals, and a few inner until the 9' was used. Doing a criss cross to keep the loops tight at the top.

Then woven remaining center holes with white EL Wire.

Modification -

In the lid, I snapped off the vestigial triangle pieces with pliers for more wire clearance.

Final wiring and finish -

Added another white EL Wire, to light up the base.

There it is. Unique and cool IMO. I mean, it does look a little like a masonry drill bit.

It's also not unattractive in a bright light. In fact, a color shift filament might be pretty cool.

Not going to lie though, it also has a more odd vibe about it.

Your call,

HL