My CAD and 3D Printing Projects

Lithophane Lamp Project

I initially designed and created this lamp as a gift for my girlfriend, with the first version being powered by an LED cluster from a scrapped flashlight, 3 AA batteries, and an on/off switch I got from an arduino kit; all connected with wires and an amateur soldering job that would make an electrician cry.

Eventually it was brought to my attention that I could potentially make some money selling these, so I went back to fusion 360 and redesigned the second version to be a little more refined, learning from my mistakes with the first version. I wanted the second version to be powered by a traditional cord and lightbulb (no soldering this time). I went with the base to a himalayan salt lamp, as it comes pre assembled and the ones I bought had included light bulbs. After the initial design I did a few test prints until I got a version that worked.

The lithophane images are made by an online software called itsLitho, which takes an image and converts it to a .STL file. The way a lithophane works is that the darker tones in the image are printed thicker than the lighter ones are. When a backlight is shined on the print the image is revealed.

Version 1

Version 2

Other Images