Lithophane lamp tower

The tower lithophane lamp is the extraordinary gift for your family, best friends and yourself. 

Of course, it is also ideal as an unusual home decor. 

Create individual tower lithophane lamps with beautiful photos from family and friends or to match the home decor. 

And most importantly - the lithophanes can also be colored. 

The lamp can be configured for one or more levels and can be freely rotated on the lamp base. If there are several lithophane levels, these can be offset by 45 °. 

The assembly for different variants is explained below in two tables and short animation videos. 

The tools required to generate the colored lithophanes, their settings and instructions for printing are explained in PDFs. 

Happy printing.

External Components

• Lamp socket E27, 1 LED (light intensity as required), possibly extension socket E27 (1 level approx. 7 - 10 W, 2-3 levels approx. 10 - 15W)

Sample links:

Power Cable Lamp Socket with Switch E27   -   https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00P2DV2NY/ref=pe_3044161_189395811_TE_SCE_3p_dp_1?th=1

3 - 12 W E27 LED Light Bulb Corn Light   -   https://www.amazon.de/dp/B078NRQXPN/ref=pe_3044161_189395811_TE_SCE_3p_dp_3

or

LED light bulb   -   https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00W161IDO/ref=pe_3044161_185740101_TE_item?language=de_DE

or

15W E27 LED cold white   -   https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07RDHLPYW/ref=pe_3044161_185740101_TE_item

E27 5 cm extension socket extender lamp socket adapter   -   https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07K22XXQS/ref=pe_3044161_185740101_TE_item

• Screws

Hexagon socket screws: 2.5 mm, head height: 3 mm, head diameter: 6 mm

Quantity and lengths see second table inside “Assembly”

• Tool

Allen key 2.5 mm

Print instructions

     Supports:    No

     Resolution:  0.2 mm

     Infill:  15% (1x 10%)

     Details see in .3mf/.gcode files with Prusaslicer.

    PrusaSlicer download:     https://www.prusa3d.de/prusaslicer/

Create your (color) lithophanes

So far I have used the free online software from “3dp.rocks” and “ItsLitho” to generate lithophane STL files; for colored lithophanes I used “ItsLitho”.

 3dp.rocks     -         https://3dp.rocks/lithophane/ 

       Read settings for this project in PDF 

       Files → Other files → “Lithopane-3dp-rocks-Settings.pdf”

 ItsLitho     -     https://tool.itslitho.com/CreateModel

      Read settings for this project  in PDF 

       Files → Other files → “Lithphane-ItsLitho-Settings-Settings.pdf”

Assembly

The assembly of the individual parts into modules and lithopane lamp types is shown in the following tables.

Table 1:

Assembly “Lamp levels”

• “One Level  -  Base+L1”

•  “Two Levels  -  Base+L1+L2”

•   “3 Level  -  Base+L1+L2+L3”

Not shown here.

Assembly “Moduls”

The assignment of components (printed parts) to modules is listed in the “Table 2:” below.

• Lamp-Base

• L1-complete

• L1-L2

         This is the module with brackets for the 2nd level.

• L1+x

         This is the expansion module with brackets for the 3rd or higher level. 

• L1+x-complete

         This is the top module for level 3 or higher.

Table 2:

All printed parts can be viewed in 3D at the beginning of the page

or in section “Files” inside “Model files”.

Components are based on .3mf files (see under “Model types”).

Disclaimer

Please be careful when working with electricity.

Since the lithophane lamp has ventilation, I have not yet been able to determine any significant heating with PLA. 

Nevertheless, please check, especially with stronger LEDs.