String Light Decorative Cover - St Patrick’s Day

This is a continuation of my light cover design to have a different cover for each season throughout the year. This version is a Shamrock for March for St Patrick’s Day.

These light covers are specifically scaled for the Feit lights. I bought them at Costco (https://www.costco.com/p/-/feit-48-led-string-light/4000385994) But they are also available at Amazon (https://a.co/d/iz6Cb4C) and the two halves are held together but a couple small magnets 6x6x2 (https://a.co/d/7fcfjYw) and a hair tie (https://a.co/d/6EylwVE). I used the hair tie instead of a rubber band for a few reasons. First, I already had a bunch from my kids, but second, they work better in very cold conditions like experienced in winter. 

I have been using this scheme of light covers for 10 months now through both summer and now winter with no issues. The collection of my various designs is here: https://www.printables.com/@nwilk123/collections/2908921

Print settings:

You will need supports underneath the part that grips the light. Auto support painting with organic supports works really well. 

You need to print one version as is and print a second mirrored so that they match when pairing together on the light. the 3mf file has both the regular and mirror version in a single print sheet.

You need to set the number of top and bottom layers high enough so that there is no infill on the decorative flat portion. If there is any layers of infill, the illumination from inside the cover will make it look very odd.