3D.... 5 Lamps (Mark V)..!

[The Hat]

I Reckoned a New Thread was called for because this is going to be a work in progress and if I remember I'll take some Pics onlong the way plus I can only start to print the New Project when I get a delivery of black filament. (Lots)
Here is a Pic of the excisting column which has to be removed to make way for the new structure, this is what the first new section will look like (OpenScad Pic), it will be one of 8 pieces needed to complete the centre column.
Click to enlarge..
Taking 110 hour to print each piece 145 x 300 mm and use 1.6 Kg of filament per section at 40% fill, I'll then add quite a few decretive pieces to the outside of the column later, that will keep the printing straight forward with less indivudual pieces to worry about.

I've learned quite a bit so I’m very confident it won’t blow down, no matter how bad the weather gets, the original design was flawed from the start and I refused to give in, and kept on adding new reinforced pieces, but the wind had the final say.

It will take time to dig out the hole and piece it all together, but I'm in no hurry, so I'm prepared for every eventully because I know how the finished 5 lamps will look, this lamp will be the best and final one..

 

[stratman]

I’m very confident it won’t blow down, no matter how bad the weather gets

this lamp will be the best and final one..

Promises, promises.

What diameter is the cylinder shown?

Look forward to the updates. Good luck, my friend!

 

[The Hat]

What diameter is the cylinder shown?

each piece 145 x 300 mm...

The final width will be 250 in certain areas when I've added on the decorations.. (The Bling)..

 

[stratman]

145 x 300 mm

My bad. I was looking at the grassy picture thinking of Spring.

At that size you may need a bigger Buddha.

 

[Artur5]

Newbie question for @The Hat :
How do you join the different sections of the column (or whatever part) ?. Do you glue them and that's it or there're further 'implementations' to be done ?.
( In case you have a secret recipe which can't be disclosed here, I'll understand.. )

 

[The Hat]

( In case you have a secret recipe which can't be disclosed here, I'll understand.. )

How do you join the different sections of the column (or whatever part) ?. Do you glue them

Ah ha, I’m glad you asked that, I used to use an overlap join and slip that over the section underneath, and then slide a small tube inside both to get a good seal join..
here's a piece of the older lamp with the overlap.. click to enlarge

Use too, but I won’t be doing that on the new lamp, because I found that join to be flawed and weak..

I’ll continue however to use a similar method to cover the two joins, but there will be no need for a strong join because the centre metal pole will be taking all of the tension..

this collar is only 88mm high to cover the join..
That’s where I went wrong last time.. The wind found the weakest point..

 

[stratman]

secret recipe

Ted's Lawn Droppings >> M Mortar or a TIG Weld

 

[The Hat]

Ted's Lawn Droppings

What’s M Mortar or a TIG Weld ….?

 

[stratman]

Strong mortar and strong weld.

 

[Dan Yeager]

Am I reading this correctly? 110 hours per section? Or should I read 1/10 hour each?

Dan