Design a Lamp for Mass Production 3D Printing

In this Design for 3D Printing tutorial, we explore how to create a versatile base for a lamp that can accommodate different styles of lampshades. This video covers the importance of using simple shapes when designing for high variability. We will take you through the step-by-step process of creating a lamp socket and adding a cord slot to the base. Finally, we will show you some easy ways to create multiple styles of bases from your initial design. Don't forget to like the video and subscribe to the Slant 3D channel for more mass production 3D printing content!

0:00 Intro
1:05 Designing a Socket Fixture
3:14 Adding a Slot for the Cord
6:16 Reducing Surface Area and Print Time
7:51 Optimizing The Base Design
10:05 Creating Easy Variations
18:27 Printed Results!

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[fahrersicht]

Thanks, for the great insights. New to CAD and 3D Printing, already learnt a lot of great basic product design principles regarding mass 3D printing from your videos. The cube as starting point for countless design variations, valuable demonstration!

[SmithyScotland]

This was an interesting insight. Like the wire holder idea

[JohnyPatrick]

Wow this is amazing how you broke it down and simplified the base design to then go crazy with that base model and build off it. Helps me visualize the possibilities and that helps me especially as I'm just starting to challenge just the same thing you're trying to acheive here which is traditional injection moulded manufacturing process that has to come from thousands of miles. Great going! Keep these coming, please!

[ralfk]

Very nice video. Thank you! Please make another video showing how to design the lampshade. That would be very interesting because I have no idea how to design this.

[BOTmaster]

Looks like corners arent happy with with whatever settings you got there.
More solid layers on the bottom plus maybe different infill pattern? Brim?

[vankuttem]

Wow great video, many little but important lessons, shouldve seen this before i spent al day trying to come up with a stand.
i was on the right path, but you really teach some important concepts in 3d printed Design -theory! thanks! now ill basically copy your design if you dont mind haha;)

[henninghoefer]

Great video! (just that your "hexagonal" base has actually *eight* corners 😄)

[TheRealStructurer]

Was the very faint background music supposed to be a Lind of easter egg or what? Thanks for sharing 👍🏼

[rouldiy]

As always: great video! I would be interested in how you could design this type of lampshade that could be printed without supports and produced in large quantities with a 3D printer.

[gmez]

What kind of filament did you use for the shade?

[hd-bedi]

I'd be careful with Fusion 360... Autodesk lets you use it for free to get you hooked & as soon as you want to do commercial work with it they're gonna charge you an arm and a leg