3D Print a Lithophane Light Box
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.พ. 2019
- Learn how to design, slice, 3D print, and assemble a lithophane light box with LithophaneMaker.com, and be sure to use the BEST and ONLY filament formulated for lithophanes from americanfilament.us/. These 3D printable lithophanes are a great gift for just about anyone, and it's easy to turn any image into an stl of the lithophane light box with my lithophane generator.
The tool lets you use many different light sources, but the light socket I used can be found here: amzn.to/2FOARUB
Check out all of my lithophane tools at LithophaneMaker.com
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Be sure to use the BEST and ONLY filament formulated for lithophanes from americanfilament.us/. Every filament purchase there supports the continued development or Lithophane Maker!
not one time did you bring up nozzle dims... I am guessing .4 or did you do .2?
Kudos to the effort you have made to democratize lithophanes. Love your style! Amazing Bro.
I made my last two lithophane time lapses using your filament. I think I finally got the process down to a "science". Awesome filament!
I've been using ender series white and everyone of mine have turned out perfect with incredible detail on the bambu P1S, but ill have to try this filament at some point.
iv made my first lithophane print thank you so much for creating the site!! new favorite thing to print
You got my view for the engineering, you got my subscribe for the humor lol. Keep up the good work man.
Bless you, for the hard work on this!
The assembly was especially enlightening! 💡
LOLOLOLOL......funny.
I truly enjoy your website and tools Jim from The Office, I plan to contribute when I can, since I know my dad will love his MST 3K lithophane dealie for his 70th birthday next week!
He's clearly a Dexter...
Thanks man you saved my Christmas! :) This cube is really good, perhaps it could be even better if the side which the lightbulb go through would be the bottom with a kind of foot stand. It would allow pictures all around. Anyway your website is a true Godsend, thanks for your work!
Thanks for the great designs.
So COOL!! I built one for daughter and she will LOVE it. Thanks so much. If I can figure out how to put on youtube, I will show it off
I just discovered your lithophane maker the other day and now I come across your channel. I plan on making and selling lithos so if it takes off I'm going to be donating from time to time.
I grabbed my right ear with the right hand as was watching this with a mirror and now my tools are disassembling my home .. how do i stop them before they disassemble my comput.......
Great vid, loved the clear instructions, reasons for why you chose what you did and giving this to the world. Also, great humour .. right up my street .. although I want a sausage now ...
This is amazing. Thank you!
Thanks for Designing this awesome lithophane lightbox. I just made one it only took 49 hours and 45 minutes, LOL. But it turned out awesome thank you so much. So it would be nice if you design a box in pieces so we could make it a little bit at a time. And Slide the flat lithophane in it. Maybe make it with five photos and a sliding top, then you could put a wireless LED Puck Light in it. Again thank you very much for all of your time and efforts put into your designs.
Thanks friend for your work! Best Regard from Chile.
subbed! Thank you for building this software.. keep up the good work Thomas B)
Dude great video, thank you for sharing.
These are so awesome, thanks for this. Printing my first one today! Also you're adorable. :)
Noticed on the default settings the max thickness is 2.8 and min thickness is 0.7... which one should be adjusted to get a darker contrast on the printed items? More of a deeper black coloring. Love how easy this tool is to use!!
I can’t even bro ur amazing
I like your work
great work Thanks
great work, buddy
Thanks!
Love it thank you .i just did my first print last night now I wana do the light box I’m a beginner so I’m still learning.everything printed at once?
Funny, I just ordered some of your pla for lithophanes, and here is a video of you.
I think it would be awesome if the lithophane sides could come out so you could just print new ones and change them out in the box instead of having to print an entirely new box.
There is a file for that on Thingiverse
@@moschwaner got a link?
@@MrTobbo did u find the link
I'd prefer a 5 picture box with the light hole on the bottom as well. Or even with just 4 still have the hole on bottom.
Brilliant
Thank you very much for your work ! ... it is amazing! ..... (the only little question I have is , whether it is possible to put the relief-side on the inside? So that one cannot see the motive when the light is turned off. For the moon or the Lamp - but do not see that a critics... I love your work) Regards Klaus
Thanks for your great effort! Prusa user, got a question: at 4:00 you've talked about the settings "Slice automatically", what is the setting in slic3r? How do we manage that one for Prusa?
Great video, can you tell me if you use a corexy printer can lithopanes be printed at a faster speed?
After using your software, I think I would have preferred a STL that prints the frame and images separately allowing me to switch colors or paint the frame apart from damaging the lithophanes.
Awesome video. Could you please tell me what type and size of bulb socket and bulb type you used? Much appreciated.
I made this box with glow in the dark filament. Tagged you on Twitter with a pic of it.
This is a good one, is there any way we can put the light in the bottom and have another picture on the back instead? Of so, how can i do that? Would be great without the hole so we can use different size of light sources
Compliments on the really good video and awesome site and generator!
Lately I'm having an issue in witch the site generate the zip file but only has the txt inside... What am I doing wrong? 🤔
I'm looking at building one with a lazy suzzane stand and led lighting from the bottom. What do you think?
Awesome!!
Thanks for the app to make the box. I am able to print out the box portion with no issues but everytime that I try to print the top it does not come out so that I can see the picture. I am using the same settings as for the box. Should I be doing something different?
Nice work, How do you hold the upper face so it doesnt fall off?
Such amazing work! :D
I do have a question: is there any possibility that the lightbulb would be underneath the cube and the top part be opposed to light bulb hole?
I would like to create 2 lamps and have them standing on the table and the lightbulb has a stand. That way, I would have pictures on 5 sides of the cube, or just have the top part blank.
Thank you in advance!
i need it too
Im sure you could rotate the images before uploading to get the desired effect. 11 months late but maybe someone will see it.
I tried grabbing my ear and foot and hoping around 3 times. That's bullshit it doesn't work! Takes 4 round trips ;) Thanks man my dad will love this Christmas gift I'm making for him of hid grand kids :)
2 things
1. Do you have your cura profile to download
2. Could you make it were we can download frame seperate and the side seperate as not a lot of people are comfortable with 3d printers running all day and night unattended, be nice to see if it was split for each side and the box frame
Great work. I was wondering if the sides that don't have a picture could be separate so that we don't have to do 100% infill on those. It would save like 6-12 hours of print time. So basically a box with 4 sides should be the long pic print. Thanks
Print at 99%
I'm going to have to remember this for later
What infill setting do you use on the light box? Thank you for all your help and videos!
Watch the video, he says either 100% or only walls
I would appreciate some explanations regarding the size of the light bulb. Does the "lenght" also include the part that gets screwed into the socket? Is the diameter the thickest part of the whole bulb unit or just of the glowing part? Etc.
gud work bro
I saw a video with a lithophane printed flat on a resin printer. Could a box be done on a resin printer printed vertically, with all the sides printed at once?
So after printing it all out, i hopped around like you said, fell over, and busted my head on the corner of the wall, continued to fall and broke my arm as i tried to catch myself only to finish falling onto my box and completely smashing it...but i did save 15% on my insurance when i switched to Geico, so ill be fine🤣🤣
Results may vary
I should have viewed this video first, answered my questions about the infill
Where can I buy the light socket you used in the video?
Sigh. I did a very newbie (which I am) thing and forgot to add supports. It is just about halfway through a 2+ day print. I guess I will see how it comes out. Great tool, by the way.
Would it be possible to add an option so that lithophane is on all 4 sides plus top -- for symmetry - with either a blank bottom or no bottom
Hey I love the video and have subscribed! Would you happen to know what the settings would be for the PrusaSlicer? They seem to call everything something different.
What bulbs do you use?
for the box lithopane do you use supports?
Could you by chance list all of your settings used?
I love that! but i have a question, i wanna download split or separated, because im scared if the print wrong bad, and i wanna print one at a time
Find a frame for a light box on thingiverse then use the flat lithophane tool to print each one at a time
Awesome site man. Ive had success with the other shapes, but this one only gives me the text file with the settings. No stl in the zip. Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong? File size is over 200mb
great work, i have a question though, is it not possible to make a box that you can have all 4 sides done and a top so you dont have to use the bulb option? id rather just put an led light in there personally , but playing around with the box maker i can get rid of the bulb hole but then im just left with a blank back panel.
Fusion360. U can edit the stl to cover the hole.
pretty cool. ONE THING TO NOTE: if you only see the settings thing in your download MAKE SURE TO sign up for a account on the website or it wont have the .stl files. HOPE THIS HELPS!!
Can you link your Cura profile? The thanks.
Beautyfull 👍👍👍🇵🇾
How did you go about printing the top piece? I've seen some people printing them standing up, some laying down. Did you change any print settings if you printed it laying down?
I know your comment was from 6 months ago but I figured I’d reply from my experience in case others are wondering. I printed the top piece 3 times. The first time standing up and it fell over, the second time laying down but the quality wasn’t as good, the third time I printed it standing up with a large raft to keep it upright. It came out wonderful! Now I’m trying to find the proper light bulb. I’ve tried multiple bulbs but they all seem too bright and my last one started melting and warping the box.
@@Familytravelgo Did you ever find a bulb that works?
@@Familytravelgo did you find a good bulb?
Flashforge has such option if you drop photo in slicer, but the end result is mah. Need to try this one! Am not very good at dancing part for sure, but thanks in advance!
how do you set this for resin printers? printing a box will take all day and there will be overhangs that will fail.
it is easier to print it as 6 slices that take 30 minutes each but there is no way to slot them together!
do you have a set of stls to use a led light. Does the cfl bulb create too much heat?
Also, which printer did you use?
When printing the top is any support needed?
Hi Thomas,
I've just kicked one of these off following the settings from the vid. Cura states 2 days and Octo states 70 hours, does that sound right. How long does it take you to knock one off?
BR/David
Cura just told me 3 days 14 hours. Going to thin it out a little and change speed to 30 and 50 and see how long that says.
Can you print these with a resin printer? I just bought a Elegoo Mars 2 Pro. Thanks!
why isnt there an option to have the light source under instead of behind
Did you use the exact same settings i.e print speeds, 5 wall line count, for the top piece as well?
same question and did you print it vertically or horizontally?
uknowwhatthisisfor The lid comes out best vertically but you need a raft to keep it upright.
@@Familytravelgo Shouldn't need a raft if you have proper adhesion. I printed a standard lithophane from his site without a raft. I even upscaled the size
Is there way not have solid bottom? To reduce print time
My family loves the boxes I've made using your designs. Now I've encountered a problem. How do I make a bigger box? I see the setting on the site but 2 of the pics still won't fit no matter how big I make the box....
doing them in color now.. crazy to think
how did you print the top lithophane? did you add supports? any special settings?
Print separate
i do same time ... move a bit for hole support lol..@@MrQuickcron
Is there a separate file for the top or does it print it all I'm a noob first time trying this do you print the box first then the top ?
Hey, which PLA do you use? I can't get those dark parts in the print with my pla. Thank you
I use eSun cool white
What size nozzle did you use
Is there a way to make the backside of the box where the hole is for the lamp is there a way to make that back piece another picture instead of having the light there? I went ahead and used battery powered tea lights inside mine it gives it a flicker affect like candle and I think it looks really nice so I wanted to take advantage of the backspace and put a picture there but I don’t know how.
There's not a way to do that right now with LM. There are a lot of good designs on thingiverse and you might find one there that you like.
Is there a cap on the amount of lithophane STL you can make ?
Hi Thomas,
I’m not sure why but for some reason every time I use the lithophane maker website to make this light box with the exact settings you have and slice it in Cura, put it on my sd card, and start printing, it always fails. It prints one or two layers fine and I come back like 8 hours later and the print is still on the second layer as if the z axis didn’t move up. I can print any other file fine but when I slice this it always fails the same way. Do you know why?
what type of filament is the best to use and does it have to be white
How do you protect the lithophane?
What filament and color do you use for this ?
Are supports needed? In your settings they are enabled, but did not understand if necessary.
That's what I was checking for. In the default Cura settings (45 degree), my slice had the three sides completely covered by support. Changed to match his (65 degree, support touching base), and it really reduced the supports....going to give it a try.
I need a battery powered light with a switch on the bottom. any suggestions?
can you make the hole at the bottom plz i need it at the bottom
Hey Thomas, is there another way to support your development of this tool in addition to the affiliate links? Beautiful work!
Yes, patreon.com/LithophaneMaker
@@LithophaneMaker I'm now a Benchy. Thanks to your software, gifts this year were a no-brainer. Merry Christmas!
Must need to use an LED bulb to reduce the amount of heat released into the light box? I just don't want my lightbox to warp
You could also use ABS or maybe PETG or ASA filament to be less heat-sensitive.
Hello but do you need supports to print it well?
HOW DID you keep the light socket tight in the hole mines is kinda loose should i use some type of glue or caulk
i see no one ever answered yo on this... I just received my sockets and they're also loose. i thought of using glue but nothing permanent. Maybe E6000 or just some silicone on the outside.
My mom has that same Grandmother Clock.
Ours is a family heirloom
Would a file like this work using the silhouette atla?
Infill 15? Or did I read that wrong?
Is it normal that it takes 2 days and a half to print and if not whar setting can I modify to have a normal process time?
How long did it take to print?
I have a lamp socket that fits, but it’s loose. Do I push it I. Further? Does not seem like it will do that without breaking it.
Does tightening the bulb onto the socket make it work for you? It has to be a little loose for the socket to for in the hole.