MALLA | Woven Pendant light E26/27
Simple. Eye-catching. The MALLA pendant light features the woven aesthetics of my MALLA collection.
It is available in large (Ø248mm) and small (Ø209mm) versions, to accommodate most common printers out there.
The mounting bracket is for E26 & E27 light bulb sockets. You can get the power cords from Amazon here:
For Europe: E27 cord: https://amzn.to/3OVrZjK
For the US: E26/E27 cord: https://amzn.to/3U0Xyvy
The woven pattern (printed in PETG) diffuses the light beautifully. It can be printed by any printer with a classic 0.4mm nozzle.
Happy printing!
DIMENSIONS (LARGE) | Ø 248 mm, D 100 mm
DIMENSIONS (Small) | Ø 209 mm, D 100 mm
3D PRINT SETTINGS All STL files are already oriented properly. They print without supports, without adhesion brim, You need to print 4 parts:
- a base ring
- a base bracket to mount the E26 or E27 socket
- 2 shades, identical, to go on each side of the base ring.
THE SHADE: To achieve the woven pattern of the front face of the shade, you have to turn off the top and bottom layers (set to 0), and pick an infill pattern of your choice (gyroid pattern on the pictures) with about 30% infill. On top of that, for 0.4mm nozzles, push the "infill line width" to 0.6mm to make the weave of the front face nice and strong. The items in the pictures were printed with a 0.4mm nozzle.
To ensure a super clean and sticky first layer, push the "initial layer line width" to 0.8mm.
Layer height: 0.3 mm (no less, no more) Line width: 0.5mm (for a 0.4mm nozzle, so as to extrude a bit more material and achieve a cleaner weave) First layer line width: 0.8mm Wall line count (perimeter walls): 2 Top layers: 0 Bottom layers: 0 Infill: 20% to 30% (I printed with 20% infill) Infill pattern: gyroid Infill line width: 0.6mm Infill-wall overlap: 50% Build adhesion type: None Supports: None
For Bambu Lab users, make sure to:
- turn OFF "slow down for overhangs"
- set "wall generator" to "arachne".
BASE PLATE & BRACKET: No particular tricks for these two parts. I used 0.2mm per layer and 20% infill.
Happy printing!