Komi Modern Japnese tea light

Meet Komi, a modern Japanese-inspired LED lantern that blends minimalist design with warm ambient lighting to create a calm and elegant atmosphere in any space.

Komi can be build using the LED Lamp Kit, 16-color RGBW Puck Lights or a standard electric tea light. 

This lamp was designed for perfect printability, so no supports are required for printing. The side and top panels only require a single color change per build plate.

Disclaimer: This design can not be used with real candles.

Printing

For the shades, you should be using Basic PLA – Matte PLA is a lot less transparent and can result in a more dim lamp. 

The side and top panels should be printed on a PEI build plate. Wait until the build plate is fully cooled down before you remove it. Removing the panels from a cold plate (like SuperTack) can be a lot more challenging. Consider using a long scraper to avoid damaging the shade.

Print Settings

My profiles already include all recommended print settings and are ready to print. The following tips are only for those who want to slice the parts themselves

For the frame, “Minimum sparse infill threshold” must be set to 0 to reduce stringing when printing the pillars. I strongly recommend using height range modifiers to print the connection pins with at least 4 walls, so they don't easily break off.

The threaded parts of the tea light version need to be printed with 0.16mm layer height. To ensure a clean and even surface finish, I recommend printing all parts on the same build plate with the same layer height.

Assembly

First slide the panels into the frame – be careful to not tilt them when pushing, as this might damage the pillars. When all four panels are seated, put the top frame on. Finally, you can put the foot on the main frame.

Depending on your extrusion, the connector pins might be a press or loose fit. If they don't hold on their own, glue is needed during assembly.

Important: You can glue the top frame part on, but do not glue the top panel (white the white shade) into the lamp. It needs to be removable so you can reach the lamp later.

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