100mm Mars lithophane mounted on a lighted base. The lithophane is printed in white. A 50mm red disc is inserted between the base and the lithophane to achieve the red color
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Purchased Parts
I used these USB Light Sticks
Any USB extender cables will work.
Printing Instructions
My profile has all my preferred settings. If you prefer to plate your own (stl's in the raw files section), I suggest the following settings:
Make Your Own Lithophanes Using My Light Base
You can generate your own lithophanes using your own photos at Lithophanemaker.com. The lithophane can be set for any diameter as long as the base is the correct size to fit in the lighted base. Your photograph should be approximately 3.3:1 width to height ratio to wrap all the way around the sphere.
I used the following settings:
Lithophane Resolution: 0.25
Sphere Diameter: 100
Picture Angular Height: 150
Picture Angular Width: 360.00
Maximum Thickness: 3.2
Minimum Thickness: .6
Cylinder Outer Diameter: 40
Cylinder Height: 10
Cylinder Thickness: 5
Cylinder Ledge Outer Diameter: 50 (make sure this is set to 50mm to fit into the light base)
Top Hole Outer Diameter: 0