Customising Poundland's biggest solar globe (great base for projects)

Описание: One of the best bits about this product is the large diffused globe with matching base. Aside from customising the colour and intensity, it could be adapted to make a simple USB powered night light, or even a glowing pendant light with an alternative power source.

I've included an openscad script at the bottom of this description. It can be used to create a base for this light to allow it to sit on a windowsill or table.
The script has variables that can be adjusted to make it suitable for many other things too.


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//Poundland big solar globe base
//You can adjust the following four sizes
basedia=75; //Diameter of base
base=2; //Thickness of base
pildia=21; //Diameter of pillar
height=50; //Total height
//do not adjust anything below here
$fn=100;
difference(){
union(){
//base
cylinder(h=base,d=basedia);
//globe stem
cylinder(h=height,d=pildia);
//strengthening taper
translate([0,0,base])
cylinder(h=2,d1=pildia+4,d2=pildia);
}
//hollow centre
//for closed base, change -1 to base
translate([0,0,-1])
cylinder(h=height+2,d=pildia-2.4);
}