What a great project! Adding your own design elements just enriches it. 
Dust? “A perfectly kept house is the sign of a misspent life.”
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that’s what leaf blowers are for, right?
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I got it at ACE Hardware. It comes in a tube instead of a can, which is kinda cool. 
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Killjoy! 
Guess I’d better stock up on canned air.
That might just be my favorite compliment ever.
Yay! I’m doing something right, then! 
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Beautiful, but now we hear that Charmed is ill. So glad this got finished before the air assist problem.
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Awesome thank you.
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Well this is truly amazing. Looks perfect.
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Yeah, I’m with @cynd11 on this one…great design, but the idea of dusting all those little cracks is a bit cringe inducing! 
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Time for clear acrylic inlays! @pubultrastar had upped the game.
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Now THAT deserves a lighted sign !
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I have been playing with doing one of those for a year now, There have been many variants but I really like yours! The balance between big enough openings and big enough meat between the openings with the maximum number of openings . you have indeed pushed on those boundaries. I would be interesting to know what percentage failed for pushing it too far, and I hope that this was not the strawbale that broke the back of Charm 
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They all survived assembly without issue. I cut it from Baltic birch plywood, so there were a few failures in cutting where I hit hidden knots, but those were the only casualties. I think the center “vein” is what keeps them sturdy – it takes the force when you’re pressing them into the slots, so the cutouts aren’t a problem.
My OCD tendencies make me want to design another one, as I don’t understand the weird inconsistencies in variation between the sizes of the leaves. Obviously it comes out fine despite them, but I can’t help wondering if it wouldn’t look even better if a little more logic were applied…so yeah, I’m kind going all engineery on the design now; we’ll see what happens.
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That is why I do not have mine less OCD though and more ADD 
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Stunning light!
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that is so pretty … one of the best designs I’ve seen on here so far. thanks for sharing.
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That’s awesome!
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i love this!
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Great job! Google GE Bright Stik bulbs. These are slim tubular LED bulbs that work great in tight situations and are well priced. They have a very modern look too.
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This is just great. I love it! Got me thinking about making another light!!
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Very late to the party here, but I decided to try a draft as well:
I didn’t do anything fancy with the “leaves” because I wanted to see the rough product and then see if it inspired a design. It has, but my wife is not feeling the same degree of inspiration so I think this will live/die in my workshop for now…
I grabbed the .dxf files from the link mentioned above, resized, and did a minimal cleanup.
I would recommend scaling down by ~5% for a pressure fit on the leaves if you’re also using proofgrade draftboard. Licenses of the original owner still apply!
SporeLampProofgradeMediumDraftboard.zip (35.7 KB)
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