Here’s the working design for my lantern. I have a 3D printed base and pillars holding in wood on four sides and a top plate to keep the pillars at the right distance. The 3D printed part is structurally a pretty awful design to be honest and it will make most 3D printers cry but…

I ended up revising my design a fair bit but the inspiration is still there. I ended up theming my lantern around older nintendo systems such as the NES, SNES, N64, and Gamecube. The pieces are shown above. The top will be a general nintendo logo. Each side will have an engraving of the physical…

Here are some updates I have for the progress I have made to my lantern. I have my final SVG files I used to cut the pieces and a picture with a sample of a couple different pieces I have cut out. Below are screenshots of the basic layout I have created in Inkscape for…

I have ordered my acrylic and am working on getting all of the layers arranged/cleaned up. I still have to add the 3D heart, but I will do that after I finish with the actual duck layers. If anyone knows how to get rid of those extra pages when you import a pdf into Inkscape,…

So far I have created the images from my concept that I want to cut into my wood. I have chosen an 8x8x8 in box to work with, which has a top an no bottom. I have placed my designs on the box pieces. I will be working on adjusting the curf for the fingers…

I have taken my original drawing and separated them so that they are ready to cut. I added the kerfs to everything, and it should be ready to go once I get material. I increased the size of the acrylic so that it would go past the edge of the screen so that I can…

I have finished laying out all the pieces I intend to use. I have also played around with parchment paper and fairy lights and I like the effect it has so far both at a distance and up close. The next steps I’ll have to take will be the kerf compensations and other adjustments so…

Here are the 5 sides of my lantern. Again, I’ve added my inspiration image so y’all can see the finished shape I’m going for. I plan to use the regular plywood for the 5 sides. Any suggestions on the base piece? I’m not sure how I’m going to connect it all. I think the base…