Antimatter Lighter Case/Necklace - Shapeways 3D Print - Tritium Vial

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What's up!

I just came up with a pretty sick idea to encase a lighter in a 3D printed steel case with an embedded Tritium vial and attachment for a necklace chain.

If this isn't an interesting project, I don't know what is! Hopefully there will be a lot of submissions showing a variety of styles.
Wants:
View the attachment details.jpg for lighter measurements.

View the following links for design inspiration, I would like this case to be very detailed and perhaps have a design element that is only possible with the 3D printer.

www.shapeways.com/jewelry

www.shapeways.com/search

The steel material has design requirements lined out here in detail by Shapeways: www.shapeways.com/materials/steel

3 possible themes for this are cannabis, futuristic or abstract/geometric.

The price of the print depends on the volume of material used, Shapeways has some tips on making the print more economical; www.shapeways.com/tutorials/design_for_cheaper_3d_printing

I'm not entirely sure how many Tritium vials or what size. Experiment, but don't go too crazy, in the end the most I'll pay for the necklace is $500 total for 3D print/chain/Tritium, here's the sizes/prices/colors;

Cylindrical:
0.95 x 3.0mm - $4.68 (Green)
1.4 x 3.5mm - $5.20 (Green)
1.5 x 6.0mm - $7.28 (Yellow, red, purple, white, green, ice blue, blue, orange, pink)
2.0 x 6.0mm - $8.84 (Yellow, red, purple, white, green, ice blue, blue)
2.0 x 12.0mm - $10.40 (Yellow, red, purple, white, green, ice blue, blue, orange, pink
3.0 x 22.5mm - $14.04 (Yellow, red, purple, white green, ice blue, blue, orange ,pink)
3.0 x 25.0mm - $15.08 (Green, ice-blue, blue)
Don't Wants:
Incompatible design. Make sure your design is compatible with Shapeways steel material, additional information can be found here for software/file formats; www.shapeways.com/tutorials/supported-applications

An overview of their entire process; www.shapeways.com/about/how_does_it_work
Software:
  1. 3D Modeling
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  • Prize #1: Under $799
  • Prize #2: Under $799
  • Prize #3: Under $799
  • Prize #4: Under $799
Project Info
  • Created: Sat, 01 Mar 2014 21:15:14 +0000
  • Ended: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 21:15:14 +0000
  • Entries: 36
  • Designers: 10
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1st Winner
#36 LernaeanHydra lighter by Cristiano
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Mar 31, 2014 22:01
2nd Winner
#34 Lighter steel case with tritium vials. by Jay M.
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Mar 25, 2014 3:25
4th Winner
#19 iLight by RHDessin
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Mar 20, 2014 20:25
#35 Knucklefire by Cristiano
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Mar 30, 2014 19:45
#2 Möbius by asdfasf
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Mar 3, 2014 0:11
#3 Case_2 by jnatzic
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Mar 3, 2014 4:41
#33 Meca-Light v2 by RHDessin
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Mar 24, 2014 21:15
#32 Meca-Light v2 by RHDessin
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Mar 24, 2014 20:47
#31 Tron lighter V2 by RHDessin
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Mar 23, 2014 20:30
#30 Light_RevC by RHDessin
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Mar 23, 2014 12:41
#29 Lighter steel case with tritium vials. by Jay M.
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Mar 23, 2014 4:21
#28 lighter symmetry design by Jay M.
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Mar 22, 2014 15:08
#27 Lighter case with cap and embed tritium vials. by Jay M.
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Mar 22, 2014 8:38
#26 Lighter with tritium with bonus cap by Jay M.
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Mar 22, 2014 8:08
#25 Light_RevB by RHDessin
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Mar 22, 2014 1:31
#23 Meca-Light by RHDessin
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Mar 21, 2014 20:18
#5 mobius.2 by asdfasf
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Mar 5, 2014 6:09
#14 Glowing lighter design by Jay M.
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Mar 17, 2014 1:38
#6 Case_4 by jnatzic
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Mar 5, 2014 7:42
#9 mobiii by asdfasf
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Mar 6, 2014 7:54
#11 Antimatter Lighter Case by vinya
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Mar 12, 2014 6:32
#12 Customized lighter case by Jay M.
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Mar 16, 2014 11:22
#13 Lighter with steel case embedded with tritium. by Jay M.
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Mar 16, 2014 11:26
#15 lighter case by vinya
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Mar 18, 2014 8:50
#16 Antimatter Lighter Case by vinya
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Mar 19, 2014 10:23
#17 vial by robhare
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Mar 19, 2014 14:47
#18 Tron lighter by RHDessin
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Mar 19, 2014 22:35
#24 Light by RHDessin
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Mar 22, 2014 0:14
#1 Case_1 by jnatzic
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Mar 2, 2014 23:08

Discussion

Cristiano

Designer

Tue, 01 Apr 2014 16:25:43 +0000
thanks ;-)

Jay M.

Designer

Tue, 01 Apr 2014 15:02:07 +0000
thank you billy,,

Jay M.

Designer

Tue, 01 Apr 2014 15:02:07 +0000
thank you billy,,

Billy Nare

Buyer

Tue, 01 Apr 2014 14:49:11 +0000
Straight up killed it. Winner.

Thanks for your work guys. I don't require the files for your projects if you don't wish. Just thanking you for your work.

Billy Nare

Buyer

Sun, 30 Mar 2014 20:31:18 +0000
Stepped the game UP! HELL YEAH!

Shapeways verified file too, thanks for your work.

Billy Nare

Buyer

Sun, 23 Mar 2014 22:36:55 +0000
See this flickr photostream for some good ideas that would please us: http://www.flickr.com/photos/19122318@N07/

Billy Nare

Buyer

Sun, 23 Mar 2014 22:28:23 +0000


These are all in consideration so far.

I've asked a few designers to create an account on shapeways.com, upload their file and verify it has a green check mark for initial print as well as no thin wall issues for any of the plastic or alloy material options presented after uploading.

Please do this for all future submissions as I had to ask a designer of a previous project to fix something that seemed minor, but required the entire model to be rebuilt because of it. Save time and energy by verifying your parts will print before submitting!

Thanks, my brother and I are impressed with the skills available through this site time and time again. Keep it up!

Billy Nare

Buyer

Sun, 09 Mar 2014 07:44:28 +0000
Radical! No complaints.

Thanks and don't be afraid to try some more styles. We will decide how many to buy later during the contest, probably 3-5 total designs.

Billy Nare

Buyer

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 05:43:52 +0000
More ideas; http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7401/10892516874_637472bf30_c.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/75678921@N04/

Amazing use of the Tritium sticks there, let's see some stuff like that in this lighter case!

Billy Nare

Buyer

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 04:38:26 +0000
Your designs can extend past the length of the lighter. Link case pieces together with Tritium vials. Multiple layers of "shell".

Go crazy guys!

Billy Nare

Buyer

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 03:53:08 +0000
Just a few changes to that and it would be possible to print. Really creative.

Thanks!

Billy Nare

Buyer

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 03:51:39 +0000


Thanks for your submissions, but they need to include Tritium vials. Here is the list to choose from when creating your designs:

Cylindrical:
0.95 x 3.0mm - $4.68 (Green)
1.4 x 3.5mm - $5.20 (Green)
1.5 x 6.0mm - $7.28 (Yellow, red, purple, white, green, ice blue, blue, orange, pink)
2.0 x 6.0mm - $8.84 (Yellow, red, purple, white, green, ice blue, blue)
2.0 x 12.0mm - $10.40 (Yellow, red, purple, white, green, ice blue, blue, orange, pink)
3.0 x 22.5mm - $14.04 (Yellow, red, purple, white green, ice blue, blue, orange ,pink)
3.0 x 25.0mm - $15.08 (Green, ice-blue, blue)

Billy Nare

Buyer

Tue, 04 Mar 2014 23:44:34 +0000
Very nice. Sorry if I was unclear, but the additional geometry was meant to be on the other side of the trit sticks so they're caged in and shine light through the shapes.

No logos for this one as it's a one-off piece more for the wardrobe. Can't sell Tritium in the states without legal hassles, which kind of helps with the hype of it at parties.

Thanks!

jnatzic

Designer

Tue, 04 Mar 2014 23:34:28 +0000
Do you have a company name that you would like on the case?

Billy Nare

Buyer

Mon, 03 Mar 2014 05:00:28 +0000
I'm getting cancer just looking at this one, and that's a good thing!

Try filling the cells with more geometry. That would look sweet casting shadows in photos for ads.

Another feature for this case that would be nice to see is covering the metal shroud of the lighter as well.

Thanks, I'll ask the tritium source if getting 60+ at a time would be a problem.

Billy Nare

Buyer

Mon, 03 Mar 2014 01:54:32 +0000
Very beautiful design. The shape definitely goes into the 3D print style I'm expecting to see.

Overall I would like more texture/surface detailing. You could do some really nice subtle raised curves on the surface to keep the flow you have while getting pretty complex.

And forget what I said about price, it should be fine using a higher number of tritium vials to really make this thing GLOW! I want to grow a tumor after wearing this thing.

Thanks for your creativity on the project!

Billy Nare

Buyer

Sun, 02 Mar 2014 23:23:50 +0000
You've got the idea, now crank the detail up to 11. Needs way more glow too, trying to stick out at parties and promote business with the help of this thing.

Thanks!

Billy Nare

Buyer

Sun, 02 Mar 2014 05:32:21 +0000
I plan on using a simple ball chain for the necklace as pictured here; http://i.imgur.com/gdYTard.jpg

So it's really the design of the lighter case.

Thanks

Billy Nare

Buyer

Sun, 02 Mar 2014 05:07:35 +0000
Hello

The contest is for the case/necklace that will hold the Bic lighter and Tritium stick.

Thank you!

Design123

Sun, 02 Mar 2014 05:06:09 +0000
Dear In this contest which design u required in 100$? Lighter or necklace?

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