Oval Lithophane Frame

I wanted to make a lithophane of each of my 4 children to put in my wife's stocking this year. I made this frame in blender to hold them. It is printed in translucent PETG, but PLA will work fine.

I printed the frame at 100% infill, because it is translucent, but 20% would be fine with a solid colour.

I made the holder with LED strips to illuminate them for when they are not hung up. It is still rough, but looks okay from the front. I printed it in two parts and had to turn the front sideways to fit my print bed.

Print Settings

Printer:

Gantry-S

Rafts:

**Supports:**

Yes

Resolution:

0.2

**Infill:**

100%

Filament: ? PETG

Notes:

This is my first time using PETG for anything, so the prints could be better. I printed a lithophane in PLA once before and it turned out a little better. The picture of my oldest son was cropped from too far away, so it is a little grainy. Also plaid is not a good choice for a lithophane.

How I made the lithophanes:
I run Linux, so I use Pinta, but Paint on Windows should be similar.
I have included an oval template for the size.

Open the picture to edit.
Scale and/or crop it to approximately 1252x1751 pixels(the size of the oval).
Open the oval in another instance of Pinta.
Use wand select to select the inner white oval.
Invert selection and copy it.
Paste the copy of the oval over the picture and crop to the size of the selection.
Save the picture as a jpg
Open the picture in Cura (I am currently using 4.8). use the following settings:
Height - 2.7mm
Base - 0.3mm
Width - 50mm
Depth - don't change, should be 69.9mm to 70mm
I slide "smoothing" all the way down, but you can leave it where it is.
I printed at 0.05mm layer height and 40mm/s speed at 225C and the fan speed at 50% with white PETG.

Category: 2D Art

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