Low Poly Spiral Christmas Tree Ornament

A few low poly spiral ornaments I made for my Christmas tree this year. Prints great in vase mode
49m
1× print file
0.20 mm
0.40 mm
6.00 g
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Update Nov 2023: Added two double spiral ornaments 

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These are a few Christmas ornaments I generated using a script I've been tinkering with.  The low-poly spiral reflects the light in a very eye-catching way, almost like facets on a gem!

Recommend printing in spiral vase mode, with perimeter extrusion width increased from 0.4mm to 0.6mm.  Use a brim if you aren't confident in your bed adhesion, the stem is pretty small.  

Ornaments look best when printed with a silk or glitter filament, mine were printed with GNVTNTP Tri-color silk PLA and Jessie Golden Winner Glitter PLA.  After printing use a sharp blade to cut on a layer line a few layers from the closed end. This should open up the top to allow the cap to be inserted.

If you are an experienced printer, you may want to try using sequential printing to print multiple ornaments at the same time in vase mode.

Sized for ½ inch ornament hangers, I used these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BMB37WVX/  However, they should scale up/down easily enough if you have differently sized or printed caps.

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