I love my UCO candle lantern but hate cleaning up wax from knocking it over while lit-- so I designed a press fit base. It takes a good amount of force to get in place, but once connected the new base also acts as the means of opening the bottom compartment. The inside diameter of the base is 52mm, the metal housing of the lantern is 51.5mm, and the bottom piece is 52.05mm. Once press fit, you can access and replace the candle easily but the base remains firmly connected. If disconnecting the base from the lantern is important to you (i.e. to reduce some weight while backpacking), I would recommend sanding prior to press fitting. Otherwise, if enough interest is shown, I can upload a slightly larger internal diameter. I printed this at .2mm with a .4mm nozzle on the Prusa i3 mk3s+ using the .2mm quality setting. PRINT FILES INCLUDED. This is designed for the original candle lantern not the mini tea light lantern or the 3 light lantern.
The author marked this model as their own original creation.