Week 11: Minecraft Ore Lamp

Mar 11

This week’s project is all about bring Minecraft to life. We will be using Tinkercad as well as creating a circuit to make an awesome ore lamp.

Tinkercad -

Because Minecraft is a game built on blocks, our lamp will be a cube. There should be three types of sides, a bottom without openings (1), walls with openings for the light (4) and one with an extra hole for the switch (1).

Start by creating a new design
Then on a piece of paper start to plan your layout

Because the block is pixel art, you can set each block to equal whatever measurement you want (Mine was 5mm=1block)
Now find out where and how big each hole is by multiplying how big your block is by however big you are making each pixel (For mine, something that was 2 blocks long and 1 high would be 10mm x 5mm)

Once you have your plan, create it in Tinkercad *Don’t forget to measure and add in a hole for your switch
(Extra) If you want your blocks edges to fit nicely together, cut each side at a 45 degree angle.
Now print your pieces