Blower harness for Labists / Easythreed X1

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Here's my take on a fan mounting for the X1 printer. It uses a full harness that attaches with screws, rather than being strapped on. It's revolutionised my prints - I finally have the warping sorted* I used this blower fan (but I assume all of this type have the same fittings?): https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07L7KKFHL For securing, I use two long M3 bolts (for the fan): https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00B3RLAY4 ... and two short ones: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00SN3SUWQ Obviously, I used four M3 nuts, too (just regular plain nuts) You could probably use M2 nuts and bolts, but I very much suspect that M4 or larger would need too much hole, and would be problematic. Wiring. I believe that there's supposed to be a connector inside the printer that is just perfect... I saw it on a youtube video somewhere. However, I don't want to pull anything apart if there's an alternative, so I cut the connector off the fan, and soldered its wires to a 12v FEMALE barrel socket (with wires for ease), and then connected that to a two way splitter cable off the main 12v supply for the printer connectors are 5.5x2.1: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-10-20pcs-12V-Male-Female-DC-Power-Socket-Jack-Plug-Wire-Connector-Cable-CCTV/223968587924 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-4-8-Way-CCTV-DC-Power-Splitter-Adapter-Cable-12V-10V-PSU-Security-Camera/253678837010 * My larger prints were all warping quite badly at the corners. I've defeated this with a combo of two things: Stickier printer bed mat (blue masking tape and hairspray) and this fan. I've also been trying to mount the magnetic pad better, since that was also been lifting up, if the print was making good adhesion to it. Not surprisingly, I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO PERSON, MACHINE OR ANYTHING ELSE, WHETHER OWING TO THE MANUFACTURE, FITTING OR USE OF THIS DEVICE... OR FOR ANYTHING ELSE FOR THAT MATTER (INCLUDING WIRING ISSUES OR ERRORS IN MY DESIGN). Having said that, this has been tested on my printer for over 20 hours use without a problem yet.