Bottle Holder "Arc" Enlightened

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This is a spin off of my bottle holder "Arc" found here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2865713 This one features a channel for a piece of EL-Wire to get a cool light-effect. Printing is similar to the normal "Arc", so you can take hints from there. You will need about 1,6 meters of EL-Wire with a diameter of 2,3 mm and an inverter. I bought mine at https://elwirecraft.co.uk because they have a good amount of options to choose from and deliver very fast. Be warned! This one is not print-and-ready! You will need to clean some parts of the channel from support and rework it on some edges. It took me around an hour to make it usable. Edit 2018-07-18: I rotate the model -98° around X to reduce rework. This might raise new issues depending on your printer but it is a good starting point. I added a picture of the printed part with support. Take a look at the picture from the holder's foot. It shows the positions of the tip of the wire (the end) and the electrical contact (the beginning). So start in one of the middle positions to end up on the other. Feel free to decide which one. The pictures show transparent PLA with light blue EL-Wire. Be patient and have fun!