Ender 3/2020 Extrusion Light Bar

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I liked the idea of the LED Light Bar by SmokyJoe but found that the adhesive on the LED lights wouldn't stick and the lights would fall down. I decided to take SmokyJoe's original idea and expand on it by adding a sliding profile to hold the LEDs in place. I designed this from scratch using Fusion360. There are 2 parts for each width, A strip that goes all the way across and one with "_Wire" at the end. The one with 'wire' has a small indentation for the wires that connect to the end to power the LEDs. Therefore, I recommend printing one of each if you're using an Ender 3. I have downloads available for each 8mm wide LED strips and 10mm wide with each length being 165.1mm (6.5in). If you need a different width or length, don't hesitate to ask in the comments. I learned about perimeters in F360 and it literally takes me 4 clicks and 2 keystrokes to change them. I added end caps that hook into the 2020 extrusion to help hide the wires going to the back of the extrusion on December 13, 2018. On February 18, 2019, I added 'secure' end caps. My end cap was continuously falling off because I took it off so much. It simply extends out a bit so that you can use the screw that holds the frame together. I finally figured out how to fix the orientation and added the left sides of each cap on March 11, 2019. Now you can choose what side (or use both sides to make things look even) you want to run your wires. On December 8, 2019, I fixed the 8mm left wire being the wrong size. These are the LEDs I used with the 8mm profile: 6k Cool white, non-waterproof, 2835 LED Lights available on Amazon associates link. This is a guide of how I added LEDs to my Ender 3: Adding LED Lights to my Ender 3.