Ender 3 filament guide with screw holes

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This is my first remix and the first thing that I have posted. I really liked the design of the Ender 3 Filament Guide by scarpantes , but I found it difficult to join the arm to the "attacher" . I wanted a more solid connection to the frame of the ender 3, so I added a rectangular base to the arm and extended it 10 mm on the top and bottom to accept two M4 screws. I then used T-nuts to secure it to the top edge of the side frame. The downside is that this modification takes away from your maximum Z height. I don't usually print tall objects, so I'm not concerned. I designed a version with just the bottom tab and hole, but I haven't printed it yet. A nice thing about only having the bottom tab is that it can be printed upside down, the same as the original. The version in the photos was printed with PLA. To print it, I set the side that mounts to the frame on the print bed. Because I started with the guide arm that has the hole in it, I needed to use a support. I used a tree support in Cura, and it worked very well; it was extremely easy to remove. I included the Fusion 360 file and the Cura file .