Illuminated Photo Frame. "Forever in my Heart"

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No fancy color changing, but a steady warm white light powered by USB.The stylization of the front cover is inspired by the (mechanical) heart used in the music video for Nightwish's song "How's the Heart".I have meticulously traced this as best as possible to achieve the beautiful decoration.The front plate is printed in white, and then spray painted with chrome.The heart (the housing) itself is hollow and contains as an inner "ring", a LED strip of 50 cm, shortened to 40 cm.The heart is printed in dark green and with fuzzy mode outside walls (fuzzy skin point distance 0.2 and fuzzy skin thickness 0.1)The foot contains a hole of Ø8 through which the LED strip can be inserted. After mounting the foot by press fit (a little bit of sanding/deburring may be necessary), insert the ledstrip and attach it to the inside of the heart with the self-adhesive tape. The connecting wire of the LED strip is clamped in a printed channel under the foot.The foot is also printed in dark green and in fuzzy mode outside walls (fuzzy skin point distance 0.4 and fuzzy skin thickness 0.1)A loose (flat) back plate of 0.6mm has been placed behind the front plate to prevent looking directly into the LED light and to reflect the light back onto the placed photo. I used glow in the dark (green) filament for this myself to let the heart glow for some time after turning off the light.I printed all parts with nozzle 0.4, layer thickness 0.2 and no supports.The backplate and the frontplate are both placed in the recess at the front. Normally this is a light fit and does not fall out, but it is still easy to remove to e.g. post another photo.To make the crop of the photo I added a PNG image in full size. This makes it easy to make an ideal photo crop using a photo editing program or to use it as a cutting template by printing it at actual size.Place the photo against the back wall and check whether it is well behind the LED strip. I used a waterproof LED strip that holds the photo in place by itself. If necessary, you can secure the photo with double-sided tape.