Led Gantry Light Diffuser

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This is a simple light diffuser for led lights I installed at the top of my gantry. The sides are 1mm and the inner part is shallower to allow it to slide over the led light strip. It's a tight fit but is nice and snug once it's in there. Each piece is 160mm long. Print 2 pieces to cover the whole top of the gantry in between the uprights. Slide one in from each side. I recommend fully removing the top gantry piece to make installing easier. The led's I got are from Printermods.com The lights work great but I had to re-solder the joints between the two strips that make up their kit to feel good about installing them. I also put heatshrink over the connection between the two strips and covered the back and sides of the strip with electrical tape. All that probably made it harder to slide the diffuser in there but I feel better about it all electrically. I ran the wires out the side of the channel and carefully screwed the gantry back on watching while i did so to make sure the bolts weren't hitting the wire insulation. If you aren't comfortable doing that you may want to modify one side of the diffuser with a small notch in tinkercad to have a slot for the wires to exit. I also waived a hot air gun over the strips several times before removing them from the print bed and they got significantly clearer and didn't warp because they were still firmly attached to the bed. Printed in Sainsmart Clear PETG Layer height .16mm