LED light mount for Monoprice Maker Select v2 original fan mounting location

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I saw several custom LED mounts, but none fit perfectly on my Monoprice Maker Select's mounting location. This design combines ideas from other makers' mounts with modifications to bolt onto where the original cooling fan was located. Since I installed a rear-mounted Cobra cooler, the fan bracket became available. The mount prints out of orange translucent PLA from Hatchbox using 210 C/60C settings without any issues. The design consists of two parts: one is the hinge piece that bolts onto the Maker Select's original fan bracket and the other holds the LED strip itself. To assemble this, I used two M3 bolts around 10mm long (cut down from 20mm with my dremel) and a single 30mm M3 bolt. Instead of using lock nuts, I opted for three brass knurled nuts that fit into the plastic. These locations have 4mm holes where the brass knurled nuts are pressed in with a hot soldering iron. The LED strip used is this one from eBay, which came in a five-pack for $7.99 shipped: https://www.ebay.com/itm/301032417732 I got inspiration from sadkins1981's thing on Thingiverse, which led to the creation of this mount: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1449282 The brass knurled nuts used are these ones purchased in a bag of 100 for $7.33 shipped from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Y20YLKY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 For those who want to remix this design, I included the SolidWorks sources in case you need them. Please abide by the Creative Commons non-commercial license and provide attribution. To power the LEDs, I took one of the connectors from the LED strips and spliced it in parallel with the wire going to the extruder fan. Alternatively, you can choose to run a new wire through the cable snake directly to the power supply.