LED Strip Light Brackets

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Some time ago, I created an indicator light system for our parts department. It flashes to alert them when a parts request prints on either of two printers in their area. The lights were single-color LED strips simply attached to a wall with tacks. They worked great, but looked pretty sad. Recently, I stumbled upon a clear 56mm acrylic tube and thought I could use it to give the lights a stylish makeover. "Mingthemad" uploaded a customizable pipe mount that I used to make a 56mm mount. Then, I brought it into 123D and modified it to work vertically, smoothing out the embellishments on the sides. There are hanger holes in the mounts so you can hang it vertically on screws, and the mounts have holes on the sides where you could put screws through to secure the tube to the mounts. I realized that someone else might not have a 56mm tube just lying around, so I modeled a simple tube that fits the mounts. You can use your slicer's Z scaling to make it longer or shorter as needed. As far as that goes, you can use scaling to make the whole mount larger or smaller to fit an existing tube you may already have on hand. When printing the tube, I made use of the "choose start point closest to specific location" option in Simplify 3D to put the Z change scar in a single line on the cylinder. I suspect Cura and other slicers have a similar option. If you then install the cylinder so that line is in the back, you will have no visible Z scar and the tube looks much better.