Solar Post Topper

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I had to replace a light post that our homeowner's association took down. Three families' homes are plunged into darkness every evening, and I'm trying to bring some brightness back to our community. My print job is a bit rough around the edges - you can see where I started with a red draft before realizing it was too small for the task at hand. I eyeballed the resizing in Cura and adjusted the print bed so only the larger section would come out. These are the lights that will be mounting onto the posts. Now things get really interesting. If this works, then it's not such a crazy idea after all. I used blue painter's tape to mark one of the large flat panels on my mount, drawing lines with a Sharpie where the tape ended on the print job. I then aligned that tape over the screw holes, poking through the tape where the screws went. Next, I realigned the tape on the panel and marked the screw holes with a Sharpie again. Using small self-tapping wood screws, I drove them into the marks transferred to the panels, and the lights fit perfectly in place. Now let's see if my project drawings will pass muster with the homeowner's association that originally took down the lights. I plan to attach this top section to a PVC pipe sleeve over a T-post driven into the ground - fingers crossed it gets approved. Here are the lights I'm using, which can be found on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B07NQ4L1SB/ref=dp_olp_0.