swivel mount for 80mm fan

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####The Fan Mount ### Why ? Storytime - I put my Printer in a cabinet a while back and had issues with the printer randomly just stoping mit print. After a while i figured out that the higher environmental temperature leads to a lower tripping current of the onboard pcb fuse. So i searched my trashpile for an old pc fan and slapped it on there pointing at the mainboard which solved my issue *(maybe someday someone with a similar issue reads this and it solves his problem to :D )*. ### about the design Anyways... i needed a fancy holder to adjust the direction of airflow. so i designed this base. It uses thin 3D printed structures which lowers down the printtime. it is as slim as the fan (12mm) and gets screwed on the inside of 2 of the mountin holes. I've designed the holes to be 3.5mm to cut M4 Threads in there. In the end i just used 3.5mm woodscrews cut to the right lenght - works like a charm. The 80mm Aluminum pipe is used to transfere the clamping force from one flange to the other (so the 3d printed part wont need to transfer it). I would recoment to glue the m3 nut on the backside onto the m3 allthread (or screw it on, put it in a vice and hammer the end thread flat- so it would'nt come of either). Also i includet a pdf showing the important measurements so you can check if this design might fits your needs (which should be more common here i propose)