6 row wide LED strip light clip

thingiverse

I built one of the ubiquitous IKEA Lak enclosures for my Ender-3. The solid top really casts a shadow, and makes it difficult to see what is going on with the print, so I needed to add a light, as many others have done. There are plenty of clips to secure LED strip lights on thingiverse already, but nearly all (all?) of them just hold one strip. I wanted clips that would hold multiple strips to create a uniform array of lights. The slots put the LED strips on 25mm centers. They are only 3mm tall, so they are fast to print...less than two hours at modest print speed for the four I made. These are a snug fit on indoor type LED strips...my strips measured 8mm wide X 0.5mm thick on the flex circuit. You will need to use the clips to position the strips as you adhere them down with the included tape, as the strips fit in the clips with virtually no clearance. The holes are sized to take #4 flat head wood screws, and the countersunk holes leave the heads just flush. 7 screws per clip is probably more than was needed, but having a screw between all the strips and on the ends seemed like a plan. Oh, well: There's no kill like overkill! You can probably leave out some of the screws and be fine. You will note in the photos that I did not evenly space the clips along the LED strips. Due to the resistors on the strips, they can't go where they'd need to to be evenly spaced. Having the light source spread over a large area does a great job of eliminating shadows cast by various parts of the printer.