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Had minimal clearance between these overhead shelves and the garage door, and the perfect light spacing was a few inches away from the cross bars. So I designed these snap fit brackets to offset the lights inline.

The lights make a huge difference, much more pleasant to work in the garage.

What I learned:

  • there is some sag because the screws aren't at the top of the bracket. I would add a tab that protrudes on the side so I could add a screw higher.
  • the screw face split on layer lines on a few of these. Still works but not perfect, so I would make the screw face thicker.

Also printed cable management clips

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[–] cerberus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah looks great, what lights are they

[–] QuikxSpec@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nice work. What LEDs are those? Care to share the files?

[–] thenewred@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07RKZFD5Z

One failed during install, but they refunded the cost of one light. I ended up using 8 for my garage instead of 10, and it's still exceptionally bright. It almost hurts going in there at night.

Managed to fix the busted light with some soldering anyway.

https://www.printables.com/model/567699-90-degree-offset-mount-for-t8-led-shop-tube-lights

[–] Telstarado@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Looks fantastic! Thanks for sharing links to all the bits!

[–] DaGeek247@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

What did you print them in? That's gonna have some major sag after a week of summer.