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sn4k3:
I come share my handmade enclosure made from bare wood. NO IKEA MOD  ;)
This is not much about electronics but may inspire some users

Handmade Enclosure for 3D Printer 60x60x60cm
24V 20A
12V 20A
5V 10A
Watt Meter
Filament dust filter
30W LED Light
Air Filter with fan speed control
Smoke Alarm
USB + RJ45 Patch
Independent Switch for each section
Plug cables for easy remove printer
Magnetic door
Cables: AWG16 and AWG14



Full Album: https://www.facebook.com/pg/PTRTECH/photos/?tab=album&album_id=428283400989172

Mechatrommer:
at least now i know i have a friend of the same interest  :-+... sorry for the slanted photo shoot due to the height of where the box is placed. the outer box dimension is approximately 50 x 55 x 55 cm made out of mdf painted with automotive grade paint to avoid water damage to the mdf. the door and side windows are 4mm acrylic sheet. fwiw...

sn4k3:
Nice work, but i still think my is sexier ;D My is from Pinewood, without treatment, i may coat it latter with something.
Your printer remind me a skeleton  ;D It is one of first prusa prototypes?
I like to see handmade stuff, i think it add more value to our things and ourselves :)

How your perform with ABS prints?

Mechatrommer:
of course yours is sexier because it exposes more! ;D if i was building it with real wood like yours, i dont think it will get a paint treatment, i cant to not do that otherwise water damage. yes its earlier prusa, and furthermore its a china clone. i've made many modifications and repairs since i bought it (including addition of the LCD, its originally controlled from USB PC only). i agree with you this thing its "print out" results are surely add more values to the surrounding or "the ecosystem". thats why it deserves a proper house. abs print is bad (curled plastic at the base everytime), with or without the enclosure. thats why i'm moving my stocks to pla 1.75mm, i still have stocks for abs, but thats it, i will only use them for temperature critical stuffs and when deformation to the dimension is not critical.

sn4k3:

--- Quote from: Mechatrommer on July 25, 2018, 04:02:40 am ---of course yours is sexier because it exposes more! ;D if i was building it with real wood like yours, i dont think it will get a paint treatment, i cant to not do that otherwise water damage. yes its earlier prusa, and furthermore its a china clone. i've made many modifications and repairs since i bought it (including addition of the LCD, its originally controlled from USB PC only). i agree with you this thing its "print out" results are surely add more values to the surrounding or "the ecosystem". thats why it deserves a proper house. abs print is bad (curled plastic at the base everytime), with or without the enclosure. thats why i'm moving my stocks to pla 1.75mm, i still have stocks for abs, but thats it, i will only use them for temperature critical stuffs and when deformation to the dimension is not critical.

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Do you use a heatbed? Mine work outside the enclosure with 115ºc and 120ºc and i mainly print ABS
I currently have replaced all my prusa plastic parts, and reprint them. Now i have all parts from a MK3 siting on a box, i can give that away...

A user from other forum have done some questions, i'm sharing here the anwsers, may be usefull if anyone asks the same:



--- Quote ---Have you considered lining the box with plasterboard for sound and fire proofing it?

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No.


--- Quote ---The airfilter case looks good, did you print it and can u share a link? Is it blowing out or in and do you have other air inlets?

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It's made by me for a dual square combined filter, also the fan in use is different from photo, i'm using 24V 120mm Noctua 2000 RPM fan, but 3000RPM version may perform better for that filters, or even a agressive fan but noise will blow you up. Check attachment.
blowing out - Pull air off the enclosure. For inlets i have some small drill holes from cables and other small gaps. I do not have a selfmade inlet.
The filters in use are from my FumeExtractor project: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/183201678207


--- Quote ---Do you have issues printing pla? In Portugal it must get hot in that box - hence the extruder motor cooler... I mounted a fan to the heatsink as without that it doesnt do much, but stillI have pla issues.

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Not tested yet, but i guess no, i will print PLA with door open.
Also with fan you are pulling hot air from inside.
In Portugal at summer peak it can reach 40ºc ambient.
I have a cap on the extruder  8-)
Here the temperatures after 50minutes of ABS printing: Recv: ok T:240.1 /240.0 B:115.0 /115.0 T0:240.1 /240.0 @:52 B@:73 P:69.1 A:53.6 [Door closed and fan at max speed]
My internal temp sensor reports 36ºc
Outside: 22ºc
Raspi 3+: 67.7°C

After 1.30h: Recv: ok T:239.7 /240.0 B:115.0 /115.0 T0:239.7 /240.0 @:60 B@:54 P:67.2 A:54.4
37ºc internal sensor

Printing a 200mm tall vase to test how ABS behave, so far no delamination or warp




--- Quote from: OPK post_id=99643 time=1532488209 user_id=74399 ---How is the noise/vibration?
Thanks for the ideas!

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Very good! Printer itself almost no noise, inside the enclosure is more damp than outside and i like the very low bassy sound that come from that. The only thing i can hear most is PSU fan and air fan, and i need to replace that PSU fan urgently!
My enclosure have big plastic feet from big speakers, so the feet also eliminate some vibrations


EDIT: the finished vase, looks perfect

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