YAC - Yet another cabinet - Housing
Just finished my printer enclosure :
Housing is made of 20x20 Alu-Hex profile, Nut 5 and some acryl-plates. I printed doorhandle and magnetic doorlock.
Not the cheapest way for a housing, but it is worth 😉
Thomas
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Why is it not possible to add more than 3 pictures in an post ? 🙁
Thomas
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Hmpppfff
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Very nice. It looks clean and professional.
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Very nice and professional, especially compared to mine. See image.... got an order for large ABS parts and hacked this one together really quickly. Also had a lot of problems with the filament coming off the spool with the original spool holder, this solved that problem also. So basically I used a cardboard box, some wooden building blocks, kitchen towels and painters tape. As you can see there is frost outside but inside the enclosure was about 40-43deg. Celsius. Because the printer is in my veranda the temperature is way to low, I get the "lowbedtemperror" after printing... but I just use a hair dryer to bring the printer back up above the lowtemp error range before printing more. And yes, heatbed remains at 100deg. during printing.
Make it as simple as possible and as complex as required.
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Great project which I hope to copy. I can find the extrusion & fixings here in the UK but not sure what the plastic corner covers are called that you used.
Cheers
Paul
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@knickohr:
looks great!
What parts did you use? Do you have a BOM?
Thanks!
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Yes Knickohr this is a really nice design, would appreciate if you could share the BOM as well.
Many thanks.
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OK
Most parts from eBay :
http://www.ebay.de/itm/282352013394
HEX profiles
4x 500mm
4x 600mm
4x 650mm
http://www.ebay.de/itm/281925286886
corners
8x
Tools
http://www.ebay.de/itm/232073555660
http://www.ebay.de/itm/112297817930
http://www.ebay.de/itm/401150513676
http://www.ebay.de/itm/252075790301
magnetic door lock
4x 8x1mm N50
4x 5x3mm N50
http://www.ebay.de/itm/261793221227
4x M3x20mm
https://expresszuschnitt.de/Siebdruckplatte
Screen printing plate
49,8x59,8mm 15 or 18mm thick
https://expresszuschnitt.de/PLEXIGLAS-Zuschnitt
Acryl plates
2x 66x61cm 5mm thick
1x 61x51cm 5mm thick
1x 64,8x49,8cm 3mm thick
https://expresszuschnitt.de/FOREX-Platten-weiss
FOREX plate
1x 66x51cm 5mm thick
http://www.ebay.de/itm/360377552338
Some M3 screws & washers for the door-handle.
Goodies :
http://www.ebay.de/itm/301939853953
http://www.ebay.de/itm/151357550342
Printed parts :
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2191163
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2191164
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2191182
Thomas
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thank you very much!
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Thank you Thomas for the detailed reply and list of parts.
Much appreciated, thanks again.
Robert
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Danke Thomas!
Thx for sharing this.
Robert
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Knickohr 🙂
Just got materials and started to assemble the housing.
There are a few infos needed before going ahead with the build.
Seems that the plates don't fit into the aluminum-profiles because the corner-parts are in the way.
Did you cut out the corners of the plates?
How did you fix the 15mm ground plate to the alu-profiles?
And do I see it right that you placed four feets below that ground plate?
mfG
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Some pictures for explanation.
Yes, cut the corner by drilling a hole und break the corner off :
Look at this image :
Correct, I placed 4 feets under the groundplate :
Thomas
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Thx for the infos Thomas.
Meanwhile I used a saw to split of the corners.
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Thomas,
I'm near to finish the housing now 🙂
Only missing to finish the magnetic door lock because I can't see in detail how you did this.
I don't mean that printed part, this seems clear.
My question: how did you fix the four 'outer' neodyms to the 3mm Plexiglas door?
BTW, it was not such easy to bring together the four alu profiles, four corners and the bottom plate. Finally done...
Edit:
Still need the info if / or how to fix the outer neodyms to door plate.
While testing the magnets, just setting each single one by hand onto the plexiglas door,
a few more questions came up:
1. Did you fix the Plexiglas plates into the profile-nuts in any way? They rattle a little without the protective layers here.
2. Did you fix the profile corner cases? They are not really fixed here.
Thank you again Thomas for sharing the housing. Very nice of you!
That's my 99,5% finisched copy:
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1. My question: how did you fix the four 'outer' neodyms to the 3mm Plexiglas door?
2. While testing the magnets, just setting each single one by hand onto the plexiglas door,
3. Did you fix the Plexiglas plates into the profile-nuts in any way? They rattle a little without the protective layers here.
4. Did you fix the profile corner cases? They are not really fixed here.
1. I didn't fix it. Just drill a 5mm hole and press it in.
2. Yes, be sure that all magnets have the same "direction" N-S
3. No. But you're right, it rattles a little bit, anyway.
4. No. It has enough force to fit in place.
And 5. Use an angled power cord : http://www.ebay.de/itm/361534595164
Be sure you using a left-sided plug, or rotate the socket in the power supply.
Thomas
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Thank you Thomas,
Nochmals vielen Dank für die Infos!
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Basst scho 😉
Thomas
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Great looking enclosure! Quick question, how did you attach the magnet to the acrylic door?