Building a 3D Printer Enclosure
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
- I built this enclosure for my Artillery Genius 3D printer to help print ABS parts. The enclosure is largely laser cut and screwed together. I do have plans to release all my laser cutter and 3D files for free, so please subscribe for updates or check back!
This video shows extra airflow ducts on an enclosure for the Artillery Sidewinder X1 enclosure from 3DUPfitters.com: • Airflow in the Artille...
Joshua Vasquez is working on lots of fun projects, you can see more on his channel. His tentacle project demonstrates a lot of nice rivet and laser cut techniques.
Thingiverse has tons of hinge designs, here's the one I downloaded and modified slightly: www.thingivers...
Never would've thought to use rivets to fasten acrylic to wood, what a great idea
An enclosure that's not made of ikea tables :0
Very nice and clean build, love how perfectly the air ducts fit!
Thank you very much!
Having the door "slightly elevated" was brilliant...
Definitely not the way I would approach this project and I think that's why I like it so much. Good work!
11:24 - oh, goodness! Best feature ever!!! Too often, this important detail gets neglected. :)
(I’m perhaps being slightly hyperbolic, for comedic effect, but seriously... as someone who tends to fill any horizontal space available (within seconds?!?), I genuinely appreciate this, and could totally see why it would be a favorite feature!)
Whaaaaaat finally a properly made enclosure!
Great project!
Thank you!!!
She is a freaking genius. I am a meche major and could never make smthng like this from scratch
Door design looks so cool
Ooh glad I found this channel. That enclosure is way nicer than my foamcore one 😅
I like your channel. Keep the vids commming!!!!!
Thank you!!!
This is the kind of encluse I was looking for. Thanks for sharing!
Nice build. It's worth looking into ASA filament; it has similar mechanical properties to ABS, prints easier, less fumes, and highly UV resistant. Only downsides being more expense and limited colours, but it's a great alternative especially for parts left in direct sun.
Oh wow, I will for sure look into that, thank you for the suggestion!
Glad to see you double paned. Very nice build.
Nice enclosure! I wouldn't worry about those PLA hinges. I have painted PLA parts on my roof rack (non load bearing) that have been in outside 24x7 in full sun for three years now and look as good as the day I installed them.
impressive!
You've made it look like such a straightfoward build, but the attention to detail in the design and execution is fantastic to see. Great work!
Thank you!
My dad swore by pop rivets and 40 years on I still use them. Fleece + spray = self adhesive pads is awesome. I've seen double-sided tape used but this looks much cheaper and easier to get the fit.
Yay, amy made stuff!
Takes a while! But it does happen eventually!
@@AmyMakesStuff 🙌😁
super clean build! I love the acrylic work, very futuristic looking.
Thank you!!!
@@AmyMakesStuff1. I came here from your building plans for the Element hoping to get a reply asap ...what year is yours/ or do you also know had others that you'd suggest?
I've been without a vehicle for over 5 years, 5'0 I had one years ago maybe in 09 but not for long only to get to work and back and didn't know or appreciate what all it did. I need to narrow it down and purchase i had been looking at 2007 and up since they fixed the seatbelts that year
2. I'm hooked on your skills! My landlord/ like a Uncle has a love for woodworking/ is skilled / living in Central PA wood stove and he works for Township so has access to some gorgeous diff types/piece he's always collwting but never makes time for it ... I've already emailed him your plans! 🤣
I cant thank you enough for providing them🤗💞
I have a 2004, but the interiors are similar enough with the 2007 and later models that you can use the same plans.
I was just thinking, “wonder what that rivet tool looks like.” And then you turned it over to show. Great job on the enclosure. Drill your hole first, then cut the rest with the coping saw. That’ll save a bunch of work.
Primo work as usual, love the rivet idea. I imagine all of your prints will benefit from the improved temperature control. Thanks for sharing!!!
thanks for watching!
That's a great enclosure; you should get something messier now like a table top CNC mill.
yes please! 😆
Very well done! So much better than the enclosure I’m planning for a CNC machine. ☺️
haha, thank you! looking forward to seeing your setup :)
Nice exercise in clean industrial design.
thank you!
Clean and inspiring build
thank you!
On my printer i didn't want the bed wire extending a mile back, so i made a holder which extends it just a little to the rear till it clears the gantry when the bed is full forward, and just goes up. Then i have a couple ziptie mounts on the side of the printer at the rear directing the wire up there. So the bed wire loop is vertical and twists rather than horizontal and rolls.
your videos are brilliant and have this Frank Howard vibe to them!
That is quite a compliment, I love Frank’s videos!Thank you!!
Super clean and nice build.
Awesome. I had to tin wires the other day, but didn't really look up how to do it. Upon seeing you do it, I just realized I did it totally the wrong haha.
Always learning new things from your videos!
This is next level. Congratulations on a beautiful enclosure.
Awesome work! Thanks for making this video!
that is so fucking bad ass, i would like some glamour shots or b roll of the enclosure however
Really neat enclosure! Thanks for sharing!!! This gives me more energy to get back to 3D-printing!
i just use an upturned cardboard box but i am very jealous of yours
Great video, well done. The cabinet looks fabulous. Nicely designed and fabricated. Mahalo for sharing! : )
thank you!
That was amazing!
thank you!
Great project! Why didn’t I think of adding a humidity gauge to my printer?! That’s genius. Still flexing with the tapping stand.
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@@AmyMakesStuff - How do you actually use the humidity sensor? Just not print when the humidity is too high? Are you planning any climate control?
edit: I wonder if it would work to use a mini-fridge on PID control as an enclosure...
That sounds like a good way to get very good control! The humidity sensor has a temp readout too which is really the main thing I am looking at. And it’s just to get an indication of if I’m in the right ballpark. The garage can get pretty cold. Now I can turn on the heated bed, preheat the enclosure and then start the print. Very manual, but less blind than before.
@@AmyMakesStuff - I was only thinking about humidity control, condensing cycles to drain excess moisture. The refrigeration system would be kind of unhelpful for maintaining above-room-temperature, of course. Eh, I tend to overthink things :)
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This was really cool! nice work! love the build
thank you!
Such a clean build, perfect, love it!
Really awesome build, thanks for sharing! I'd never seen an enclosure with ducts like that but that's such a simple but effective solution. For just being what you had on hand, I think the wood and acrylic combo looks great.
Does your printer support something like octoprint? You might be able to work around the tricky viewing angle through the door by having access to those temperatures remotely.
Thank you!! It looks like it does support Octoprint. I hadn’t heard of that before, so thanks for sharing. In reality though I’ll probsbly just live with the weird viewing angles for now 😂
@@AmyMakesStuff no prob! I'd heard of it from a former roommate and he had a neat little setup with a raspi camera where he could check on it from another room. But totally fair, probably not an inconvenience worth the added effort 😅
Nice! I really like the look and design of the sliding panels. Thanks for the video!
I have to wonder if using 2 layers of acrylic for a window, instead of an entire acrylic top, really saves on the material cost. Though, I suppose it could just be because of the size of acrylic you had on hand.
Ya totally, it was nice to use what I had on hand instead of buy even MORE acrylic. But agreed, if you were buying fresh, probably better to consider just a thicker or bigger sheet to begin with.
Double glazing is also better heat retention - not that it matters here because the front probably loses quite a bit more.
What an amazing design! Is there any chance to somehow get a grasp on the plans? Would love to make that enclosure for my Genius. :D
So super
Amy, please make more stuff.
This is sweet! I print with TPU a lot more than ABS, which presents a whole different set of problems because I live in a pretty humid climate. Would be cool to see your take on a filament dry/storage box. I DIY-ed one of my own recently, but I'm sure you'd come up with a much cooler build :)
Whoa, nice! I feel quite new to 3D printing so I’ve yet to try TPU (and many other filaments...). Will have to give that a try at some point!
@@AmyMakesStuff you might find this interesting! czcams.com/video/jl7QkK3up3Q/video.html TPU might have a bit too much give for making most compliant mechanisms, but I’m sure it could be useful somehow. Haven’t tried printing flexures with it, but I think it could yield some surprising results.
Thanks for sharing, I think that’s very cool!
Awesome build, however, I have one question: Why ABS?
Nowadays there are so many plastics with the same or similar qualities that are way less toxic and much easier to print.
That's a totally fair point. Probably the main reason is that it was more fun to build this than shop for filaments. And honestly, once I finish this spool, I'll probably move onto something else. Do you have any favorite alternatives? 😬
@@AmyMakesStuff Hah, cool, yeah I understand it completely. Sometimes I design a machine to be able to make an idea that I have. But then I start wondering if maybe I'm having this idea just to be able to make some machine again. Sometimes it's not about what you're going to do with the tool, but rather about improving or making the tool yourself.
For plastics, I'm personally taken a liking to PETG over the past year, I never liked it much but PLA just has some serious shortcomings when designing parts for machines. When looking for a more ABS like alternative I've read good things about ASA having better properties but should print with around the same settings as ABS, including less present fumes. I've never printed with it since PETG is my top scoring filament right now, but it cannot be used in for example UV-sensitive conditions. I think that ASA fumes still aren't that healty, but it should be better than ABS. I'm curious what you think about ASA. Since it's also UV resistant, it should be a good material for your camper, at least, I believe I read somewhere you wanted to print parts for your camper car?
Very cool! Ya, I want to make some camper parts. I ended up designing things that I think will have very little UV exposure in the end. But less fumes sounds like a good thing!!
ASA is a good substitute for ABS with less smell.
@@saritsotangkur2438 But does less smell equal less dangerous fumes?
curious why you didn't use pop rivets.
Maybe I could 3D print the enclosure.
Nice, I'm a retired engineer and looking for some design and projects. What design software do you use? Also what is your laser cutter?
That software is Fusion 360. Free from what I've heard
yup, Fusion 360, free! The laser cutter used to be a Redsail laser cutter, but it's sort of an unbranded Frankenstein now.
Is it important to use fire retardant materials for the enclosure? Especially if you can’t monitor it all day long?
I know a few years ago there were some printers catching on fire because the pins supplying current to the heating beds were supplying more current than they were rated for. I think other than that, the chance of fire is quite low??? But I would love if others who know better could chime in here.
women always doing good :) perfect
Why did you use two pieces of acrylic on the top instead of just one?
I thought it would be more insulating than just one layer and I needed a thicker stack anyway for the rivets to fit.
Which state do you live in?
So what's the total cost of the entire enclosure?
I never tallied exact numbers but here it is roughly: $40 for all the acrylic, $15 for the plywood, maybe $3 for the rivets I used, but I had to buy like $15 of them. The rest of the hardware and pieces of wood were scrap. The temp/humidity display was maybe $3 but I also had to buy a pack of 4 to get that price.
Hello
Why did you disable design history?
it is my preferred way to CAD for most things. I do a lot of pushing and pulling of faces. And I can never remember which step in the history I did each feature.
@@AmyMakesStuff In fusion 360 you can highlight a face/hole/etc and right click and 'find in browser'. This highlights the part in the browser (tree) on the left, but it also marks the feature of the timeline that generated it.
Good to know! My brain feels pretty wired to ignore the design tree though, unless I know exactly what the finished part will look like and it’s just a matter of adjusting parameters.
How do like your printer?
It’s definitely not the best one out there, but for the price it’s really awesome!