3D Printer Enclosure with Touch Screen
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.พ. 2021
- Today I am building an MDF printer enclosure with a front panel that houses my climate control, lighting, and touch screen Octoprint computer. This is not a fully temperature controlled enclosure, but with the exception of extreme climates, will keep stable temperatures for easy printing of PLA and enough heat for ABS. This is an easy weekend build if you choose to approach it without the additional complications. Configuring a Raspberry Pi and getting the touch screen working was a big challenge, surprisingly. I have linked the video below that got me most of the way there, the final tweaks were done once I realized the manufacturer had incorrect data for their screen. I have also linked the correct github instructions for the screen programming below. Chris' Basement did a fantastic job on his instructional video, so check out his link, it would be counter productive for me to essentially make the same video.
Chris' Basement: • OctoScreen - Octoprint...
Wiki For Screen Install: www.waveshare.com/wiki/3.5inc...
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Very creative work, thanks for sharing this video with us 🙏🏼
Super well done. I'm going to borrow some of these ideas for my own printer enclosure!
Awesome! Best of luck!
Wow! That enclosure looks amazing man! I'm impressed ッ Keep up the great content
Thank you so much! I am glad you enjoy the content. More is coming soon! I would love to offer weekly content, but unfortunately the standard TH-cam concept of finishing one project every week does not fit into the reality of designing and building new/useful things. I have 3 projects right now that are all about 90% complete, so the videos will start coming out as soon as I finish up the last few details.
@@CombsDesign I think that putting out content every week will eventually lower the quality. We alle have busy schedules and therefore take your time with producing great content and people will still sub and like imo. Again keep up the great work!
@@JiltedGeek Totally agree! Thank you so much for the support!
Nice build! I'm here on the same battle to print Alexandre's bins, except that I'm going for an exact duplicate of his cabinet, 18 drawers. Patience is key.
Patience for sure…. And ALOT of filament. Best of luck!
I'm a member at Make Nashville! It's wild seeing a place you go to unexpectedly pop up on a TH-cam video.
Great topic, thanks 👍
That really awesome job.
Thanks!
VERY COOL, over the luminaire, it could have an underlining, to hide the wires, as well as hiding the LEDs, it could also hide wires from the luminaire... but it turned out great, they are just very punctual details
I am really impressed with this build. I have been doing a ton of research on building an enclosure for my printers. I was wondering if you would care to share your drawings possibly for the enclosure itself?
Would love a breif tutorial on setting up the temp controler
Going to try and build one of these for my Prusa XL that I have on pre order
I’m jealous! Can’t believe they finally released the XL!!!
@@CombsDesign Yeah, I was going to buy a Mk3s within the next few months. Never had a 3D printer. I got it pre ordered supper early the day it was released. So hopefully I’m close to the beginning of the line. Going for the dual extruded. I used dual extruded printer in college
Really nice box. Very doable without a table saw and CNC.
Do you have any dimensions of your build?
Thanks for sharing
Would love more detail on the wiring, exhaust, and octoprint! Great video!
Thanks for the input, I'll dive into more details in future videos! I always feel like I bore people when I nerd out over things like that.
@@CombsDesign No problem! I understand that. Maybe a separate video? Just a suggestion! Keep up the great work man! I love your videos!
@@CombsDesign No way! You have a Design Channel so you have to assume that the people here want a certain level of detail Beyond just the standard two or three minute introductions. Let your freak flag fly!!!
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The enclosure looks great! Love that you made the led strips hidden, will use that in the future.
Have you considered placing the printer power supply outside of the enclosure to keep it cool? I've seen /read that on other videos /comments.
Thanks! Great question on the power supply. Since my printer sits out in the shop where I do all of my woodworking, etc. Dust is a much bigger problem for me than heat. That being said, I considered the externally mounting the power supply, but ended up keeping it in the stock position and strategically mounting the intake and exhaust fans to maximize cooling for the PSU. If I was in a situation where I was building this to sit inside and away from dust, I would probably mount the PSU on the outside of the enclosure. This was a situation where I had to compromise in one way or another, and chose the lesser of the evils.
@@CombsDesign makes sense, thanks! Will re-watch the video and have a closer look at your ventilation design.
@@lunoxx I don't address it in detail in the video for the sake of brevity. The lower fan is my intake, providing cool air directly across the PSU. The upper fan is the exhaust since warmer air rises. My thought it that the upper fan will constantly remove the hot air that rises to the top, and the bottom fan will directly cool the components of the PSU.
@@CombsDesign How is keeping enclouse after 2 years ? DO you make any modification or most important do you have dust problem ? Recently bought Creality Ender 5+ and looking for enclouser becouse will sit in my shed where i do hobby woodworking and im really concern for the dust , i hope after watching this you dont have problems and i can do similiar project like this .
Honestly, had I seen this design before I built my enclosure, I'd probably have copied a few ideas. I've run into issues with mine. I didn't expect MDF to hold heat so well that it was literally cooking the machine itself. Wish I would have build a cubby underneath for the parts; though, I'm probably going to move my PSU back inside to help with preheating.
MDF is a fantastic insulator for sure. On long prints, my fans have a hard time keeping up and I’ll have to crack open the door.
@@CombsDesign My hotbox goal is to add flaps so that I maintain the heat inside the box until my air-cycle fans turn on. Right now, I'm just using painter's tape and paper on the front flaps until I can figure out something to print in which the force of the fan is enough to open the flaps.
Do you have a link for the backup battery supply?? I'd love to know what kind of battery and how it works in case of power failure.
Thanks for the awesome content as always!!
Here is an Amazon Affiliate link to the UPS. amzn.to/3FJPfe9
I may earn a small commission from the link, FYI. No pressure though, I just do these links to help make future content.
@Combs Design Great Video! you are really talented! One question... if you put a 3d Printer inside a closed enclosure with fans don't you need intake- and exhaust fans so the hardware like the mainboard and the PSU does not overheat? or will the parts be fine?
The bottom fan is wired as an intake and the top one is wired as an exhaust.
I was thinking the same thing except that might not work for. My printer is in the garage in houston. I have temperature swings from 50 to 105 depending on time of year with high humidity .I may have to dry the air before it enters the enclosure.
Good video. Lots of Inspiration here. Would've been even better if you had more step by step how to. Although I know that would've increased the time of production and video length.
Other than the PSU cooling, any other parts you recommend as candidates for putting outside of the enclosure like the printer control board, etc...
You hear so many people talk about what has to be put outside of a heated enclosure to avoid scrapping your printer, I’m curious to know more about what you’ve experienced, other than what you already explained for the PSU.
I personally think the enclosure heat problem is overblown. I work with complicated electronics all over the world and the only time I experienced a heat issue was outside in Kuwait, and it was 132 degrees F that day. The hottest this enclosure has ever gotten was 92 degrees, and that is outside in a garage with no AC. It is possible that it might get hotter in the enclosure this summer, so I will wait and see. I really think that all electronics on a decent quality printer should be able to handle the temperatures of an enclosure. As long as you have some air exchange, I would not worry too much about the degradation of components.
I made this back in the day... But on second go around I just bought a wine cooler. 🤘🏼
Thats actually a great idea!
Those look like Neutrik Powercons' are they any better than an iec connector?
That specifically is a Neutrik Tru1 connector, the Tru1 is the successor to the Powercon. The benefits are that they are locking, IP65 rated (outdoor rated) and can be connected while hot. Everyone connected Powercons while hot as well, but these are specifically rated for it. I like any connector that locks in place.
What kind of paint did you use?
What is the temp controler you are using?
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Hope this helps!
soooooo you want to build one for an ender 3 v2
Ha! If I had the time I would... unfortunately I do not have the time lol.
Is it available for sale please reply i am interested to purchase great design , can you make for Creality Cr-10 V2 printer i will pay the charges
Sorry, I simply don’t have the time to build custom enclosures. I’m glad you enjoyed the design, though.
@@CombsDesign no issues combs could you please tell me the overall cost you paid for this project
one more question why would you require two exhaust fans since you need to seal the heat inside for ABS printing and complex models
Probably around $400 if buying everything new. I already had the MDF and battery backup, so it is hard to say.