Printer Enclosures: What To Use & Why You Need One
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ค. 2017
- In this (rather quickly thrown together) video I talk about the benefits of using a 3D printer enclosure and show you the one I have been using for the last few months.
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Finally, this video is getting old and there are probably much newer and more cost effective models out there.
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I appreciate how straight to the point your videos are and include information most other 3d videos don't keep up the good work!
Really helpful video, friend. Good work!
I use the same LED strips on my motorcycle armor hooked up to a switch and a power bank to increase my visibility to other drivers at night.
A few years late but this video is excellent. Love the humor, educational content, and of course the accent. That is all, just wanted to let you know this is awesome
This was a very useful and entertaining video, you managed to be fun while maintaining the focus on the main subject, subscribed!
You made a great point about why the electronics need to be outside the enclosure, thank you!
The server cabinet is a great idea!
Great Video, I think it sums the subject up nicely. :)
You can still have "white LEDs" on top, you can light the upper section with all on to get some white. You could even take it further and make status indicating colors for the LEDs, blue for ready, green for printing, red for error, etc...
For an enclosure I personally use a combination of Lack table, and a few cabinet parts and a glass door. My printer fits rather well, the tools fit, 2 spools fit, and I have the space divided with ventilation for the electronics. I also have RGB LED strip lighting inside that does status colors, and turns white when I open the door or push a button on the outside.
I regret it is so low, it is a pain to work in. I have thought about a bar height table instead, or maybe robotic arms I can remote control. ;)
I have just acquired the same cabinet free from work, I do plan to insulate it with the silver loft insulation that is quite thin - add seals around the opening panels and light it with LED's. Great vid.
hey ... its 2018-may 4th,( from U.S.A) and I just seen your video. It Saved me a lot of headache. I took your advice and I scored the same kind of deal you did. I had to drive just like you , but I would say it was well worth it. The 3d printer fits perfect!.. I love people like you !. Im so glad you took the time out to make this video. It inspired me enough to want to make a video to give people more ideas. Thanks a million bro!!!!
Oh.. and the keys were hidden ,just like you... I thought that was crazy too!!
Server cabinets are a decent idea. I ended up getting a 30x30 Coca-Cola retail refrigerator for 40 bucks. Very well insulated, large glass window, pulled all the refrigerator parts out. Next I'm installing fans.
Quality production!
Wow very professional Video.
Im really late here but the cardboard one is ironically probably the best insulated one out of all the diy ones shown. A lot kf makers use cardboard to make the tride and true cardboard hotbox because it's cheap, easy to construct, and excellent insulating properties.
I like the idea of using a server cabinet.
The space i have is really limited so i'm trying to come up with solutions to print with ASA so i can test a prototype. I have Anet A6 which has served me well so far using PLA during the design phase . Any tips or suggestions for this model printer? Thanks from an ex pat in Canada.
hai there, own a anet a8 to. I have the idea to to design my own case. Also i do want to use rgb led in my case but i will try to program them with the steps of the printer like: when its done it wil change green, when its printing it lights breed red and warming up another color. I do want to install a led led ring at the hot end to light up the print. maybe an idea for you? ( sorry for my bad english)
A couple of more potential benefits of enclosures if they are built suitably. They can provide fire protection if lined with the right grade of drywall or are metal. Not a small benefit when you are leaving a robot with a couple of heating elements to run a muck overnight. Also you can vent the cabinet to remove abs or other fumes. These and the sound were the main reason I built one.
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How did you get the power in? did you have to cut a hole into the back?
Nice enclosure, I have added fire suppression maybe a little overkill but better safe than sorry, Love your videos (Animations do help keep them up ) best of luck ! As Always Happy Extruding
what fire suppression are you using i am interested for 3d printer and laser thanks.
Curious what software you use to do you animations
Great video! Your 3D printer series has been great and it was your second video in the series which persuaded me to buy an Anet A8 for myself and I don't regret it in the slightest! I would love to put it in an enclosure but I don't think I'm able to due to space restrictions.
I'm intrigued to know, has the noise of the machine reduced by much? Are you now able to sleep with it on, or is it still a bit too loud? Also does the towel underneath the printer pose a potential fire risk?
Thanks & that great news! My case is bigger than a washing machine and I wished I went for a smaller one at the time but since I have got hold of a CR-10 its definitely good to have the extra space.
The towel does help but the heavy concrete slab under the towel makes the most difference. I should have said this in the video. Also a metal cabinet tends to resonate at certain print speeds so you will need to tweak your print speeds mid print to find out what works.
The anet is a fire risk already. Loads of people on the discussion group have had melted connectors and wires. I have seen no signs of this occurring but I only print PLA and never run the heat bed hotter than 55 degrees. I would suggest looking for a an alternative to a highly flammable cotton towel. I think wool is fire resistant if it doesn't have any plastic in it. You could try that. I have put the anet to one side for now.
whilst at uni I would sleep in the same room as the printer so I can confirm that the enclosure + foam seal + slab + towel made a big difference, collectively.
Thanks for your comment!
TL;DR Yes, Yes, Yes
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Ah wow, will you do be any videos with the CR-10 in the future? I'd love to see how it compares with other 3D printers in a similar price bracket.
Yeah I had a feeling that the metal may resonate, but you seem to have it covered :P
Thanks for your response and keep up the great quality content!
what size is the enclosure?
Awesome video! My "enclosure" tops the list at most ghetto. How can you beat cardboard? I use a clear trash bag.
Oh and you forgot to add the facebook group links.
Cheers! Sounds very affordable, do you have a link to your project so I can take a look? Also thanks for letting me know about the missing facebook links!
Yep it was a "budget build" X-D. I don't have any photos up at the moment but I can make an imgur gallery when I get off work. No problem I wanted to join the groups and when I saw they weren't there yet I figured I'd say something.
what size of rack you have? 60x60cm ?
A nice video, but a couple of points.
1) An enclosure will reduce the effectiveness of the heatsink on the hotend.
2) That's a comms/equipment cabinet, not a server cabinet, it's far too shallow, a server would stick out the back by about three feet on that (but things like patch panels and switched would be fine) :D
What is that list around the 1:50 mark
You live in bournemouth? same here
Why the filament roll can not be inside the enclosure?
3:33 this sounds like the sony vegas 9 keygen music
Closed environment a towel and heat bad mixture -- if you wanted a control temp to keep warping down to a min take away fabric fire hazard
How did you make the LED strip do that rainbow effect using that code?
It should just be a case of connecting the +12V of the LED strip (VCC) to VIN on the arduino and the +12V of the anet's PSU. Connect the LED's GND, Arduino's GND and PSU GND together. Also, connect the led pixel strips data line to digital pin 6 on the Arduino and upload to code for your particular Arduino board. You will need to download the fastled library and install it if you haven't already.
Thanks
Seen the Anet a8 on eBay for about £100 is it worth buying at this price ?
Actually printing at higher temperatures help with ABS warping, because internal stress of the material gets reduced if it stays at higher temperatures.
What are the odds that I have two lack coffee tables that I planned to replace soon
I need prebuilt hepa filter enclosures so that I can get a 3d printer in the room I sleep.
While not every printer needs an enclosure, there is something in the name of your page that many printers lack: Solid Ground!
Limit switches, thermitors and power transistors all 'talk' to the main board.
Direct connections to the micro-controller, no isolation.
A nice dry winters day killed my Kossel printer: I made the mistake of touching the hot-end without wearing a ground-strap, killed the thermistor analog input.
Other times touching any part of the cabinet has ruined print-jobs by resetting the controller.
DC ground and AC (safety) ground were not connected!
A floating DC means that static spikes have to go through your electronics to find ground.
Ground your DC power supply to actual ground, put snubbing caps on your limit switches, by-pass your thermistor channel to ground, ground your hot end!
An un-grounded hot-end on a Kossel is a linear VanDeGraff generator!
A cabinet would address all these issues, of course, but I believe in fixing root causes.
Id rather have my enclosure over a tool cart for no bending or kneeling.
The actual cabinet should have a pullout table so you could simply slide the printer out versus having to remove a panel. Might even use a cable chain with it.
I have many ideas for cabinets including a filament drywr drawer that you can feed up to the printer, control, electronics, so the printer was separate not heating them up and a fww others.
Theses would be the basic for me. Should have a luxury ease of use longevity feel. For the serious hacker anyway.
When i Print pla i Print without Cooling
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Sorry my friend, had to quit watching. Me and background music don't get along to well... I have limited hearing so I have to turn the volume up and at this point the music starts to truly annoy me.
I have limited hearing as well, I find turning closed captions on really helps
Perhaps I am the odd one, I don't know..... But I just want to listen to the commentary. I can turn the volume up and hear most youtubers without a single issue, I really don't want to read text. I don't know where all the content creators got the idea that constant background music is desirable.
I'm trying not to be a cranky old bastard but dangit all... I try to view videos like this to see what other people are doing and I just don't want the distractions of crap music that make it difficult for me to listen to what they have to say ...
I agree totally, was just mentioning the closed captions in case it helps.
Perhaps if it was information that I really want, then I would resort to CC. I do appreciate the thought though.
Here's an idea "a turn music off button!" hehe
It's not an airport, you don't have to announce your departure.
Add a smoke detector
I would NOT advice using a wooden(or otherwise burnable) enclosure like the IKEA lack. They're cheap but its not a good idea.
Printers often print overnight or when you're otherwise gone for long periods of time making it impossible to adequately respond to a fire. There's lots of moving and heating parts that require maintenance which many people overlook. It may take years, but these kind of printers WILL fail. Whether its by wires eventually shorting, a failing thermistor or mosfet on the mainboard. The chance of these occurring are small but difficult to ultimately prevent without diligent maintenance.
Under a normal setup a printer fire wouldn't necessarily be as catastrophic and likely just leave a big black stain on your floor or table and likely extinguish by itself. However the damage will greatly increase when you add a burnable already warm enclosure whether its wood or acrylic panels. Also the pla you're storing right next to your printer inside the enclosure is gonna go up in flames as well adding fuel to the fire. Instead of a small printer fire you will have a whole freaking piece of furniture ablaze.
If you get an enclosure make sure its from metal and transparent panels are either glass or polycarbonate. And do NOT store your filament right next to your printer. Leading your filament from a safe distance into the printer is not difficult, so do it. The best thing to do is always be present when the machine is operating but we all know that simply isn't going to happen. But a good enclosure will help prevent fire damage, a bad enclosure is gonna makes it much much worse to the point of potentially ruining your life.
Completely preventing a printer fire may be difficult if not impossible, but please don't turn it into an absolute catastrophe when it does happen.
Canada is so fucked. Those server cabinet will cost $600+
please remove this towel, for your safty :)
You are a "creator" and then buying a servercase? that you can do better. next time i want to see a printer enclosure selfmade from you.
lol and people think Americans are fat