Added a 200Watt, 120V silicone pad heated bed to the adoptabot I modified for a local schools robotics program. Required the addition of a “sidecar” aluminum enclosure to house the 120V power, and a SSR for switching the load.
Added an aluminum heat spreader, and PEI top for improved adhesion.
All aluminum parts cut on the SMW3D R7 CNC. And TPE wire grommet printed on my SMW3D Alpha BoxR printer. Its always nice when I can make use of multiple of my machines in one project.
Looks awesome Eric. Did you powder paint the parts or just spray paint? I see you have the Microcenter filament in the picture have you had good luck with their brand?
@Jeff_Kes yeah Powdercoated. I did it with a powdercoating gun I got from a good friend @Alex_Lee back when we were working on the Talos3D designs, along with a toaster oven from Walmart.
For daily printing, microcenter filament (rebranded Esun Filament) works just fine. For high profile projects I buy Atomic Filament.
This looks great!
Loving the idea of foldable aluminum enclosures!
Do you think instead of the cutouts along the fold lines you could actually just do a half depth pass to achieve the same result without holes?
That is really cool! So that is a mini CNC router?
Nicely done.
Never heard of the SMW3D R7 CNC router before. Found a lot more information when I googled it. Thanks.
@Ben_Delarre i think half depth could also work well. Infact it might create a cleaner edge. I will have to try that next time.
@Dave_Palace mini is a relative term:
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@Eclsnowman thanks for the info Eric I know Harbor Freight has powder coating Guns their and might have to try it.
I have been using esun pro pla with really good results from amazon.
@Michellen_Anderson only with a 3D printer.
best scientific work
I am also attacked by it
