Hey everyone. I have been a part of this great community for a while now and I have been absorbing all of the fantastic information from all of you. I haven’t posted much but after the most recent project I have completed for my printer, I thought it was a good time to show you guys some of the stuff that I have done.
This project is an enclosure for my Prusa i3 Rework. I built this printer back in December 2015. I sourced all of the parts myself and have been constantly modifying it and making it perform as well as it can. This is actually the second printer I have built. When I was 15, I built my first 3D printer, the QUBD Two Up. It worked off and on and eventually I scrapped it for parts, but it was an amazing segue into the world of 3D printing. I even used my old machine to print lots of the parts for the Prusa i3 Rework. Since then I have dived headfirst into 3D printing. I also have OctoPrint running on a raspberry pi 2 and I control it from my Nexus 10 which is placed on top of the enclosure.
But back to the project. For the enclosure, I bought an IKEA LACK side table, RGB LED strips, 8 small hinges with screws, an inch thick piece of wood (23"x23"), and 4 plexiglass/polycarbonate panels (18"x 24"). I also printed 4 leg extensions that I drilled into the wood to keep the enclosure top from moving. I then drilled into the sides of the table top to place hinges for the plexiglass doors. I also drilled a 2 3/8" hole on the back panel and placed the grommet there so that the filament doesn’t rub against cut plexiglass. Once everything else was complete, I hot glued and used adhesive tape to place the LED light strips on the underside of the table top. I put the hacked table on the printed leg extensions that were drilled into the wood, and I plugged everything in and positioned it all on my work table. I apologize for the long post! I hope you all like it! Thanks.
Parts Links:
LACK Table → http://m.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/art/40104270/
RGB LED Strips → https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01BY7GMEK/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Small Hinges → http://m.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-1-1-2-in-Oil-Rubbed-Bronze-Non-Removable-Pin-Narrow-Utility-Hinges-2-Pack-14599/203339966
Rubber/Plastic Desk Grommet →
Leg extensions (I increased the z-height in Cura because my lead screw are 400mm tall instead of 300mm):
Brackets for upcycled Lack table enclosure by Zen1 - Thingiverse by Zen1
Other parts on my printer to give credit where credit is due:
Hot End fan clamps for E3D V6 (full or lite) →
E3D v6 integrated fan layer by shuttl3d - Thingiverse by shuttl3d
Lead Screw upgrade →
Prusa i3 lead screw upgrade by harari - Thingiverse by harari
Frame attachment for cold end of bowden extruder →
Prusa i3 Z-Axis support brackets by Tech2C - Thingiverse by Tech2C
Mount for bowden extruder →
Bowden extruder mount on Z-Axis support threaded rod by Tech2C - Thingiverse by Tech2C
E3D V6 x-carriage bowden mount →
E3D v6 Bowden X-carriage mount Prusa i3 by Tech2C - Thingiverse by Tech2C
Bowden Extruder Cold End →
Compact Bowden Extruder, 1.75mm Filament for MK7 Drive Gear by Tech2C - Thingiverse by Tech2C
Prusa i3 Rework parts →
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:119616 by eMotion-Tech
Keichain / Smartphone stand by Shira →
Batman Bust shown in video → Batman Bust by MustangDave - Thingiverse by MustangDave
from scratch also