Ikea 3d Printer Cabinet
The idea came from seeing a couple of guys who did their own ikea enclosures in the 3d printing reddit group.
Ikea 3d printer cabinet. You can customize this cabinet to fit. A 3d printer enclosure is as we said earlier a box. Printer is up below some filament or other things will find place. I added a 120mm fan at the back side of the cabinet so that i can leave electronics and psu inside the enclosure.
Just make sure there is enough room for all moving parts to reach their full range of motion. Having recently acquired a 3d printer i quickly noticed that despite calibrations there were a few temperature related problems the chief among them ws the amount of time the bed took to heat up the room was not able to hold the temperature unle. Using ikea lack as an enclosure is the most popular choice among the 3d printing community. All you need are two low cost ikea lack tables and some time.
Another used a double height cabinet. The table can be bought for under 10 and has almost the perfect size for prusa printers. Instructables just published a tutorial for a diy 3d printer enclosure. In this video i show you how to build a modern and functional rolling 3d printer cabinet using common parts from ikea.
Download files and build them with your 3d printer laser cutter or cnc. One used a stacking system of lack tables. 103 003 76 green 502 979 61 black 603 003 74 white 903 003 77. I don t really focus on printing abs and didn t make it air tight i just want to protect my printer from dust and cold draught and get quiet operation.
Thingiverse is a universe of things. If you search online you ll find dozens of ikea lack enclosure designs. This is my universal printer enclosure based on 60x60 ikea platsa cabinet i use for my bear prusa mk3. So if you have a stable table on which to put your 3d printer get a big enough cardboard box and invert it over your printer.
If you ve ever gone to ikea you ll know the pain and discomfort of assembling a bookshelf only to realize at the last moment that you re missing a critical piece to put it all together. Had the wonderful idea of a custom cabinet for my 3d printer. 3d printer enclosure from upcycled furniture. Size is to high for regular lack so i will extend the feet with the feet from the second lack.
I just wanted to fit the small wanhao di3 in mine and actually the priority criteria was the glass door as i run my printers using octoprint and i monitor.