Idea: Ikea frame for a 3D printer I'm thinking about designing my own 3D printer from scratch. After having built two Prusa Mendel I2's I'm looking for something a bit more rigid and a bit larger. I've been thinking about a design using aluminium extrusion but it's a bit hard to source where I live unfortunately. I've been looking into alternatives, and found this at Ikea: [www.ikea.com] It's a pretty nice rigid metal construction that can carry ~15kg of weight, the dimensions are near-perfect at 35x55x65cm, and it's pretty cheap at eur 20/$25. I'm thinking of mounting an xy core or h-bot construction at the top, with a moving print bed for the z-axis. The table has two horizontal bars both at the top and bottom, which are perfect for mounting the z-axis. I'm aiming for roughly a 30x30x55 print volume. Since this would be my first design, I would like to hear any ideas, suggestions? [attachment 32672 0176250_PE329143_S3.JPG] https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?2,354189,354189#msg-354189 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:00:40 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?2,354189,481439#msg-481439 Re: Idea: Ikea frame for a 3D printer https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?2,354189,481439#msg-481439


not sure this is making any sense but i no longer need a lower tube frame to square up my 4 lower Z motors because i can design a similar NEMA base to attach directly into the plate. i might be able to do that for the top as well, but that needs the aluminum tubing for the bearings to slide across. it also means that my threaded rods would span the entire Z-axis and extruder implementation might get tricky.

again, i apologize for hijacking this thread... i'll make my own soon.
]]> fASE-2 Developers Mon, 09 Mar 2015 11:04:22 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?2,354189,480754#msg-480754 Re: Idea: Ikea frame for a 3D printer https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?2,354189,480754#msg-480754 gmh39 Developers Sat, 07 Mar 2015 21:24:50 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?2,354189,479794#msg-479794 Re: Ikea frame for a 3D printer https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?2,354189,479794#msg-479794 IKEA reprap

don't mean to hijack this thread... i'll start my own soon.]]> fASE-2 Developers Thu, 05 Mar 2015 23:37:30 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?2,354189,471356#msg-471356 Re: Ikea frame for a 3D printer https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?2,354189,471356#msg-471356 CptanPanic Developers Mon, 16 Feb 2015 08:40:46 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?2,354189,470428#msg-470428 Re: Ikea frame for a 3D printer https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?2,354189,470428#msg-470428
i'm developing a different ikea table bot. i think it might have a stiffer frame than yours.



it consists of 2 LINNMON table tops connected by 4 ADILS legs. its scalable to larger table tops but i went w/ the smallest 60 x 75 cm. i'm actually printing the leg mounts now and should have the XY finished sometime next week.



let me know if you want more details.]]> fASE-2 Developers Fri, 13 Feb 2015 16:04:48 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?2,354189,452152#msg-452152 Ikea frame for a 3D printer https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?2,354189,452152#msg-452152
We use OpenBuilds for the HBOT/corexy gantry and the rest is coming along fine.. and it´s SUPER CHEAP and super easy to assemble :)

www.3d-seed.com]]> davebass Developers Wed, 07 Jan 2015 13:31:00 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?2,354189,359142#msg-359142 Re: Idea: Ikea frame for a 3D printer https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?2,354189,359142#msg-359142
1) have the frame pieces welded together
or
2) design a series of gusset plates to reinforce the corners that are through bolted on both sides of each corner.

Just a thought.]]> NeilRG Developers Thu, 22 May 2014 16:47:58 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?2,354189,357371#msg-357371 Re: Idea: Ikea frame for a 3D printer https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?2,354189,357371#msg-357371 REPRAP SQUAD Developers Mon, 19 May 2014 12:23:05 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?2,354189,354667#msg-354667 Re: Idea: Ikea frame for a 3D printer https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?2,354189,354667#msg-354667 gmh39 Developers Tue, 13 May 2014 13:11:53 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?2,354189,354548#msg-354548 Re: Idea: Ikea frame for a 3D printer https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?2,354189,354548#msg-354548 CellJeffe Developers Tue, 13 May 2014 08:56:09 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?2,354189,354189#msg-354189 Idea: Ikea frame for a 3D printer https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?2,354189,354189#msg-354189
[www.ikea.com]

It's a pretty nice rigid metal construction that can carry ~15kg of weight, the dimensions are near-perfect at 35x55x65cm, and it's pretty cheap at eur 20/$25. I'm thinking of mounting an xy core or h-bot construction at the top, with a moving print bed for the z-axis. The table has two horizontal bars both at the top and bottom, which are perfect for mounting the z-axis. I'm aiming for roughly a 30x30x55 print volume.

Since this would be my first design, I would like to hear any ideas, suggestions?

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