How many of you would purchase an enclosure or cabinet for your printer? (Pics of possible design)

Hello all,
I have been using my Prusa i3 and used the forums many times for troubleshooting. Great place. I was having issues with ambient air and ABS fumes so I made an enclosure. Mine is a prototype and although it works I drafted up a nicer model to look at. I am looking to produce these in my garage if there is a demand.

I am currently using a 80mm fan mounted to a board in a window with a 2.5" dust collection hose to the fitting on the back (see pics) and it works really well. I have visually tested using candle smoke. There is a .125" gap at the bottom of all four sides to allow fresh air to pull from around the base.

The bar across the top holds the roll of filament and it feeds through the top. Frame is .750" aluminum angle. Clear plastic is .093" makrolon (polycarb).

Door has a knob with magnetic latch. Enclosure will need to be assembled due to size and will come with all hardware and instructions.

A few questions:
1.) Would you buy this? Do you feel there is a need for it?
2.) What would you pay?
3.) Do you feel it should be an option for the fume connection outback?
4.) Is the size too big/small? I sampled most reprap external dimensions and it seems like a good size.







Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/01/2013 02:09PM by Fendbass22.

Nice.

I suppose you can't temperature control your enclosure for fear of patent litigation. A shame, because such an enhancement seems rather obvious.

With this design, I suppose I might be concerned about the electronics overheating inside this box should anything go wrong with with the ventilation. I'd like to see a dedicated mount for electronics outside the space where the printer exists.

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Karmavore
Nice.

I suppose you can't temperature control your enclosure for fear of patent litigation. A shame, because such an enhancement seems rather obvious.

With this design, I suppose I might be concerned about the electronics overheating inside this box should anything go wrong with with the ventilation. I'd like to see a dedicated mount for electronics outside the space where the printer exists.

Thanks for the reply. I actually just read the Stratasys thread and didn't know the temp thing was a patent issue. Good to know, honestly, I built it for my ABS fumes after my first print and a sore throat.

I actually keep the PSU (20A) outside the box and seems to do quite well. Do people with enclosures generally put the PSU in the box as well?

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Fendbass22

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Karmavore
Nice.

I suppose you can't temperature control your enclosure for fear of patent litigation. A shame, because such an enhancement seems rather obvious.

With this design, I suppose I might be concerned about the electronics overheating inside this box should anything go wrong with with the ventilation. I'd like to see a dedicated mount for electronics outside the space where the printer exists.

Thanks for the reply. I actually just read the Stratasys thread and didn't know the temp thing was a patent issue. Good to know, honestly, I built it for my ABS fumes after my first print and a sore throat.

I actually keep the PSU (20A) outside the box and seems to do quite well. Do people with enclosures generally put the PSU in the box as well?

if you are getting a sore throat from abs fumes i'd suggest not printing with that particular spool, the really bad stuff can give you a bad "high" depending on how far away the printer is away from you

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I just made one with a 55cm cube size from dibond and acrylic. Yours looks sturdier. I've seen one for sale with a kit for GBP100 at [blog.think3dprint3d.com] . Mine cost about GBP90. It's printing itself a big brother at the moment.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/02/2013 05:32AM by Ralph Hilton.