teinturman's 3D Printer enclosure

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The teinturman's 3D Printer enclosure is an easy to build enclosure for your reprap 3D printer : The features of this enclosure are : Everything fits within a 50x50x50 square. Cheap enclosure using common materials and printed parts. Easy to build, with detailed instructions. You can see the inside without opening the door. The door is a sliding door , easy to open and do not need any space upper, on the right or left when opened. The front side can be entirely removed easily to perform maintenance activity. Integrated lcd display Case. Spool Holder , guide and filter. The enclosure will need minimal material : Wood cut at the Shop , to save your time : (20€) 3* Medium(10mm) 48cm x 48cm ( support and sides) 1* Medium(10mm) 49cm x 50cm (background) 2* Medium (10mm) 37cm x 50cm (front and upper cover) 1*Medium ( 10mm) 17cm x 50cm ( Control panel) 2 *10mm x 10mm x 35 little pieces of wood or other. 6 M3 screws and rods. Plexiglass 1.5 x 35 x 45 (transparent) (9€) 100 screws 3.5mm x 13mm( 5€) Corners : i bought them to save my time and Filament they are very cheap. (They could also be printed ) (3€) Printed parts ( black Pla filament) The detailed instructions on how to build are in the joined pdf file. I built it for my Reprap ( I3 Prusa from emotion tech V1.5 rework ) but it should still be valid for any reprap printer. I also have designed a spool holder and a perfect filament guide to fit with the enclosure and the i3 prusa . i will publish these soon . Some additional Build Notes : The plexiglas needs to be 35 x 45 , not 35x 50 ( i will update the pdf later) The upper cover can be cut ( 1/3 and 2/3 ) to allow access via the roof of the box the slides are attached to 1/3 of the upper cover, and the remaining 2/3 is used as a removable cover to acess the back of the printer. some slides are attached with a single screw, you can add some glue to make them fit better.without turning around. Note : you may want to check my recommended spool Holder :http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1640529 and my Nema 17 Filament guide :http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1647053 Print Settings Printer Brand: RepRap Printer: i3 prusa rework 1.5 emotiontech Post-Printing the sliders have screw holes that will get support material in it. you will need to carefully remove it, and ensure that the slide path is absolutely clean.