This 3D Printer Enclosure is FULLY 3D PRINTABLE!

With the rising popularity of fully enclosed 3D printers, we're seeing an increased interest in materials previously thought difficult to print at home. From ABS to nylon, polycarbonate, and carbon fiber blends.

But not everyone has an enclosed 3D printer, and even if you do, you probably still have an open i3 style bedslinger kicking around somewhere. So, what's a person to do? And what if, like some of us, your maker hobby includes using resin 3D printers, or CNC machines, or all other kinds of dangerous things? Well, for that, you're going to need to build an enclosure.

In this video, I'm going to show you how I built a fully 3D printable enclosure for an FDM 3D printer, laser cutter, CNC, or resin printer. It's fully customizable, reconfigurable, and super fun to build. You're going to not only see how I made it, but also explore some of the reasons why you might want to make one too.

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00:00 Introduction
01:17 The Benefits of Having A 3D-printed Modular Enclosure
02:19 The Drawbacks of DIY Enclosures
03:30 The Printable Accessories Modular Enclosure
12:43 Conclusion

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[thenextlayer]

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[erickraus]

I don't know if it has been said yet (I'm not going to read through all of the comments), but when cutting acrylic, or anything that can splinter, for that matter, just put some painters tape over top of it and it will stop it from fraying or breaking free and shooting off at you. Even if you are drilling a hole in metal, such as a car, using painters tape will give you a nice clean hole/cut.

[DJProPlusMax]

Cool, but not mentioning that the models cost $48 alone and requiring 5 KG of filament up front is a big no no for me. I think those grow tent/pop up enclosures would be cheaper, even if you were to buy multiple down the line.

[danatopereira]

5kg is a lot of filament, and making it with PLA doesn't make much sense, since most people want an enclosure to print abrasive materials like ABS/ASA at high temperatures, which would melt the PLA pretty quickly. And printing with PETG at $30-$35 a kg, would mean $150-175, not cheap.

With that said, it could be a lot more affordable though if one used PET from recycled plastic bottles and that would be an interesting recycling project. Also, there is a free modular enclosure on printables now.

[kspec]

nice video! small tip. when cutting acrylic. try to use a blade with a higher tooth count and thinner kerf, as well make it so the blade BARELY goes above the top surface. it will make the plastic shrapnel to almost nothing to worry about :)

[rmt]

I definitely can see myself building this. Especially if the walls can double with a silencing inner pattern, and the hex system exterior. It becomes a cube of usefulness.

[rodiculous]

Can you make it heated and how high can it go. That would be the big gamechanger

[jurajjuraj]

dude I would love you to show us what and if you put something under your 3d printer like rubber feet or something

[kaytrim]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I was thinking of getting one of the enclosure tents but this will be perfect for my SV06+. With the modular nature I can store the tools on a side panel. Please keep us up to date on how the PLA holds up.

[retrobuzz]

I have been working on my own 3D printable enclosure this past week or so on and off because I couldn't find any that was quite what I was looking for. It's going to be my first model on a actual software like fusion360 and honestly its going a lot smoother than expected, for the walls and such I was going to look around home depot and probably use some type of veneer like wood or something like that.

[kazolar]

Great video, but I can't back a KS for functional 3d models that do not include step files, it's one thing to only have stls for decorative stuff, but for it to be a customizable system, there needs to be a backer level that includes cad you can do stuff with, otherwise it's a lot of printing for limited use case -- for the price I can buy some inexpensive 2020, some acrylic, spend 20 minutes in cad and have an enclosure, or go the ikea route, they do realize the time investment to print all the parts is significant, this feels like when you only have a hammer, everything is a nail...to shocking dismay to us 3d printing enthusiasts, not everything needs to be 3d printed.

[donovanromero]

This looks so good to build I will soon have my first 3D printer and I have been watching a lot of videos to learn before I get my printer, I sure need one of this in my life lol, I seen a bunch of enclosure models but this is definitely the best one I seen good job.

[dwaynehope]

I'm interested in the supporting soldiers petg printing that you mentioned. could you help me out with that information?

[Enjoymentboy]

This is rather spooky timing as i was literally thinking about building an enclosure on my walk into work this morning.

[Jeffdoeswhat]

So need to build some of these for my laser engravers.

[scifimodelshop]

I would hope there would be more to this, I just backed the Phrozen Arco on kickstarter and would like to make a custom Borg cube one of there design but having trouble with the excel file and do not know what a "Enter Number of Elements in Below Fields" so question is how to you figure out the encloser? the video was look at this product is there any suggestions as to where I can get step by step this is how you make an encloser

[SeanSaunders-lv]

Just pledged $48 to this, been looking for a modular enclosure for my ender 3 pro to print my ABS on my current table, so I don’t have to buy another larger table and separate enclosure from Amazon

[ottomuller]

Very important question, which is the name of the cabinet for the X1C? Can you buy this cabinet at Ikea? SMÅSTAD / PLATSA??

[bumthundy]

the big question is why hasnt anyone released stls for something like this open source style

[joelberson]

Interesting video, but way overkill on the technology. More "Rube Goldberg" than simple DIY.
Instead of over $100 on filament, and days on a printer, I would simply use 12 pieces of 1 X 1 quality wood cut to length and joined with about 24 "ELL" brackets in the corners. 3D print the door brackets or just buy 4 or 6 cabinet hinges. Make it in a day, or 2 if you include lunch breaks.
But for the sides, if there will be a laser involved, you need laser blocking acrylic panels, not clear acrylic.
And I would put doors in front and on one (or both) sides for easy access, and cleaning after using a CNC mill.
The idea that you can take it apart and make something a different size ignores the acrylic sides that won't fit and the good chance to break a piece on disassembly. Cheaper, faster, easier to just make a new one with a wood frame.