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I made a 3d printer enclosure workbench! For $50 off select Casper mattresses, go to https://www.casper.com/iltms and use promo code: iltms at checkout. Terms and conditions apply. BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO    • 3d Printer Enclosure Workbench Behind the ...   TOOLS & SUPPLIES (affiliate links): https://kit.co/iliketomakestuff/digit... http://amzn.to/2EuQxKP - 24" drawer slides http://amzn.to/2FDvgye - 4' power strip https://kit.co/iliketomakestuff/my-wo... https://kit.co/iliketomakestuff/shop-... My family has had this massive stainless steel counter top for years. My grandfather built McDonald's restaurants for a living and this counter came from one of his remodels. Like all good family heirlooms, it has passed from person to person, but I finally took it in and used it to build a new electronics/3d printing workbench. If you remember, I already made an electronics worktable in my old shop, but Josh now uses it as his desk. The counter top i …...more
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keep the air around the printers the same temperature

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clean off the outside edge of the cut

1:36

put them together to a flat two-by-four frame

2:03

cut some slots in all of the front pieces

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lined up my outer frames with my long pieces of the 2x4

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cut down all the pieces of acrylic on the table

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drill a hole in each one of these doors

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broke down a full sheet of plywood into some usable size pieces

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hold the bottom pieces against the frame

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put the rails on in the exact same spot

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cut some thin pieces of plywood

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figure out the spacing between the rows

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keep the temperature around the printers consistent

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3d Printer Enclosure / Electronics Workstation | I Like To Make Stuff
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I made a 3d printer enclosure workbench! For $50 off select Casper mattresses, go to https://www.casper.com/iltms and use promo code: iltms at checkout. Terms and conditions apply. BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO    • 3d Printer Enclosure Workbench Behind the ...   TOOLS & SUPPLIES (affiliate links): https://kit.co/iliketomakestuff/digit... http://amzn.to/2EuQxKP - 24" drawer slides http://amzn.to/2FDvgye - 4' power strip https://kit.co/iliketomakestuff/my-wo... https://kit.co/iliketomakestuff/shop-... My family has had this massive stainless steel counter top for years. My grandfather built McDonald's restaurants for a living and this counter came from one of his remodels. Like all good family heirlooms, it has passed from person to person, but I finally took it in and used it to build a new electronics/3d printing workbench. If you remember, I already made an electronics worktable in my old shop, but Josh now uses it as his desk. The counter top is big enough to span a large area in the office so it can do way more than just function as a work surface. We decided that the area under the table would become a 3d printer enclosure. An enclosure is used to house the printers and the filament to keep the temperature and the humidity consistent. Heat fluctuations can cause prints to warp on the print bed and can sometimes hurt the adhesion between print layers. Humidity negatively affects the filament, it can cause little pits and bubbles in the printed lines. This project started with building a simple 2x4 base to support the table top. Before assembling the pieces, I cut two slots in the lower support and the two front sides to accept some sliding acrylic doors. The board were then joined together with pocket screws and glue. The top was about 12 feet long and needed to be cut down. Wanting a nice, crisp cut line, I clamped a scrap piece of steel to the top and used it as a guide for my grinder with a cut-off wheel. I was happily surprised with how nice the cut was, but it needed to be de-burred with a file. This counter top had been sitting in an alley behind my brother's house for years. As you'd expect, it was covered in nastiness that would need to be cleaned off. Josh and I scraped, sanded, and polished the stainless steel to a beautiful shine worthy of an inspection from Ronald McDonald himself. We attached the top to the base with some screws and the workbench's structure was finished. The acrylic doors were cut to fit the slots and a hole was drilled in each panel to act as a door pull. The design for this cabinet evolved several times during the build process. One of the features that made the cut, was a set of pull-out platforms that would hold the printers. Instead of rotating the printers to access the filament, the machines could slide forward to replace the spools. To organize all of my filament rolls, we made a shelf that sits inside the cabinet to keep the environmental conditions consistent inside the space. I lastly added a motion-activated set of LED lights for added ambiance and the project was completed. This workbench is a great piece of multi-functional furniture. I was really happy to incorporate the stainless steel counter top that my grandfather salvaged and that we were able to make a dedicated space for my 3d printers. This project had a lot of design changes but I am really proud of the final result. If you liked this build, check out more projects of mine in the playlist above! Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ILikeToMakestuffSubscribe Check out my TopVideos!: http://bit.ly/ILikeToMakeStuffTopVideos Learn 3d modeling, get digital plans, and cool merch at https://iliketomakestuff.com Want to support ILTMS? Get exclusive content and more... http://www.iliketomakestuff.com/patreon FOLLOW:   / iliketomakestuff     / iliketomakestuff     / iltms   #ILikeToMakeStuff About I Like To Make Stuff: We have lots of projects including woodworking, metalworking, electronics, 3D printing, prop making and more! These videos are our attempt inspire and empower others to make the stuff that they want to have. Hopefully you'll see something here that will inspire you to make something that you're passionate about! 3d Printer Enclosure / Electronics Workstation | I Like To Make Stuff    • 3d Printer Enclosure / Electronics Worksta...   I Like To Make Stuff    / iliketomakestuff  

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