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If you're on the fence about building or buying a 3d printer enclosure, please let me give you a push. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I should have built this thing from the word go. I ran this printer for almost a year on my desk right next to my computer. But it was loud and smelly and the high traffic area played havoc on print quality and caused a lot of warping.

Now that it's tucked away in a back room suspended in a corner by French cleats and sitting directly on top of dense foam and a big ass paver it is merely "audible" but certainly ignorable. There's also no more headaches from the smell, and my print quality has never been better.

Do yourself and your printer a favor and get an enclosure sorted out asap.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Props for putting the display outside the enclosure

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Thanks! I knew it would drive me crazy if I didn't.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Many people also put the mainboard mounted under the enclosure to decrease heat wear. Mainly ABS printers I think. You want a hot box for that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I have read that that is recommended but I don't even know where to begin with that tbh. I just got this thing on wifi a couple weeks ago and printing from Fluidd along with switching to Orca Slicer have been game changers.