See Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctuxhp6h6kc
The Slack Lack was greatly influenced by the Original Prusa Enclosure found here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2864118
That being said, all of the design and CAD for this enclosure is my own. I wanted an enclosure for printing ABS but I also wanted to be able to leave the front open when printing PLA. I didn't want to have to leave the doors wide open as this sits in my living room, I knew I wanted pocket doors.
It is designed to be tall enough to hold an Ender 3 and a 30mm tall paving stone (helps in vibration reduction). The total usable height is 50cm. The doors hinge shut and latch via magnets. There are also support magnets in the hinge peices that prevent it from sliding while opening and closing the doors normally. The doors will slide back on tracks into the enclosure out the way. Finally, the doors can even be removed very easily by partially opening the door and sliding it off the magnets.
Purchase Parts Needed:
Printing:
Assembly:
Additional Notes:
My Ender3 remote PSU mount is here (should work for original and Pro version, Pro version hasn't been verified): https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3436078
LED strip mount that I used (2x per strip, 6 total): https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2912036
If you have any questions feel free to ask.
UPDATE 16/3/2019
Added step files for the parts with magnets so you can easily adjust the size of the holes for magnets that you can find locally. When sizing your magnets try to keep around a 1kg pull strength.
UPDATE 22/3/2019
Added an exploded view per request as a picture and a higher res picture in a zip.
UPDATE 23/3/2019
If you need different holes for your magnets, see user kenrobertson's remix. I would advise to try to keep the pull strength around 1kg.
UPDATE 23/6/2019
The number one request has been for access to different sizes for the Plexiglas. I'm not going to make different versions for all the requests, but I've went ahead and uploaded step files for all the parts in a single zip "EnclosureAllPartsExport". Anyone should be able to use these so they can modify the parts to fit their specific needs.
| EnclosureAllPartsExport.zip | 511.6KB | |
| MagnetExport.zip | 291.5KB | |
| SlackLack_-_BarrelHingeTL-1.STL | 74.0KB | |
| SlackLack_-_BarrelHingeTR-1.STL | 74.0KB | |
| SlackLack_-_BottomBarrelHinge-1.STL | 70.8KB | |
| SlackLack_-_BottomBarrelHingeRight-1.STL | 70.6KB | |
| SlackLack_-_Catch-1.STL | 32.0KB | |
| SlackLack_-_CatchWire-1.STL | 43.3KB | |
| SlackLack_-_DoorStop-1.STL | 23.3KB | |
| SlackLack_-_Front_Spacer-1.STL | 101.9KB | |
| SlackLack_-_Front_Spacer2-1.STL | 107.9KB | |
| SlackLack_-_Front_Spacer_TL-1.STL | 162.0KB | |
| SlackLack_-_Front_Spacer_TR-1.STL | 164.5KB | |
| SlackLack_-_Hinge1-1.STL | 186.0KB | |
| SlackLack_-_HingeBR-1.STL | 187.7KB | |
| SlackLack_-_HingeTL-1.STL | 214.8KB | |
| SlackLack_-_HingeTR-1.STL | 217.3KB | |
| SlackLack_-_HoleFinder-1.STL | 8.7KB | |
| SlackLack_-_OpenTab1-1.STL | 171.5KB | |
| SlackLack_-_OpenTabBR-1.STL | 168.8KB | |
| SlackLack_-_OpenTabTL-1.STL | 168.4KB | |
| SlackLack_-_OpenTabTR-1.STL | 167.6KB | |
| SlackLack_-_Spacer_BL-1.STL | 29.6KB | |
| SlackLack_-_Spacer_BR-1.STL | 36.2KB | |
| SlackLack_-_Spacer_TB-1.STL | 49.9KB | |
| SlackLack_-_Track-1.STL | 14.7KB | |
| SlackLack_-_TrackTop-1.STL | 13.0KB | |
| Slack_Lack_Exploded.zip | 101.4KB |
