I just built one for my ender 3. came out nice

@domenicodevivo5318

Жыл бұрын

Fantastic. I still think this is one of the best ways to retain heat inside the print area.

I was thinking about making an enclosure out of MDF board, but if styrofoam works, i guess i won't bother with cabinet-making. One question though. Doesn't it fall apart from the heat?

@domenicodevivo5318

5 жыл бұрын

I've not had any problems with the foam deteriorating at all and I've had the bed at 110 deg C. However I would recommend some ventilation because the 3d printed filament feeder on my machine melted and warped inside the enclosure.

@HansOlo0

5 жыл бұрын

@@domenicodevivo5318 Thanks for the reply. Much appreciated. you know, now that I think about it, i might actually invest in water cooled hotend. seems like a better option than letting the heat escape the enclosure, and obviously cooling the hotend with hot air doesn't make much sense. Those are like 20 euro on ebay, so no harm in trying ;)

@domenicodevivo5318

5 жыл бұрын

​@@HansOlo0​ I made the enclosure mainly so that I could print with ABS because the problem is the ambient heat which escapes from around the print which is already on the bed. As soon as it starts to cool down, the plastic shrinks and curls off the bed on the corners. So I need to keep the heat around the entire print for the whole print time. Let me know how it goes.

@HansOlo0

5 жыл бұрын

@@domenicodevivo5318 I will definitely keep you posted, no sweat. Actually I just ordered one of those water cooled hotends and a small 12v pump on aliexpress. 25 bucks with pump, not including tubing. That will prolly take like a month to arrive, but hey. now i'm thinking about "smart" ventilation. kinda like a thermostat, but instead of heater or AC unit, it would operate a servo which in turn would open a flap of sort on top of the enclosure when it gets too hot inside. i'm hoping convection will do the rest without causing too much draft in the chamber. have some microcontrollers and servos laying around. Will probably try it out next week

@domenicodevivo5318

5 жыл бұрын

@@HansOlo0 That sounds like a cool project to do. Good luck and send me some pics when you have it all set up.

What settings you use to print ABS on the anycubic?

@domenicodevivo5318

5 жыл бұрын

For ABS I extrude at 230 deg C and I have the bed at 90-95 deg C, however this seems to be the best setting for the Rigid ink filament, it may vary slightly for another manufacturers filament.

Boring

@domenicodevivo5318

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the valuable feedback