Distraction Continued - Enclosure

Not much to go. I wanted some hinges that let me lift the front panel up and almost vertical to get it out of the way. I may design a lock at some stage that will hold the door up there.

Not many progress shots of this, but this is it all screwed in. Not very pretty, but it'll do the job really nicely.

I had to recess the hinges a little more as the bottom of the door was scraping the bench a little. No biggie.

That's better!

Finished!! Do you know what's going inside?

The Original Prusa i3 Mk2S 3D Printer from Prusa Research

I'll need to figure out a mounting system for the filament, but this puppy will 3D print anything I need which is going to be extremely handy.

(Plus, It's another gadget)

Slight Distraction - Enclosure Construction

I'm not really sure what triggered it, but one day I decided to take a break from the plane and do something totally different and make an enclosure.

Maybe it was raining which limited my ability to prime parts, or maybe it was a YouTube clip I was watching that triggered some subliminal signal. Whatever it was, I found myself calculating/researching the inside dimensions of this thing I needed to build.

See if you can guess what it is without skipping down the page.

The main reason for the enclosure was to keep any dust away from moving parts as much as possible.

I've decided this is where I'd like to put it. The reasons being:

1. Mostly out of the way;
2. Some power points located here;
3. This is where I've mounted the laptop screen that allows me to view the latest Vans plans to avoid building with out-dated instructions;
4. This area has no tools on the wall that need to be relocated.

I will need to move the vice and this area seems a little neglected anyway.
Time for a spruce up!

I needed four panels. These are the two sides and the front. All panels are made from 10mm MDF with the centre cut out. For these three, I also routed the inside edge to enable me to insert perspex panels cut to size to ensure what was going on inside this enclosure was what I intended.

This is the exciting top panel...

More tomorrow.