Archive: Setting 3D printer to fit in an enclosure, make nice prints and keep my girlfriend happy

I have just got a brand new Prusa i3 MK2S, there are plenty of guides and tutorials online about just anything you might want to do with your machine. In my case, as I share workshop with my girlfriend (who is a painter), I had to find a way to keep noise disturbance down, meaning to enclose the 3D printer. Most of the mods had to do with keeping the printer size down by re arranging components and minimising noise disturbance.

All this are files freely available online that I have slightly modified on occasion.





Lots of filament clips, link here

Side cable router for print bed cables, link here

Feet for noise surpassing (under this there are some noise suppression pads from an old record player) link here

Filament cleaner (zip tied not necessary but why not), link here

Filament guide (was necessary as I moved the spool from the frame), link here

Filament spool holder with bearings guide, link here

LCD frame mounting brackets, link here

LCD cable frame guides (and no, it does not interfere with z carriage), link here





(still some work to do)





What is all of this about? I have a research project about generative faunas, lets see how it goes.

Things to work on:

· Spool holder keeps falling, I will either draw a stand for the current ones (they roll very nicely) or make up new ones all together

· I am unsure how much the holding feet are helping, time will tell

· Not convinced about the filament guides, there must be a better way…

Links I found useful throughout:

· Full calibration guide

· Save PID Tuning to EEPROM

· Extruder calibration

· Bed levelling

· Troubleshooting print quality