Ender 5 Plus external case

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I revised the SKR USB holes to line up and fixed mid body left. Fusion very helpfully merged the whole bottom section when I rounded a corner, so I fixed it back to 2 parts. This will mess-up the inserts for the left side. I'm going to get my SKR mounted and then post an update for those and any mounting lugs that are still fouled up. I wanted an external electronics case, but I still have the original electronics. My printer lives in a filthy garage (and is enclosed), but it also has a Meanwell 600W, and I sit next to this clamorous machine during the workday now thanks to COVID. I hate the utter lack of cable management from Creality, and I have tools and crap everywhere for this damn thing. So, I made a little chest-o-drawers thing to stash it all. Ultimately, I designed it from the ground up, but I tried remixing and stealing first, so the list of users with really good ideas I scavenged from is below. I used a 120mm fan and joined the cult of Noctua. I made an air filter out of the cheapest green scrubby I could find on Amazon. I added mount lugs for Creality and SKR that might even fit, but mine did not, so I snapped them off after the first printing and glued them; I wasn't reprinting. I think it's fixed. The case has a lip at the back to hold up plexiglass. Doing it this way, I used 24"x48" plexi for the wall and door. I used fiberboard for the other two walls. The vents exhaust into the printer's cube because it's as good a place as any to dump heat. I attached the angle brackets separately with ABS glue, but they could just as well be printed as one with the top or bottom section. Now I need to somehow quiet down that Meanwell. That plus an SKR for the steppers, and I won't lose quite as much hearing before going back to my office in the year 2025 maybe? Printing: I meant to do the bottom and middle in ABS, but I did the top in ASA. When I printed the bottom, I used ASA, which warped like a dog. I was low on filament, so I plastered it with ABS paste. Then I realized the fan didn't quite fit, so I made a spacer. I've included the spacer in case you find yourself similarly situated. Scrubby: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0824JKXFF/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Meanwell 600W: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DEDB2U2/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_fL1.Eb8QBYZA7 Buck Converter: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MQGMOKI/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 120mm Noctua: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C5KZX85/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Beasty MOSFET: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07R292KXF/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1