IKEA Lack Enclosure with power to removable cover

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This one is still a work in progress, but figured a few folks might find the stuff designed so far useful and may spark some new ideas. There are many Lack enclosure designs out there, but one thing that caught my attention was a lack of a design that allowed for a quickly removable cover while having the facility to mount lights, fans or other 12-volt dependent equipment on it. The caveat here is that it needs to be fairly low-powered, so don't get carried away with the idea of supplying heat beds and the like through the pogo pins. The design needed to have the following attributes: 1. A lift-off enclosure cover with full, unrestricted access to the printer for maintenance, etc., once removed. 2. Facility for LED lighting in the cover and future capability for mounting Raspberry Pi and camera. 3. No plugs or terminals to disconnect routinely during cover removal. 4. Accurate and simple location when refitting. I started this project when I bought my Anet A6 and realized that having the printer sat on a desk made it vulnerable to getting knocked and also gathering a good layer of dust over time. I'd also heard that to print ABS, an enclosure was recommended due to temperature stability and the odor at the higher hot-end temperatures. Figuring I could put a charcoal filter on the enclosure extract fan, during the build, I recently acquired an Anet E12 and thought I'd do something similar for this printer as well. The size and design of each printer differ significantly, so I set about doing some research. I've plagiarized a fair bit of the things made and have credited everyone accordingly. If I've missed someone, please let me know and I'll credit retrospectively. Update: 27 April 2019. Set of offset leg brackets STLs uploaded. These are intended for the E12 enclosure to give a larger enclosure volume to cater for the larger bed of the E12 (or any other larger format printer). I'm printing off my first set, so haven't tried them in anger yet but thought they might be useful for folks to have a go with in the meantime. Update: 17 May 19. I've edited a couple of features on the leg extension pieces. Removed the door stop on the front legs and relocated the cable entry to the rear face of the front legs rather than the inside. The 550mm enclosure height pieces also have tapped holes (M3) on the enclosure glazing lugs to allow the perspex sheet to be secured in place, making the cover far more rigid.