Kossel 3mm Plexi Frame Enclosure Holders

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Update 11-19 I think we need to use 10mm extrusions and just utilize the outer door slot all around on the sides, which should provide sufficient clearance. The main issue now is that we require a bottom piece to seal the gap at the bottom when the sides are pushed out so far. I intend to relocate the motherboard to the top rather than the side so that there's no problem if you want to use one long piece of plexi on the sides. (Otherwise, there's no way to make a hole with the board you can just cut a small hole and slot to get the wires in) It's still something I haven't gotten back to, but another idea I had was to create slide-up doors identical to the front on each side. Then you simply slide up all the doors and don't have to worry about an issue when you do bed leveling. You might need to reduce your print area by 5mm or 10mm or so to avoid hitting the walls, or it might just work with the 10mm spacing. I'll update when I get some time. Alas, I'm slammed at work and haven't gotten further... but it's really close. I may work on it this weekend a bit or over the holidays. The advantage of this design is its minimal printing as the parts aren't that big. Anyone who wants to test this approach or needs support should message me and I'll do my best to help. Update 8-22-18 This is a draft stage make. Please read everything carefully. Be prepared to do some tweaking. TODO: We need to measure the heights of all the pieces so they can size correctly for you; they're approximately 125-140mm except for the door bridge which is 30mm. To use this, you'll need linear rails because it uses the slots that the wheels used to ride on. There are 8mm and 10mm extrusions. For the front: 8mm-----------------------------------------------8mm 8mm-----------------------------------------------8mm 10mm door bridge --------------------------- 10mm door bridge 10mm----------------------------------------------10mm 10mm----------------------------------------------10mm (doorgap piece on top of lower lexan, door handle on bottom of lower lexan) The door bridge piece does not mirror; that's why there are two in the STL file - one for the left and one for the right. This prevents the top lexan from moving. Current side design: topangle----------------topangle 8mm----------------------8mm 8mm----------------------8mm 8mm----------------------8mm 8mm----------------------8mm (note: not quite far out enough... eventually work on moving to the 10mm but then there are issues with the bottom and probably need to relocate MB holder side rail and also have a bottom piece to close the gap) So, the interchange piece is about 20mm high and stops the top plate from sliding down. Why multiple pieces instead of one long piece? It's because the shorter pieces are easier to work with and get snapped in fully. The original snap was much more severe so using shorter pieces was required. The new snap isn't that strong. There is a corner 90-degree piece which is used at the top. Because the cardstock sides are done with all 8mm displacement extrusions, for the bottom, that's not quite enough. So when you level it, it bangs into it. BUT to move the extrusions out to 10mm now, you would need a new bottom piece (which isn't done yet) to close the gap as now you're moved far outside the lower base. Hmmm... It's still not done yet and I'll keep tuning. Basically, if you keep your print area a smidge less than max, it will print fine, but not level or z measure as that goes out too far. So, it's not a perfect project, but it's getting there. Still draft stage. But on the other hand, it's pretty cool and working well. The cardstock just flexes when the extruder moves into it; it's not such a big deal, just annoying it's not quite enough space. If I mirrored the front design to the sides that would be good, but it's a bit more expensive and then I'd have to relocate my motherboard external case as that's in the way on that side. The other issue with lexan is you have to figure out how to route thebowdein in on one side and the wires on the other. OK, it's getting there. Hope you like the effort; it's a lot of tiny tuning. --------------------- THIS IS DRAFT STAGE. BUILD AT YOUR OWN RISK.