{"id":3436,"date":"2024-10-28T10:29:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T15:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/?p=3436"},"modified":"2024-09-14T20:16:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T01:16:23","slug":"ultimaker-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/?p=3436","title":{"rendered":"Ultimaker Door"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have wanted to put a door on my ultimaker for a while now, to help stabilize temperatures inside and keep prints from pulling off the build plate. I feel like it’ll also give the machine a bit more of a professional look which is always fun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

I found a model on thingiverse<\/a> that I decided to use for the door. It has files for laser cutting the door out and printing out the rest of the pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nuts I picked up for the door hardware were ever so slightly too big to fit in the insert locations for them after I printed the models. I didn’t want to reprint and waste plastic, and I also didn’t want to try sanding anything to make them fit, so I decided to use a clean soldering iron to heat set them into the plastic, which turned out great. The only thing I had to be careful of was to not hit the plastic with the iron itself and to make sure I got them in straight so screws could thread in easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screwing the latch to the door<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mounting the hinges<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Installation Complete<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bonus Points<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In case you wondered what the door would look like with LED side lighting, the engraving was a test piece so I could try out some things before making some acrylic signs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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