January 13, 2023
Description
General idea
Placing a 40x40x4 concrete slab under your 3D-printer significantly reduces noise/vibration transferred to the enclosure.
Placing the slab on top of the LACK table causes reduced height needed for the printer PRUSA MK3S+ with MMU2S.
In this upgrade a concrete slab is integrated into the LACK table of thEnclosure V2.
Noise and vibrations significantly reduced by this approach.
The assembly also leaves the option to integreate a 140x140 fan (PWM) under the table for controlled enclosure ventilation.
Materials:
1x concrete slab 40cm x 40cm x 4cm
8x round felt pads, glueable face, diameter ~25mm, height ~5mm
1x LACK table (or bottom LACK table of LACK enclosure V2)
4x M3x12 hexagon socket head screws
1x Multi purpose glue (e.g. UHU Allzweckkleber)
Tools:
1x cardboard cutter
1x straight cutting guide
1x hexagon spanner
1x 8mm wood drill + portable electric drill
Steps of Assembly:
1) Print parts:
4x FixingCorner_v00 (PETG as recommended material)
4x Clamp_v00 (PETG as recommended material)
1x FanFixation_top_v00
1x FanFixation_center_v00
1x FanFixation_bottom_v00 (modify center part as grid in slicer)
1x FanInletCuttingTool_v01
2) Concrete-slab-holder assembly
- assemble the parts 4xFixingCorner_v00 and 4xClamp_v00
(slide in a Clamp_v00 in between two FixingCorner_v00 to connect the parts)
3) Tabletop upper cardboard cutout for concrete-slab holder
- on the upper cardboard of the tabletop (table surface) make a centered 415mm x 415mm
square cut out.
Use the cardboard cutter and the straight cutting guide for precise cutting.
- after removing the upper tabletop cardboard (square) cutout,
cut the vertical support structure along the edges of the new cutout
- remove the vertical thin honecomb cardboard support structure from the
cutout region.
- do not remove the support structure under the remaining upper cardboard
4) Tabletop lower cardboard cutout for fan fixation
- mark the center of the lower tabletop cardboard
- drill a 8mm hole in the center
- put the pin of the tool FanInletCuttingTool_v01 through the hole
- turning the tool and guiding the cardboard cutter blade with the slot in the tool,
you can make a clean circular cutout in the lower cardboard of the tabletop
- after comleting the circular cutout, place part FanFixation_center_v00 over
the cutout, properly align the circular center and orientation and then
mark the 4 holes for the fan fixation screw domes with a pen on the cardboard
- drill 4 holes for the screw domes at the markings
- fit the part FanFixation_top_v00 into the prepared cutout, screw domes facing down
5) Assembly of FanFixation_top_v00
- fit the part FanFixation_top_v00 into the prepared cutout, screw domes facing down
- apply glue to the surface of FanFixation_top_v00 that touches the cardboard
- glue FanFixation_top_v00 into the prepared cutout
- wait for the glue to build up good adhesion
6) Assembly of concrete-slab-holder
- push the pre-assembled concrete-slab-holder into the cutout from the top
7) Preparation of the concrete-slab
- turn the concrete slab upside down
- place (glue) two stacked felt pads in each corner of the concrete-slab (bottom side)
- place the felt pads ~25mm from the edges
- turn back the slab into normal position
8) Concrete-slab placement
- place the concrete-slab rotated by 45° on the tabletop
- put your hand through the FanFixation cutout on the bottom of the tabletop and
slightly lift up the slab
- rotate the slab by 45° + keep supporting from below
- carefully lower the slab into the slab-holder until the felt-pads touch the bottom
(the slab needs to be supported from underneath the table, as the sides will almost
completely be hidden in the slab-holder and you will not be able to hold it this way)
- adjust the spacing of the slab to the side walls
(the slab must not touch the slab-holder side walls as to avoid unwanted direct
noise transmission)
9) Assembly of the FanFixation
- place FanFixation_center_v00 and FanFixation_bottom_v00 under the tabletop
and secure the parts with the four M3x12 hexagon socket head screws
- Option Fan: Using M3x35 screws; a 140x140 fan (PWM controlled) can be mounted
between the parts FanFixation_center_v00 and FanFixation_bottom_v00 to allow
controlled ventilation of the enclosure.
(The control electronics is not covered in this documentation and might follow later.)
10) (Re-)assembly of LACK enclosure V2
- (re-)assemble your LACK enclosure V2
- place 3D-printer on concrete slab
- enjoy the silence ;-)
License:
Creative Commons — Attribution — Noncommercial
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