140mm fan mount for printer enclosures by 3DPrintingJunky

Last crawled date: 3 years, 4 months ago

this part is designed to hold a 140mm fan and to be mounted on a 3d printer enclosure. the fan is a preassure fit so no screws needed, fits very tightly, the four holes in the corners are to be used for drilling holes through your enclosure to mount the filter box (work in progress) on the other side. there is also a hole for running the wires from the fan into your enclosure.
ON THE BUILD PLATE:
it is reccomended that you orientate the part so that the side with the 5-6 inch fitting is touching the build plate as that side will not be seen when mounted to your enclosure and there will be no imperfections on the other sides, this will require supports of course
INSTALLATION
Required tools:
5 to 6 inch hole saw.
-drill bit the rough size of guide holes.
-a hand/power drill.
Instructions:
-Use hole saw to drill a hole in desired location and press the fan mount into place and make sure its leveled. the duct is 1/2 inch long and can be made shorter or longer in fusion 360 if required.
-run the fan wires though the small hole on the inside wall of the fan mount and press the fan firmly in place (wires may not go through the hole with connector on so keep some scissors nearby just in case)
-optionally you can connect the fan to a pwm fan controller and connect the controller to your 12-24v power supply or just connect the fan itself to the power supply.
SIDE NOTES/EDITS
[1]Edit: reduced duct outer diameter to 5 inches (v6 model) reduces print time but 5 inch hole saws are less common so youll likely have to buy one.\
this is my first ever design and is very much imperfect and inclomplete, ill be making modifications to it along the way and still need to make some filter boxes for mounting filters inside the enclosure.
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