Ender 3 left side tool drawer and cover by MakerNewt

Last crawled date: 2 years, 10 months ago

Background
I couldn't find a drawer for the left side of the Ender 3, for the unused space in front of the motherboard case, so I designed this on Tinkercad.
It is designed for the cover screw onto the motherboard casing on the front, and extends forward to just short of the maximum extension of the bed, so it can fit inside an enclosure.
Updates
2021-07-04
After having printed both, I'm finding that the cover's left and right walls might be a little thin, as they push out a little once the drawer is in, so I'll be updating the files to create thicker walls.
Files provided
I provide two files for the drawer, one with the word "Tools" embossed on the front, and one with nothing written on the front.
I also provide the .OBJ file for Tinkercad in case somebody wants to tinker with this.
Size
Cover
40mm high (the same height as the motherboard case)
100mm wide (stops just left of the USB port)
130mm deep
Drawer
126mm deep, so it caters for the space the screw will take up
97mm wide, so it fits inside the cover, with some tolerance
38.75mm high, so it fits inside the cover, with some tolerance
Printing
Print the drawer as-is, no support necessary
Print the cover upside-down (with the roof on the bed), some supports for the screw holes and rail guide will be needed.For best results, print on a GLASS BED as the roof of the cover will be on the bed, you want as smooth a surface as possible. If you don't have a glass bed, you may need to smooth out the cover a bit using sandpaper for PLA or an acetone vapour bath for ABS.DO NOT print the cover standing up with the wall with the screw holes on the bed, as the height of the side walls will cause them to warp and split.
PLA or ABS or PETG should all be fine to print these in.
Optional
If you print the drawer with the "Tools" words on, in a light filament, then colouring in the embossed word with a permanent marker makes it look nice. :-)
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