Geeetech Prusa i3 C simple Lack case by monofone

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This is an extremly simple case for the geeetech prusa i3 acrylic series. Build of lack tables from IKEA and other mostly cheap materials. For me it was about ~45 €, without the filaments costs. But the amount of filament used is only about 200g.
Extra needs:
2 IKEA Lack tables
8 Magnets 5mm x 2mm (like https://www.conrad.de/de/permanent-magnet-rund-n45-137-t-grenztemperatur-max-80-c-conrad-components-505865.html)
4 Planes of plexiglas 500mm x 500mm x 2mm ( like https://www.bauhaus.info/aluplatten-kunststoffplatten/plexiglas-glatt-xt-/p/20114024
IKEA Ledberg LED lamp
Tiny pieces of PCB and wire for the ledberg connector
~40 screws 3.5 x 20 or similar.
Tools needed:
Drill 14mm
Forstner drill 28mm
Soldering stuff
The plexiglass mounting
You need to print the lack_magnet_holder 8 times, with a resolution of at least 0.1mm and 35% and up infill
8 times lack_magnet_reverse, these are the parts put into 14mm holes in the table with a screw as counterpart to the magnets.
4 times lack_plexi_holder, these take the plexiglas at the bottom. These are put between the legs and the plate of the bottom table.
Connecting the tables
4 times a lack stackig connector like this one https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2041575
Ledberg 90° connector
2 times the ledberg connector in really high resolution with cooling enabled.
These are a little tricky. You need a little bit of a PCB and some wires. The wires a used for the male part of the connector and the PCB for the female part. Take a look at how the ledberg parts are connected and you will know what to do.
Cable routing
4 times the lack_cable_passthrough
It's probably enough to build only 2 of them and route all cables through one hole, I needed 2 holes because the extruder motor cables are two short for the position I used first.
Bottom mounting of electronics
For the power supply https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2078936
The gt2560 board is mounted with 2 of the gt2560_holder.
LCD holder
2 times needed for the LCD display, can be mounted at the bottom of the lower table.
If more information is needed use the comments to ask questions.