Yet Another Ikea Lack Enclosure (Wanhao Duplicator Plus) by Mframe

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

Looking for an enclosure for a Wanhao Duplicator Plus, I came across many different designs utilizing the Ikea Lack table. My primary inspiration comes from Kirby Downey's design (https://www.myminifactory.com/object/ikea-lack-table-enclosure-adapter-26769), but there were several things his design lacked that I wanted in mine. His designs are beautiful but a bit difficult to edit, so I created mine from scratch. I disliked the asymmetrical design that put all the height in the feet, and figured that if I altered it to have matching pieces at the top and bottoms of the legs that it would give me a natural way to hold plexiglass sides.
Here are the goals I have with my design:
symmetric design
built-in wall holders
mount on top of existing computer desk
integrated hinges, door stops, mounting points
I created a few different designs and modified as I went. Thanks to many great designs I didn't have to start from scratch, specifically I have used or incorporated the following objects:
Lack Filament Grommet (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1821844)
Quick Hinge (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:47591)
Door Handle (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:36465)
For the most part everything worked the first time. I will be uploading v2 designs that fix a few of the issues I ran into in assembly. The two basic changes are: 1) add mounting points to the inside of the corner bracket to securely attach to the table top and base; 2) add stops to the hinge bottoms to hold the door in place without screws.
The pin on my quick hinges proved too brittle and broke off of each hinge. I took a drill bit and drilled out the broken part and cleaned up the hole on the other part, then screwed a simple machine screw in each and it works perfectly.
Additional Materials:
36 in. x 48 in. x .093 in. Acrylic Sheet - makes 3 windows and 1 door
12V Flexible RGB LED Light Strip Kit
SDHC SD Card Reader Extension Cable KZ-B19
edited 2/28/2017
fixed mis-named parts
fixed bad shelve design in previous version
added screw holes on shelves
edited 3/1/2017
uploaded updated hinges
added pics of LED light strips using 3d printed bracket (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2111131)
removed front mounted z-braces and replaced with Reverse Z Braces (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2144122)