Mendel90 housing - enclosure by kreidler

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

As many guys I started with a Mendel90. My printer was bulit according nophead github files with some changes due to parts availability. If you print PLA all is fine but when starting with ABS or other stuff a very small smell of a wind can destroy your print. I looked on thingiverse and in several online resources but nothing was appropriate to cover the Dibond version without having an extra housing. The design was done in 123D Design. My printer frame is from 3mm aluminium sheets but there is no difference in general.
As I am not using any 300mm spool I changed the spool and filament parts on the back also to get a fine rear covering: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:744868
The cover plates are made from corrugated cardbox material. Of course, you can use Dibond, Acrylic, Polycarbonate or something similar with 3mm thickness but cardbox is the cheapest. The moveable top cover should be cutted from 4mm material to ensure less bending.
FreeRider did from his make an assembly vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBtCV-YE-bg . Enjoy.
UPDATE 2017-10: Added the 123Design file and STEP file. Not the best but sufficient for further development. I do not know when or if I will continue with the details.
UPDATE 2017-03: Just adding the last changes within this month.
UPDATE 2015-04-07: Vertical stand has been printed but for the other parts I am struggling with bad filament causing print failures after some hours of printing. New material already ordered.
Main picture updated to latest version
Latch grip modified (longer, thicker) ->V1.1
Locking pin added
fixing block added
cover plates and drill scheme added