Heated enclosure corner
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I made these corner reinforcers to be used with 1/2" thick foil backed foam insulation to make a heated enclosure for my Prusa i3 MK2. You can get 4x8 sheets of the foam at most hardware stores. It's a little flimsy but reinforcing the corners makes a big difference. The corners are designed to be attached by pushing a zip tie through the outer piece, through the foam, through the inner corner piece, and back out through the second set of holes, and zipped tight. I used PLA which might get a little soft in the upper corners, but doesn't have a huge amount of force on it so I haven't seen any distortion.
The insulating foam does a good job retaining the heat produced by the printer and I've printed up to 65 deg C with this setup although I start to worry about the electronics a bit at these temps. Oh also, if you preheat the chamber very much it'll mess with the PINDA (if you're using a Prusa, the bed sensor otherwise), you'll want to be ready to adjust the live Z height adjustm
The insulating foam does a good job retaining the heat produced by the printer and I've printed up to 65 deg C with this setup although I start to worry about the electronics a bit at these temps. Oh also, if you preheat the chamber very much it'll mess with the PINDA (if you're using a Prusa, the bed sensor otherwise), you'll want to be ready to adjust the live Z height adjustm
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