Comment on If you're on the fence about building or buying a 3d printer enclosure, please let me give you a push.

cazssiew@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• felbane@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  • When you’re trying to make it level and hit the studs with your fasteners, it’s much easier with a stick than a whole cabinet carcass.
  • Cleats make the cabinet easy to install and remove.
  • French cleats have a substantial amount of bearing surface and are extremely stable as a result, even without additional fasteners.
    • That said, for a cabinet I would probably still drive a screw from the inside through the back panel into the cleat to eliminate any chance of a strong bump from underneath knocking the cabinet off the cleat. You know, like when you drop that last m4 nut on the desk and it bounces into the corner and you have to reach over your project and soldering iron and cup of coffee to retrieve it and then stand up too quickly in triumph and bang your head off the underside of the cabinet…

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  • Marafon@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Nailed it! I had every intention of screwing the carcass directly to the cleat but the enclosure made of one and a half sheets of 3/4 ply so it was very heavy and didn’t budge even before I added the paver and the printer so I just never ended up doing it. 🤷‍♂️

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• The_Hideous_Orgalorg@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Probably just easy to mount and a solid interface to prevent the enclosure from moving while the printer does it’s thing.

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• Marafon@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  As the others have pointed out, the biggest reason is ease of installation. I hung this by myself and I’m not sure how you would do it solo using another method.

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