Perfect fitting Ultimaker 2 cover

A cover for the UM2

Ultimaker2 cover hood

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Description

I wanted to have a cover for my UM2 extended + to have a closed compartment for ABS printing. I made one from 6mm phenolic or "Pertinax" with white outer color which I got cheap from Ebay (20 Euros for all). It is very sturdy and can be milled easily.
It was milled with a 1.5mm mill.

The connection is like the Ultimaker, with Tabs and screws, I adopted the same method. This gives a very stable casing which fits very perfect on the UM2.

On the pictures the Polycarbonate windows are missing, I milled these from 8mm PC.

Update: I added a temperatue controller (Inkbird ITC-2000 ) and made a case for it. The files are here too. It show me the temperature at print head height. If necessary you can add a small fan to it which starts to run if the case interior gets too hot.

Materials and methods

Pertinax 6mm, Polycarbonate windows.
And, you need a cnc mill...

Documents

Temp Case
DXF – 76 kb
Version 2 - Jul 11, 2017
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Ultimaker Case
DWG – 91 kb
Version 1 - Jul 02, 2017
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Comments

Justin Otherguy added this to the Ulti collection over 1 year ago

_mpo_ added this to the Ultimaker 2+ collection over 1 year ago

Subcamera added this to the Ultimaker collection about 2 years ago

jupema added this to the what to print collection about 2 years ago

yee379 added this to the ultimaker collection over 2 years ago

Владимир Слободенюк added this to the Ultimaker 2 Extended + collection almost 3 years ago

worksengineer added this to the ultimaker collection about 3 years ago

Zoran Vila added this to the ZV Ideas & Inspirations collection over 5 years ago

Pixopaxo commented over 5 years ago

I now finished it with 8mm Polycarbonate windows and a front door, so its completely closed now. I started a few ABS prints with 90°C bedtemperature. On print head height there is a constant 50°C now, on the very top of the compartment 60°, but there are no delicate parts there. So no need for a blower or filter, and no warping or cracking of the ABS! It comes out perfect now.