Creality CR-10 S5 Enclosure Build (Part 3)

Creality CR-10 S5 Enclosure Build (Part 3)

Skills we'll be using:

-3D Design (Advanced)

-Carpentry (Beginner/Intermediate)

Nearly done now. One more part after this to get it all set up.

With the lid attached, it's finally time to remove the blue cling film from the plexiglass.

It's so large that I, a 6'0", 200lbs man can fit physically inside of it with the lid closed (which I had to do, in order to mend some of the Reflectex around the window after gracefully striking it with my knee in self-defense). The lid, if I had to estimate, has a lifting force requirement of around 80lbs. It can be somewhat uncomfortably opened with one arm. Due to this weight, I have no worries now about the liftgate struts working as intended. I will also likely have to sit inside of the enclosure to install the liftgate struts.

Although I knew this would be a side-effect of the design, in which all corners of the enclosure were sealed, I did not expect the enclosure to be as airtight. Sitting inside of it with the lid on is, in a word, suffocating. The pressure on your ear drums is maddening.

With the enclosure all done, it's time to put the printer in its new home.

Thanks for following along with this journey, thanks to Creality for retweeting my build on Twitter, and thanks to Enotepad for sending me a free spool of filament!

-Craig