Add a enclosure to your Maker Select v2 3D Printer

The Monoprice Maker Select V2, a rebranded Wanhao Duplicator i3, is an excellent 3D printer for the price. With the right settings and a few mods it will produce some extremely nice prints with PLA and on par with the more expensive and advanced printers out there on the market. But as every amateur printer comes to find out, upgrading from PLA to the trophy ABS requires a little bit more preparation. Printing ABS calls for two things: a heated bed, and a enclosure to trap heat and prevent uneven cooling. I’m going to show you how I made my enclosure and the parts I ended up buying to do it.

Note: This will not work for the Monoprice Maker Select Plus model. The table used for this setup only gives a half-inch gap from the top of the printer. Anything taller will not fit!

My setup. Three tables gets you about chest high.
My setup. Three tables gets you about chest high.

Main parts:

Control box with temperature gauge.
Control box with temperature gauge.

Other things I ended up getting:

You’ll need to print this:

  • Control Box Hanger Bracket by GORILLA_PARTS – The control box cables are pretty short, so that means the only realistic place to mount it is under the middle table. I used some thick wire bands to hold up the control box, but I highly recommend printing 2-3 of these to secure yours.

 

A power strip with a on/off switch becomes the master switch.
A power strip with a on/off switch becomes the master switch.
The wiring inside my enclosure. The black wire is the probe for the temperature sensor and the white wires are for the LEDs, connecting to the power strip.
The wiring inside my enclosure. The black wire is the probe for the temperature sensor and the white wires are for the LEDs, connecting to the power strip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These items should give you a great head start on your own enclosure project! Here’s some more custom enclosures that I’ve come across: