Adding Ventilation to a 3D Printer Enclosure

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Short Rest Studios

Short Rest Studios

Күн бұрын

Safety is important in 3D printing. Here's an easy, budget-friendly way to add a ventilation fan and hose to an existing 3D printer enclosure.
My printer: Ender 3 S1 Pro - amzn.to/44HB8Cg
Materials used (Amazon affiliate links):
Comgrow 3D Printer Warm Enclosure - amzn.to/3tSVnzJ
Spectre Air Duct Mounting Plate - amzn.to/3SgUESr
Hon&Guan 16 ft. Vent Hose - amzn.to/3vK7krZ
Wathai Brushless Cooling Fan - amzn.to/3Shkhm8
Leviton Appliance Switch - www.homedepot.com/p/Leviton-3...
Everbilt 8 ft. Vent Hose - www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-...
3 in. Hose Clamps (4 pack) - amzn.to/3SijAc5
Hook & Loop tape (aka velcro) - amzn.to/3O0y2mA
Y adapter STL: www.thingiverse.com/thing:566...
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@Pics2FlicksDennis
@Pics2FlicksDennis 7 ай бұрын
Good video. A few thoughts from a guy who spent 10 years in the air cleaning business. Without a diverter or damper closing off the duct to the Ender, a good deal of your exhaust air flow from the resin printer is going to go into the Ender enclosure, and not outside. Also, that little fan is underpowered. I would switch to something like a variable speed greenhouse fan. For those of us in colder climates, there will also be significant heat loss from the hole in the enclosures. Something else that exhaust systems like this can add is a way for a fire inside the enclosure to propagate. I give you props for using heat/fire resistant flexible ducts, but your 2 to 1 splitter combiner is plastic, as are your fan, flange, etc.. This can provide a path for a small, contained fire in the enclosure to spread beyond the enclosure. In an industrial setting, you’d add a fire damper on the outlet from the enclosure, and but they’re not cheap ($150 or so), and employ a metal fan and fittings. Barring that, I’d look into mounting an automatic fire extinguisher above your printer (especially the FDM printer) to knock down any fire before it can spread. Thanks for sharing your build.
@shortreststudios
@shortreststudios 7 ай бұрын
Thanks for those tips! I’ve actually made quite a few changes to this setup since I made this video. (The main one being I have 5 printers now.) I experienced exactly what you mentioned with the airflow from the resin printer. I basically ran the fan in the S1 enclosure anytime I ran the resin printer. But now I’ve changed out some of my fans to duct fans, and I’ve got the resin printer’s exhaust isolated. Hoping to do a video on the new setup soon.
@groob1
@groob1 7 ай бұрын
This was so helpful thank you!!
@cartermclaughlin2908
@cartermclaughlin2908 20 күн бұрын
Any thoughts on where to place the vent on your enclosure? I have a delta printer so it's tall & skinny so I'm guessing there will be a significant temperature variation from the top & bottom. My main goal is to trap heat, so I don't want to suck out all the hot air from the top. But I don't want to create a draft at the print surface either. Of course, I'm guessing the toxins are going to be going up too so maybe I just want to get cancer in the name of producing high quality plastic so I can make friends and impress the ladies! I have a corner bookshelf from IKEA I'm moving my printer into and I recently salvaged a duct & window vent from an AC I found on the street. (Non-sequitur: If you don't live downtown, I highly recommend the occasional exploration of DT streets before garbage day - especially when the weather changes). My tentative plan is to drill a bunch of holes into the floor of the enclosure and seal up the shelf below with the window vent. I saw a couple of videos about stabilizing your printer with a cement tile underneath so if the basic set up works I may make a new cement shelf to fit in the book shelf and integrate the ventilation. Given the thermal retention of cement, I'm wondering if I can get additional utility from this... maybe imbed some PVC for a small solar heater?
@aberodriguez4149
@aberodriguez4149 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing and nice job. 👍
@carmillachoate
@carmillachoate Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad I stumbled across this channel when looking up Dungeon in a Box. It blows my mind that y'all have less than 100 subs
@shortreststudios
@shortreststudios Жыл бұрын
Glad you found us too! Thanks for watching and commenting!
@marwillisx
@marwillisx Жыл бұрын
Excellent video! You might want to put a fan at the exaust end of the hose after the Y to make sure all of the air is moving in the correct direction.
@shortreststudios
@shortreststudios Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I’ve run across that already. I was considering creating a new Y with a valve or door to direct the flow. Right now I have to actually run the fans in both enclosures anytime I’m using the resin printer.
@zk_6312
@zk_6312 Жыл бұрын
If you use it with your Ender 3 you might want to add an input fan as well or don't use it with PLA. I found out the hard way after my Microswiss hotend clogged twice so I only use PETG now. I wii at some point add some fans to my enclosure so that I can print PLA again.
@shortreststudios
@shortreststudios Жыл бұрын
@@zk_6312 I typically don't close the enclosure. Especially now when the weather is really hot. The enclosure is mainly to keep dust off it when not in use. When it's in use, I open the front put a fan in front of it and use the vent fan. But you're right, ideally, I need to install a second fan to pull air in. Then I can keep the enclosure closed.
@SnurkusDurkus
@SnurkusDurkus Жыл бұрын
This is actually a very good idea for those who don't have a hefty enclosure. That being said, do you leave the fan on during printing? Or do you turn it on after a prints done.
@shortreststudios
@shortreststudios Жыл бұрын
Usually I’ll turn it on after to vent before I open the enclosure. I’m concerned about temperature control if I run it during. But I plan to do some test prints soon with the fan running during print.
@DemonOfFury
@DemonOfFury Жыл бұрын
That little fan isn’t going to move anything through 16ft of hose fair warning
@shortreststudios
@shortreststudios Жыл бұрын
It’s a pretty powerful little fan. Works just fine.
@Valketa
@Valketa 11 ай бұрын
He might be referring to the resistance of pushing air through the hose. Resistance would be length x hose diameter. To overcome that you would need to make sure the fan is powerful enough or you will be getting a lot of turbulance and backfeeding. Think of air like you would a liquid. That exhaust hose isn’t empty, you must push everything ( ie air) in it out in order to exhaust the air in the enclosure through the exhaust hose.
@cartermclaughlin2908
@cartermclaughlin2908 20 күн бұрын
@@Valketa Temperature and orientation seem very relevant... I've never had a powered chimny but they seem to suck the smoke out of my house.
@arc5015
@arc5015 7 ай бұрын
This is amazing this is exactly what I'm trying to do to modify a similar fabric + foil inside enclosure that didn't come with a vent hole. Trying to eject nasty particulates/vocs and maybe even keep the enclosure at a steady atmosphere. Was thinking of only turning the fan on after a print to try and eject the bad air etc. before opening the front and getting a face full of microplastics 😂. I also had comments about this that having an exhaust fan can cause/help fire if one breaks out in an enclosure - have you found this to be a worry?
@shortreststudios
@shortreststudios 7 ай бұрын
I haven’t had any fire issues, thankfully. However, yes it can be an issue, especially with plastic fans. You can put a fire damper on, but that can be expensive. You could probably also put an automatic fire extinguisher in the enclosure - like the ones they make to put under the hood of your car.
@davidthompson9359
@davidthompson9359 5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the great video and sharing your diy project. Ventilation is important and needed, but I have a question about it. An enclosure is used to isolate fumes and prevent drafts from affecting the print. So the question begs to be asked, if you create ventilation aren't you creating a draft that the enclosure was intended to prevent?
@shortreststudios
@shortreststudios 5 ай бұрын
I’ve never had a draft be an issue. I feel like the “draft” would have to be classified more as “wind.” This system has never caused an issue with my prints. And actually, what it does really help with is maintaining temperature. I have to keep my printers in the garage, and it can get very hot and very cold out there. The enclosure seals in heat in the winter, and the fan helps move some out in the summer. (Prior, I had heat creep issues which were solved by circulating air through.)
@markel661
@markel661 16 күн бұрын
Do you know if it it's a decent idea to have the saturn 4 ultra on my bedroom if I use a fume extractor like yours + I have the printer inside a still air glove box?. I would like the toxicity to be close to 0% as I would be spending a lot of time in the bedroom My idea is to have everything on the Glove Box (Printer + cure/wash station + Tools)
@shortreststudios
@shortreststudios 16 күн бұрын
I mean, it might be ok as long as you have it inside something completely air tight and the fumes are vented outside to disperse. I would personally not keep it in my bedroom because something could always happen.
@samleslie8457
@samleslie8457 6 ай бұрын
Is there a filtered intake fan to maintain positive pressure? Otherwise you will get dust being pulled in through cracks and small gaps.
@shortreststudios
@shortreststudios 6 ай бұрын
That was really never an issue. Small amounts of dust never caused any problems.
@samleslie8457
@samleslie8457 6 ай бұрын
@@shortreststudiosthat’s good to hear.
@Cereal_Killr
@Cereal_Killr Жыл бұрын
I have a print enclosure. I wanna add venting to control the temp inside but not to vent fumes. I'm not worried bout fumes in my case but the temp is getting too warm. Am I just overthinking it? Should I just leave enclosure opened up[ lol?
@shortreststudios
@shortreststudios Жыл бұрын
A lot of times, I do just leave the enclosure open. I mainly got it to keep dust and debris off the printer, since I have to keep it in my garage. If you need to keep it closed during printing, try the fan install. It certainly won’t hit anything, and it will help if you do ever need to be concerned about fumes.
@mordehainaor
@mordehainaor Ай бұрын
can you please share the stl\ obj of the duct you printed?
@shortreststudios
@shortreststudios Ай бұрын
www.thingiverse.com/thing:5668530
@richardmiklos
@richardmiklos 6 ай бұрын
Could you please measure the hole on the side of the tent where you put in the fan? I'm wondering if a 120mm fan would fit the hole or it would be too big.
@shortreststudios
@shortreststudios 6 ай бұрын
The hole is around 4”.
@richardmiklos
@richardmiklos 6 ай бұрын
@@shortreststudios Thank you so much.
@canadianguitar-garrettont7368
@canadianguitar-garrettont7368 Жыл бұрын
How would something like this don in Ontario Canadain wninters in a house garage?
@shortreststudios
@shortreststudios Жыл бұрын
Oh man, unless you heat your garage, you’re not gonna be 3d printing out there. But if you had a way to regulate the temperature in the space it could be done.
@ritesha8050
@ritesha8050 2 ай бұрын
hello, what is the temp inside the enclosure after adding the fan
@shortreststudios
@shortreststudios 2 ай бұрын
Honestly I don’t remember. That was about a year ago, and I’ve completely changed my setup since then. I never printed with the enclosure closed. (It was primarily to keep sawdust etc. off the printer when I wasn’t using it.) I do know that if the outside temp got too high I’d have to make sure to move air into and out of the enclosure to avoid heat creep.
@annekabrimhall1059
@annekabrimhall1059 7 ай бұрын
Thanks for showing us, but all that drilling might be too complicated for me
@canadianguitar-garrettont7368
@canadianguitar-garrettont7368 Жыл бұрын
neiboughs dudes got a grow op lol
@Rohnon
@Rohnon 8 ай бұрын
Video starts here 2:45
@shortreststudios
@shortreststudios 8 ай бұрын
Well sometimes you get better at making videos.
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