Designing enclosure for Mini 3D

[HandsomeGoy]

This is a pretty harsh response by admin. Asking as a prospective customer who sees a gap in the offering. it leads to these questions:

Why is this solution junk?

Will Lulz offer a non junk solution?

I agree, that was a pretty harsh response by admin and I would like to know why the custom enclosure is considered junk by the admin.

[markevans36301]

This is a pretty harsh response by admin. Asking as a prospective customer who sees a gap in the offering. it leads to these questions:

Why is this solution junk?

Will Lulz offer a non junk solution?

I agree, that was a pretty harsh response by admin and I would like to know why the custom enclosure is considered junk by the admin.

Not to pile on but yeah, why not stick to any actual or perceived copyright or trademark infringement instead of bashing the product?
You have done far more to damage your reputation with this than anything else I’ve seen to date.

[MatthewTavares]

Before they were selling the design with the LulzBot name:

This is super cool! Thanks for sharing!

After they were selling the design with the LulzBot name:

I realize you want to use our free software, open source hardware reputation, the goodwill we’ve built up by delivering quality products with excellent customer support, but you can’t just do that. You can’t put OUR name on your proprietary junk.

In context, I think that if the seller had not used the Lulzbot name, Aleph Objects would have been perfectly happy with him selling his kit. What made it junk was falsely using the LulzBot brand.

That all being said, I would love to see some clarification from Lulzbot on how 3rd party accessories to it’s products could be sold by others in the future and everything be kosher.

[Andre_B]

The way I see it from the info available, Jim R. simply filled in the brand thinking it was referring to the printer for which the enclosure was designed to be used. The only thing I would fault him for would be not proofreading and having someone else proofread the text well enough before making it public.

The only thing I can think of that would justify Jeff’s post would be if he first contacted Jim and politely asked him to fix the problem and Jim then refused, (a phone call (best) or registered letter would work an email or text would not, no way to know for sure if it got delivered). He gave no indication that such contact had occurred but looking at the post dates there was time.
At this point I can only hope Jeff was just having a bad day. Whatever went down is a private matter and probably best to just drop it at this point.


Andre B.

[John_Mc]

I can understand Jeff being upset that the listing incorrectly gave the impression that the enclosure was a Lulzbot product. However, an enclosure does seem like a useful idea, both for print quality and for noise (though I admit I am a complete amateur, so maybe I’m missing some downside here?)

I would hope that Jeff and Jim can kiss and make up and arrive at some sort of understanding that would let this enclosure be available again.

[tr3topflyer]

Hi All,

First I’d like to extend a huge thank you from all the members at Sector67 (in Madison,WI) for the for the wonderful donation of a Lulzbot Mini printer to our Hacker space. The printer is awesome and a great addition to our tools.

Next, I’d like to share some photos of the enclosure we’ve design for the Mini.
please see attachments.

The front and back inserts have bump outs to provide clearance for the Y travel, while minimizing the visual impact of the enclosure. The left side is a fairly straight-forward insert, but the right side panel did require a modification to the spool holder arm. Basically, we change the hinged arm to a simple insert, with a 3d printed bracket. Uses the same holes on the frame, and allow the arm to be removed and inserted. Also, this clears the frame outline for an easy panel to enclose that side. I’ve put the 3d printed parts up on Thingiverse, for the hinges, door latch, and the side panels.

So far the results using this enclosure have been great. Yet to be discovered is if it causes any heat build-up issues.

If anyone is interested or has questions, let me know. I’ll be putting up a top cover (likely fabric and Velcro) soon.

Blue Skies,
Jim Rasmussen
TabSynth Design Works

So has anyone gotten this enclosure and if so how well did you find it works?

[eteson]

I have had it intalled for about 4-5 months or so… I have been printing about 5-6h/day almost everyday. The enclosure works fine with ABS, the temperature inside is more constant that wthout it.
I had to pud some duct tape to avoid annoying vibrations and some cracks are developing on it but I am very pleased I would buy it again.
I got the old version without upper lid, I think that the new version would be even better.

[1013]

I can understand Jeff being upset that the listing incorrectly gave the impression that the enclosure was a Lulzbot product. However, an enclosure does seem like a useful idea, both for print quality and for noise (though I admit I am a complete amateur, so maybe I’m missing some downside here?)

I would hope that Jeff and Jim can kiss and make up and arrive at some sort of understanding that would let this enclosure be available again.

The reason for the harsh response may be because there are some possible patent issues if lulzbot sells an enclosure…I believe the “heated enclosure” is covered by a stratasys patent and if lulzbot was named as the seller, it could be bad for them. (an accessory sold by another company may not be as bad. but I am no lawyer)

but I am just speculating about the reason.