IKEA hack: Portable 3D printer workbench
Posted: February 28th, 2016, 5:51 am
Since the topic came up in another thread, I will use the chance and show off my home made portable 3D printer workbench
The idea is based on an article about IKEA hacking that I read in the German MAKE: magazin. It featured an IKEA hack that converted the BEKVÄM serving cart into a portable workbench.
I used that inspiration to create my own portable 3D printer workbench:
The base is the IKEA BEKVÄM serving cart nearly unmodified. I just did not install the middle wooden grate. Instead I took it apart and used the wood peaces to create the slides for the plastic trays. The plastic trays are IKEA ANTONIUS 25l trays with lids, but I think they are not available anymore.
On the front and the two sides, I fixed 40 cm long IKEA GRUNDTAL rails. One is used as a handle when moving the cart and they can all be used for hanging all kinds of stuff. I have a variety of accessories - also mainly from the GRUNDTAL series in use.
The mounts for the rail in the front had to be shortened a bit and a new hole drilled to keep them out of the way of the trays.
On the backside, I mounted a power extension lead with six sockets. On the left side, I fixed the power supply of my UM2 with the power supply holder created by Labern.
I then drilled a hole trough the top and mounted a lazy susan ball bearing on top with a square piece of wood as turntable. The turntable has the same hole in the middle. This allows me to feed the cable from the power supply to the printer through the middle of the desktop and under the printer to the power socket on the back of the printer. This way the printer can rotate >360° without any issues.
The printer sits on some noise dampening feet printed from FlexPLA that also prevent it from moving on the turntable.
The idea is based on an article about IKEA hacking that I read in the German MAKE: magazin. It featured an IKEA hack that converted the BEKVÄM serving cart into a portable workbench.
I used that inspiration to create my own portable 3D printer workbench:
The base is the IKEA BEKVÄM serving cart nearly unmodified. I just did not install the middle wooden grate. Instead I took it apart and used the wood peaces to create the slides for the plastic trays. The plastic trays are IKEA ANTONIUS 25l trays with lids, but I think they are not available anymore.
On the front and the two sides, I fixed 40 cm long IKEA GRUNDTAL rails. One is used as a handle when moving the cart and they can all be used for hanging all kinds of stuff. I have a variety of accessories - also mainly from the GRUNDTAL series in use.
The mounts for the rail in the front had to be shortened a bit and a new hole drilled to keep them out of the way of the trays.
On the backside, I mounted a power extension lead with six sockets. On the left side, I fixed the power supply of my UM2 with the power supply holder created by Labern.
I then drilled a hole trough the top and mounted a lazy susan ball bearing on top with a square piece of wood as turntable. The turntable has the same hole in the middle. This allows me to feed the cable from the power supply to the printer through the middle of the desktop and under the printer to the power socket on the back of the printer. This way the printer can rotate >360° without any issues.
The printer sits on some noise dampening feet printed from FlexPLA that also prevent it from moving on the turntable.