Ultimate 3D printer rack with built-in enclosures — part 2 build video

Ultimate 3D Printer Rack, Part 2 — Frame, Drawer & Magnetic Doors (Build Video)

What this build is

A multi-printer rack where every machine gets its own enclosure, plus a supplies drawer and a fume exhaust — designed so you can work at a desk beside your printers without breathing what they put out. The frame is aluminum extrusion; the doors, hinges and clips are 3D-printed parts modelled from scratch for this structure.

What Part 2 covers

  • Assembling the main 2020/3030 extrusion frame with blind joints — no external brackets
  • Mounting the drawer slides and building the supplies drawer
  • Fitting the 3D-printed magnetic hinges and clips that hold the acrylic doors closed
  • Preparing the chambers for the enclosure panels in Part 3

Continue with Part 3 — enclosures and exhaust.

Key details

  • Frame: 2020 and 3030 series aluminum extrusion
  • Size (V2): 1060 × 726 × 1797 mm · 1,056 parts in the model

Build it yourself

3D Printer Rack V2 plans (Download) →

The door hardware shown here is also available on its own: Magnetic Door System (Download) — hinges, clips, and the correct bolts and nuts for 3030 extrusion.

Jigs used in this build

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