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3DUpFitters FT-5 Enclosure Kit Installation Manual

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FT-5 Enclosure Kit
Installation Manual 1.2


Copyright 2018 3DUpfitters
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  • Page 1 FT-5 Enclosure Kit Installation Manual 1.2 
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  • Page 2: Before You Start

    You Really Do Want to Read the Directions Hey, we get it. You just got your new enclosure kit and want to start using it as fast as possible. How hard can inserting a few plastic or wood panels possibly be? Its not really that hard, assuming you’re following the directions, but try to use brute force and you’ll end up working your way through your vocabulary of swear words.
  • Page 3 Adjust The Brace Beam Location
 For the panels to fit correctly, the distance between the inner edges of the top horizontal beams and the brace beams must be the stock 170mm as in the FT-5’s installation manual. Before starting to install the kit, please loosen and adjust the location of the brace beams.
  • Page 4 Front Door Panels The front panels are made from thicker 1/4" acrylic to provide more structural rigidity for the doors. Do not try to bend the 1/4” acrylic! 1. Loosen the Left Front Corner Braces Loosen t-nuts on the left vertical 20x20 corner braces (as shown in the picture) to create enough room to insert the front panels.
  • Page 5 that the vertical height of the acrylic has been carefully measured to fit the factory specification. If there doesn’t appear to be enough vertical room for either the upper or lower front door acrylic you may need to adjust the height of the horizontal 20x20 braces as described in the Before You Start section.
  • Page 6 Locate the two magnet latches, one for each door, and attach them to the latch mounts. Make sure the magnet part of the latch is on the same side of the mount as the 3DUpfitters logo. Note that the colors of the magnet latches may vary between production runs.
  • Page 7 Attach the door knobs using M5 10mm screws. Once the latch plates and latches are attached, you can then close the doors and tighten the screws on the hinges from Step #4 so that the doors open and close freely. Copyright 2018 3DUpfitters...
  • Page 8 Left Side Panels The installation of the left side panels is possible because the left side aluminum braces have already been loosened. Other braces may need to loosened, though, in order to insert both the upper and lower left side panels. 1.
  • Page 9 Bottom of Side Panels 2. Left Side Top Panel The enclosure was designed to feed filament from the left side for the best access to the extruder. You can also customize it yourself to feed from the top or right. Note the cutout on the bottom left, which is designed to fit the R1 design.
  • Page 10 Cut two 1” pieces of rubber trim, and then insert them in the slots of 20x20 aluminum bars using a flat-head screwdriver. The acrylic panel can then be inserted inside the rubber trim which is inside the slots. Typically you’d want to do this on the horizontal 20x20 beams, although theoretically it would work just as well using the vertical beams.

  • Page 11: Rear Panels

    Rear Panels 1. Loosen the Right Rear Corner Braces Following the same procedure as with the front, loosen the t-nuts on the braces securing the right-rear corner braces. This will give access to insert both the rear and right-side panels. FT-5 Back View 2.
  • Page 12 If you did want to use the optional fan/filter combination, the fan fits next to the acrylic on the outside, and the filter goes on top of that. Attach using the provided M4 28mm cap screws. 3. Bottom Rear Panel The bottom rear panel is distinguishable by the cutouts at the top on the left and right.

  • Page 13: Top Panel

    Right Side Panels 1. Right Top Panel The right side top panel is similar to the one on the left, but without a filament slot, and adding a cutout for the Y end-stop. Remember to install the rubber trim to avoid rattling.

  • Page 14: Finishing The Installation

    Finishing The Installation
 It may be tempting to try and make the installation air-tight, but that is not needed to keep a constant temperature high enough for filaments such as ABS. The constant heat from the bed heater will be more than enough to keep the inside of the enclosure at the right temperature.
  • Page 15 Next, re-insert the screws to mount the extruder-side mounting as shown. The screw holes are designed to be loose so that you can adjust the brass fitting until it fits exactly over the filament feed position. The next step is to attach the external PTFE mount. Its designed to go on the left side because of the way the FT-5’s carriage is oriented, but you can also ditch that part and make your own top mounted filament holder.
  • Page 16 The final step is to measure and cut the PTFE tubing. It comes a little long. To measure the correct length insert one end into the external mount. Next, move the extruder head to the remote extreme positions and make sure there’s no pinching or extreme bends. You want it to be as short as possible, but not so short that it causes undo bending of the filament as it travels to the hot end.

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