Printing in PETG required a bed at a temperature of 80-100 degrees. While my ultimaker can reach those temperatures you can physically the feel the heat escaping from the bed both through the front and through the top of the ultimaker so I decided to build an enclosure.

First Attempt:

In an effort to make something quickly the first build was entirely constructed of sheet foram and gaffa-tape:

This actually worked really well and the foam should be reasonable insulating but I decided to design something more substantial.

All the files can be found on my thingiverse page

July 5, 2018

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