My modification of the Creality Ender 5 continues! The aim is to enclose it and heat the build chamber and be able to print high temp engineering plastics that usually warp and delaminate.

In this video, I design and fit a custom handle, construct a removable lid with 2020 extrusion, acrylic and printed parts, and fit a chamber heater. Everything is shown step by step with instructions on configuring Marlin firmware. Printed parts are below.

There will be a follow up video showing the final versions in action printing Nylon, Polycarbonate and ABS.

Some notes:
- With the lid the chamber hits just over 40 deg C without the chamber heater on.
- The chamber heater only adds a couple of degrees.
- You need a high power heater to be able to heat the chamber up to a useful temperature.
- The heater I put together is under powered, but still adds load to the mainboard MOSFET and PSU. It is better to remove some of that load.
- I have mans powered bed on the way. This means I can free up the PSU and heated bed MOSFET for a more powerful chamber heater.
- I could alternative run another solid state relay to switch on and off a mains powered heater based on a hair dryer or heat gun. This will be efficient but adds safety risks.
- At higher tempos I will need to insulate parts of the enclosure, such as the PLA printed electronics case.
- My torture test is very difficult for ABS. Pointy edges but a tall and bulky middle section is very prone to shrinking and curling up.

My thing with printed parts and cutting list: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:386...
Part 1 of this series:    • Enclosed Ender 5 for high temp filame...  
Part 2 of this series:    • Ender 5 SKR V1.3 & MKS Gen L guide + ...  
Marlin M141 reference: http://marlinfw.org/docs/gcode/M141.html
Peopoly heater (great for resin but not recommended for this application): https://peopoly.net/products/peopoly-...
Filament temperature reference page: https://all3dp.com/2/the-best-printin...

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Creality: https://bit.ly/2VwMAfy

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