IKEA’s Billy Bookshelf Is A Useful 3D Printing Enclosure

You can improve the results of your 3D printer by using a special enclosure. This is useful when printing materials which are more sensitive than others to thermal disturbances.  IKEA Billy shelves are an elegant way to solve the problem. [wavlew].

Overall, The Billy is an elegant 3D-printing workstation. It’s got a nifty slide-out drawer that makes a perfect mounting point for a 3D printer. You can slide the printer out for maintenance, to use the controls or to remove finished prints. This printer has plenty of storage space for tools, filament and other materials. accoutrements. The printer can be inserted and the door closed when it is time to actually print. The thermal and noise isolation of the printer can be improved further by adding a door seal made from silicone.

We love this concept. Too often, 3D printers are left chugging away on messy desks, where they’re subject to blasts from AC vents and other disruptions. It’s much easier to keep things tidy if everything is neatly tucked into a cabinet. This can also be helpful if you want to pursue fume extraction.

If you’ve identified any other nifty maker applications for IKEA furniture, be sure to let us know!