Portable 3D Printer

Portable FDM Printer

I wanted to have a printer that can be transported easy without being damaged in transport.So I made this printer :-)
The housing is as small as possible while keeping standard print dimensions. This one can print 200x200x380mm. To keep it light, the housing is made from 9mm plywood. It is basically a square box with the printer mounted inside. So you can make your own housing or frame. Of course the housing is an advantage if you want to print ABS. Then I wanted this printer as fast as possible, because there’s not always much time, printing on site :-). Therefore I used a Bowden setup and a very light X and Y car. The vase printed in the picture is printed at 60mm/s in PLA. I want to test this printer with higher speed, but didn’t have time jet. The Red fan ducts on the side of the nozzle are not my own design (RoPa here on Thingiverse : http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1264477).

Because my printers are very often connected to polluted mains (there are w