Figured I would pop in over here and share the almost complete build of my enclosure for my 5 pro. Hopefully this can spark some ideas and inspiration for anyone else looking to build an enclosure for their machine. I still have some more work to do in regards to managing the electronics and fabricating a bin for chip collection, but it is now in a state where the machine is usable.
The base of the enclosure is made from 2x2 steel tubes. It is fitted with a aluminum chip collection funnel. The machine is sitting on a bed of 1x1 tubes. The enclosure at the top is an Open Builds 1010 that I modified to fit my dimensions. The walls are HDPE sheeting and the windows are polycarbonate.
As for the machine and electronics side. I am running a home brewed 220v 2.2kw spindle with chiller. I found these touchscreen monitors to be exactly what I wanted vs a Pi or surface type computer. I am running a cheap Lenovo think station with gSender as my controller software.
Overall the enclosure and base took me around 5 weeks to design and fabricate. Still have a bit more to go, but the machine is finally usable.
Hopefully this inspires some more awesome enclosure builds.
