long road.finally machine set up and dust box made

I would love to see a photo of your dust box. I was contemplating buying the Enclosure from Stepcraft, but $1199 is a lot for a case, no matter how well built.... well, at least for me.

Cheers,

Barrett

maybe not the right topic but I was reading this and will share my solution.

I made a enclosure for my S420m from MDF.

Sorry I can't get the pictures in the correct position :unsure:

This is working fine and the best feature is the noise reduction in my hobby attic 🙂

That is BEAUTIFUL! Where did you get those glass doors? I was trying to source doors like that, and I could not find them.

If you don't mind, could you send some more photos? I really like your design! Too bad you didn't have a plan, you could sell this!

Ok
I will post the plans for the enclosure, but you have to wait until I have made the drawings.
I draw this SolidWorks but didn't finish the drawings for myself.
If I am complete these will be posted in the appropriate section of this forum.

The doors are made from acrylic or perspex and are 2mm thick, ordered on the internet.

Herr are the plans for the S 420 enclosure.

The electrical schematic and components are left out, they only comply with NL parts.
But that is very easy to adapt for US and UK users.

If you have any question, feel free to ask them.

Have fun building.

That enclosure looks amazing. I spent much less time/money on mine, and am quite happy with it (although a bit less so, having seen that 😉
As a much cheaper option, I used some polycarbonate sheet leftovers and white duct tape that I had hanging around to make a box to go over my machine.

Polycarbonate sheets: http://www.greenwallsolutions.com/multiwall-sheets/polygal-standard-sheets/
My enclosure dimensions for my stepcraft II 600 machine were: 78cm deep, 62cm wide, 58cm tall.

The front of the box hinges at the top (again, made with duct tape), and I have a flap of duct tape on the side that I can use to 'lock' it shut, largely sealing the enclosure. I cut out a hole for the emergency stop button to protrude. With the vacuum running, I don't have any dust that escapes.

I cut out a circle for tools/hoses to be passed in & out, and made a polycarbonate ring/plug that goes around the hoses and to block off the hole. This allows the laser / mill to be swapped out easily while maintaining the integrity of the enclosure.

You can see on the left side the switchbox I made for the various touch sensors/switches, which I'm quite happy with (after being frustrated by the apparent lack of foresight from stepcraft in their varying switch designs). It's a 3-way switch. Bottom has just the tool length sensor connected, middle has nothing connected (allowing the laser length sensor to work, disabling the normally closed circuit of the tool length sensor), and the top position connects an 1/8" jack, into which the 3d probe (or a simple aligator-clip style touch sensor for copper PCB profile adjustment).