I am working on making my own enclosure for a few reasons besides cost of the Snapmaker enclosure. But I am most curious about placement of the power/control distribution strip on the z uprights. I would like to move this outside of my enclosure.
Has anyone else done this? Are there particular reasons for or against this move? Are the cables long enough?
I considered this as well, but decided against it. The cables were not long enough to read where would have mounted it on the outside of the enclosure. The real problem is the toolhead cable, which moves. You could feasibly put the contoller on top of the enclosure, with a slot (as for filament) allowing that cable to move freely.
Some people on FB have just sliced the cables in half and extended them without issue.
Wasn’t worth the trouble or taking the chance for me.
-S