LACK table elevation for SAMLA boxes
How I enhanced my LACK table, so a SAMLA box can fit in under it
I have placed my 3D printers on an ordinary IKEA LACK table. It is one of the best-selling pieces in IKEA, and it’s very inexpensive. In fact, it has it all; it looks good and is stable, with the ideal dimensions for the Prusa MK3S printer.
But one thing bothered me—the space under the table. I had never been able to use it in a smart way in terms of price performance. And I had nowhere to store the filaments. I decided to solve these two issues cheaply.
The dimensions of the IKEA LACK table are as follows:
This means there are 40 centimetres of space under the table. I decided to use an IKEA SAMLA box in this space with the following dimensions:
So, I want to squeeze a 42-plus-centimetre plastic box with a lid into a space that's barely 40 centimetres long. I suspect the laws of physics won't allow me to do it. Instead, I tried to test the idea of elevating the LACK table.
Each leg of the table is 5 x 5 centimetres. In Fusion 360, I sketched a 51 x 51-millimetre square (1 millimetre on each side to fit) and made a 2-millimetre offset with a 2-millimetre fillet on the sides.
The 2-millimetre offset is intended to serve as a wall for the leg, to prevent it from swaying. I extruded it to 5 millimetres and the rest of the body with another 27 millimetres, so in the end, the cube had dimensions of 55 x 55 x 32 millimetres.
I printed that with a slightly larger infill, about 35%.
I have two IKEA LACK tables, so I printed eight pieces in total. I printed them one by one and checked that the table was levelled with every leg because every IKEA LACK is different.
They held very tight and did not ruin the stability of the table. I elevated the table enough to fit the basic IKEA SAMLA box under it.
I have only filaments in the boxes now. By the way, a recommendation at the end, I have every spool of filament in a 4.5 l / 6 l resealable IKEA ISTAD bag.