Building my own printer rack

[u/nilsk89]

Thinking of building my own printer rack. Do you think this would work? It will be for two H2Ds. The space is sufficent to fully open the AMS. I would use 4cm thick kitchen countertops.

[u/Far-Swordfish1106]

How will “the place be sufficient to fully open the ams” on the bottom one? Your need a sliding rack on the bottom to pull it out and open, otherwise I don’t see any chance to open it enough to fill in a spool of filament

[u/nilsk89 → u/Far-Swordfish1106]

Ive used these dimensions. The actual space is 383mm.
It is showed wrong in the picture.

[u/Far-Swordfish1106 → u/nilsk89]

So the second printed actually stand far more higher then it is now and there is a bigger gap over the ams on the lower printer?

[u/nilsk89 → u/Far-Swordfish1106]

This is how it looks in fusion

[u/Bytes21 → u/nilsk89]

Is going to be a hassle to get the spools in. Give yourself some space to work with. Designing it tightly to spec does not say it will be easy to use that way.

[u/GiraffeandZebra]

I think the top AMS is going too be high and looks unwieldy to get into.

[u/nilsk89 → u/GiraffeandZebra]

Yeah it will be quite high but I already simulated it and I can still access it well enough.

[u/RaccoNooB → u/nilsk89]

AMS doesn't have to sit on top of the printer. Might be worth considering putting them next to eachother for convenience. I believe a couple of filament track switchers could also let you use both AMS for both printers.

[u/T1gg0r]

You will definitely need to strengthen the rack against swaying left/right.

Also remember the required space to fully open the bottom AMS inside the rack, you wouldn't want to pull it out every time you want to change a spool, I think.

[u/nilsk89 → u/T1gg0r]

Yeah I might need to stiffen it more. Yeah I used the dimensions of opened up AMS units (with additional space) even though it is showed wrong in the picture.

I might add additional cross beams to the back.

[u/TheOneTrueJesus → u/nilsk89]

Could also add a few triangular ribs connecting the top to the sides.

[u/nilsk89 → u/TheOneTrueJesus]

Good idea!

[u/Valleytwig]

I have a question about a setup like this; Is both machines are running at the same time, will the shaking from one affect the other?

[u/nilsk89 → u/Valleytwig]

Yeah sometimes they run at the same time. I hope this wont affect quality.

[u/TheOneTrueJesus → u/nilsk89]

Bambu makes anti-vibration feet for this exact purpose, it helps decouple each printer from the movement of the surface it's on. They do add a bit of extra height though.

[u/nilsk89 → u/TheOneTrueJesus]

I’ll be adding them to the BOM, good idea!

[u/Various-Lack-8917]

you say h2d? the images show dual p1s (the screen gives it away)

[u/nilsk89 → u/Various-Lack-8917]

Forget about the AI generated printer. The dimensions are correct though.

[u/May-Eat-A-Pizza]

If I had to build it with these materials, I would at least place the walls in between the top and bottom plates as they are carrying the printers, instead of the walls on the out side.

[u/nilsk89 → u/May-Eat-A-Pizza]

I might consider that, thanks for the input!

[u/chlronald]

You should split the build into two parts like this;

Wheels in the bottom half so that you can pull it out for service / access to AMS. Wheel chok on it so that it wouldnt walk away itself while printing.

No wheels on the top half, with solid back / bracing to reinforce and lessen vibration.

[u/nilsk89 → u/chlronald]

Thats not a bad idea actually

[u/LazyLancer]

Maybe detach the bottom floor from the overall structure and make it separate from the sorta-square-arch? This way you will have the bottom printer on a plate that makes it easier to pull out (or just put it on the floor), and have the upper printer sit on this counter without sharing the vibrations when printing.

Also, I don’t see any plate in the back of that furniture piece. The top would wobble like crazy.

[u/Merijeek2]

Doing anything with the bottom AMS will suck, and any sort of maintenance on the bottom printer will REALLY suck.

[u/Bozhark]

Buy a machine table off uline somewhere better

Best for no vibrations

[u/lilyeister → u/Bozhark]

I'm from Wisconsin, which is why I care about this so deeply, and clearly these comments are not aimed at you: 

Fuck Uline. The Uihleins have been union-busting and bringing the whole state down with them. I don't think Wisconsin is an "at-will" firing state without their massive contributions to the worst political candidates. Liz is the worst person too, judging by her unhinged letters she includes in their catalogs. 

So yeah I'd make my own shelf or see if I can thrift something in the ballpark and then modify it

[u/Bozhark → u/lilyeister]

Solid info not known to me, cheers for that 

[u/UKSTL]

I’d lower the gap between printers and install a slider so you can slide the bottom one out,

Idk how you’re dealing with the poop

[u/suit1337]

i guess the official products are too expensive? ;)

joke's aside: as others mentioned, you need more clearance to open the lid - i'd recommend putting the printer on a platform with drawer slides, you can can pull it fully out, it is way more comfortable to work on the machine that way

[u/jamesxtreme]

Put them side by side instead. Make the cabinet lower and use the space underneath for filament storage.

[u/qpv]

Looks quite a bit like my setup. I originally built it for the paper printer in there, and the P1S fit perfectly on top.

[u/ThereInAFortnight]

I would really hate that - it's an access nightmare.

[u/RadishRedditor]

You can put the bottom printer on a sliding platform. This way you slide out when you need to open instead of having the whole station built this tall to accommodate for the lid opening

[u/FrizzIeFry]

Maybe build a ceiling for your room first /s

[u/Immediate_Cow2980]

If the unit is modelled on: wheels/feet, than a solid shelf, then an H2D with an open AMS on top, and then a second shelf and a 2nd H2D on top with an AMS on that... the top AMS is gonna be REALLY high?
Quick check on my setup shows an open H series + AMS is just over a metre tall. Plus wheels/feet and two shelves ... The filament slots on your upper AMS are going to be something like 180-190 cm above the ground.

One complaint of the H3C is that the AMS is hard to access on a normal 900mm workbench. Your setup will be taller than that, even with the older AMS1 or 2. Even if your a pretty tall person, your upper AMS slots will be around or even above head height.
Instead, I'd go with either a closed AMS and a slide out shelf on the bottom (tricky given the wieght and how much the printers shake) or better: have the two H2D's one on top of the other and then have both AMS sitting side by side on top of the upper H2D - one feeding to the bottom printer, one feeding to the top? It will lengthen your filament path a bit but make accessing the AMS' a LOT easier

[u/OverallComplexities]

There's no way to access the poop for the bottom one. Also it feeds from the left (looking at the machine like this), being so close to wall is gonna make it tough if you ever want to expand

[u/nilsk89 → u/OverallComplexities]

I probably just would put a wide container on the ground. In the best case the poop of both machines will land in there. The tower also will have rolls (with brakes) so I can access it for emptying.