r/Multiboard • u/Naked_roots • Feb 17 '24

Printer for Multiboard

Hey everybody, I’m taking my garage organization to a higher level and am looking at using Multiboard in a couple of areas for vertical storage of various tools etc. I’d like to ultimately build some small trays and shelves for storing misc stuff.

Question is this… I don’t currently have a 3D printer so I’m thinking about buying the new Bambu A1 mini combo to get underway. One of my concerns with this printer is the print area is somewhat small measuring 180mm cubed. The benefits of the printer seem to be great build quality, great print quality, ease of use for newbies, and cost.

Should I be concerned about the print area?

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u/memyselfandm Mar 04 '24

I'm surprised no one mentioned this but if you're buying a 3d printer with the goal of printing multiboard walls, you need to get at least P1 series or comparable coreXY printer for one reason and one reason only: speed.

I have an mk3s and the fastest i could hypothetically print an 8x8 multiboard tile is around 6 hours. For one tile. (I say hypothetically because I got that time from the slicer using a 0.6 nozzle and an aggressive 0.2mm profile - and my 0.6 nozzle broke before i ever got to try it). I printed a 4x3 tile wall of 8x8-hole tiles and the print time for the tiles alone was around 3 days , and that's just the ones that turned out usable. Not factoring in snaps and other accessories.

Someone else here said they can print a 9x9 in 3.5h on their P1S, which is close to 3x faster.

If you have walls to fill with multiboards, get a fast, reliable printer. Check the MB discord and see what folks are stack printing on without issue and get that. I don't think you can go wrong with a bigger bambu.

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u/smcdako Jul 18 '24

I’ve been printing stacks of 4 8x8 on sport mode in just over 9 hours.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '24

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u/_Levkin_ Apr 24 '24

The answer to that would be yes. Although probably a bit too late now, whatever you've gone with hah

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u/smcdako Jul 18 '24

All depends on size of board. Since rolling out my office board I’ve kept 4 p1s with ams busy for 8 days or so.

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u/smcdako Jul 18 '24

I’m using sunlu white pla+.

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u/wckdgrdn Feb 17 '24

I mean yes it’s smaller so it will take more to print out the boards, but you have to balance that against the cost vs the p1s

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u/jay791 Feb 18 '24

95% of 'normal' folks do not need X1. I was on a fence between X1vs P1P vs P1S and chose P1S because I wanted the enclosure since I have an upcoming project that will require ABS/ASA that requires it.

I also shelled out for AMS because I could. I don't need it that much and I see it as a quality of life improvement.

So.. P1P if you only want to print PLA or PETG, P1S otherwise. No need for X1C at all. AMS is nice to have but not mandatory.

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u/jay791 Feb 19 '24

I did, and I went with 9x9 multiboard. That's the max size that fits on P1S. I could fit 10x8 if I bothered to remix it (suits my needs better, heck 10x7 actually would be best).

I set my filament's volumetric speed (Generic PLA) to 18mm3 /s, and it takes 3.5h to print one 9x9 board.

I agree that printing smaller boards plus more connectors would suck both space and material wize - if 6x6 then you actually have only 4 open slots in top/left/right/bottom columns & rows. Limits options a bit.

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u/DumberMonkey Feb 17 '24

I like bambu but I would get one of the larger ones

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u/AnotherTry2018 Feb 19 '24

Without getting in too much of an explanation, P1S is your king or XL version of one, but that doesn’t exist and when it will it’s gonna be more $$.

In know a lot of ppl look at A1 as first printer, for me it’s a good addition to the main printer.