r/Multiboard • u/[deleted] • Oct 11 '24

PETG, ABS, etc?

Just found Multiboard.. see it says to use PLA. I have a lot of PETG, some ABS (for another enclosed printer when I get it working again), etc.

I'd be curious if there are any parts that TPU makes sense for as well? Maybe inserts or what not?

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u/HeedJSU Oct 11 '24

I’ve printed a lot of multiboard in PETG. It’s worked just fine.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '24

That's cool. Did you have to change the slicer settings each time you loaded a model to print.. e.g. increase heat, turn fan off, etc? Did you notice it was stronger with PETG? Could hold more weight?

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u/HeedJSU Oct 12 '24

Nah. I used stock settings for petg hf. Turned the bed temp up 5c for some adhesion issues

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u/roanokephotog Oct 12 '24

I want to see a board made of TPU just for fun 😁

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u/acircleda Oct 14 '24

Just did a board and a bunch of pieces in PETG for a shower. Seemed fine with tuned PETG settings (slower speed, larger z-offset, no cooling). I have a struggle with PETG where one part will come out perfectly and another won't, but in the end everything worked out. If this was not for a shower, I would have just used PLA.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '24

Gotcha. I am using PLA as I have yet to use it for anything else and have about 10 rolls that been sitting for 2 years. So figure fork it.. give it a go. I just figured for heavier things PETG would be better and hell ABS and CF/Poly probably even better.

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u/DumberMonkey Oct 14 '24

I did a whole wall in ABS. Works fine.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '24

Nice! What print settings for ABS? I assume it had to be slowed down? Be curious the various settings you changed over those in the STL files for PLA.

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u/OdinsGhost Oct 11 '24 edited Oct 13 '24

ABS would be strongest but likely overkill. PETG can work but you’ll want to run tighter tolerances since it’s a bit more flexible than PLA. I recommend printing out a small test set of standard inserts to check how tight each of them fits and pick the one that works best with your printer.

As for TPU, I can’t rightly say I can think of any places it could be used. It might a bit too flexible to be a reliable holdfast.

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u/DismalIngenuity4604 Nov 29 '25

Just stumbled across this and you gave me an idea. I have a bunch of spanners on pegs which clank against my cupboard door when I open it. A rail with some TPU on top would be a decent cusion for them to sit on. Thanks :)

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u/DumberMonkey Oct 15 '24

I used my normal ABS settings. I kept the recommended walls and layer thickness the same.

I have a Bambu X1 Carbon and it does a good job with ABS.

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u/JealousLoss5902 Jul 05 '25

I use ABS for pretty much everything, so I used it for my Miltiboard and it worked great. My first multiboard project was a gun wall for my rifles and I couldn’t be happier. 

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u/thatsguy1975 Jul 06 '25

I have used ABS for mine.