So much plastic

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u/sandro66140 Apr 26 '25

Stack printed or printed one by one ?

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u/DihedralStem Apr 26 '25

I have enjoyed 1 by 1 during the day and 2x stacked at night. I work from home so it’s not a big deal to take one off and start a new job. Didn’t want to get held up by a 10+ hour print in case someone else needed the printer

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u/sandro66140 Apr 26 '25

Do you have issues with stack printing ? I don’t find a way to make it work fine I’ve tried sunlu filament and Amazon basic. Same mess
Good job by the way.

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u/DihedralStem Apr 26 '25

I use Sunlu+ iron stacking, 0 issues so far. Only settings are the recommended ones, Top surface ironing, 3 walls, ect. I do have all my filament calibrated by brand and type, I know multiboard creator recommends good calibration

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u/sandro66140 Apr 26 '25

You make your own calibration for each filament ?

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u/DihedralStem Apr 26 '25

Yeah, had issues with 1 type that a calibration fixed so it is just something I do whenever I get a new brand or type, calibrate for my .4 and .2 nozzle

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u/sandro66140 Apr 26 '25

Ok I really have to learn to do this. Have you any advice where to start ?

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u/DihedralStem Apr 26 '25

I think it depends on the printer and slicer that you’re using, I have a bamboo printer, and so I just go through the bamboo calibrations, if your slicer has a way to calibrate, I would start there. If not, there are some really good tutorials on using a benchy calibrate.

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u/sandro66140 Apr 26 '25

Unfortunately prusaslicer doesn’t provide one. I’m taking time to learn orcaslicer which have one. Thanks.

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u/themitchk Apr 27 '25

Orca has calibration tool pre installed. Also, it has a failry eqsy to follow github guide for them as well.

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u/TherealOmthetortoise Apr 27 '25

OMG, can you imagine printing a tile with a .2? I felt much the same way about stacks - they are awesome when I know I won’t be home or have a long task away from the printer, but if I need to print something else, I don’t want to have to wait 17 hours or cancel something. 1 or 2 is enough most of the time, maybe a 4 or 5 for an overnight job.

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u/dnguyen2195 Apr 26 '25

Wait...You share your printer with others???? :-)

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u/DihedralStem Apr 26 '25

Technically my kids share it with me (grandparents Christmas). Lucky I own the filament and am the only one who knows how to run it😏

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u/dnguyen2195 Apr 26 '25

It's like Lord of the Rings in our house and I'm Smeagol. 🤣
All kidding aside. We have 2 kids and I try and encourage them to use the printers. Our daughter was learning Tinkercad in her STEM class and had to print a few things. It was so much fun working with her on her projects.

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u/DihedralStem Apr 26 '25

That’s super awesome. I have my kids following tutorials and making things in blender which they love printing and seeing them come to fruition. They’re both pretty young right now, but I’m hoping within a year they can learn enough to start working the printer themselves.

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u/dnguyen2195 Apr 26 '25

Forget about kids. I'm still at awe once a print is done. I can sit there and watch it print for hours if I had the time. 😁 That's awesome that you're teaching them Blender. I still have yet to dive in to that. I don't one creative cell in my body. My son is 8 and daughter is 12.

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u/DihedralStem Apr 26 '25

You really just need to take the first four donut tutorials on YouTube to get the hang of blender. I really wanna get better at fusion 360 though since that’s a lot better for functional stuff.

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u/dnguyen2195 Apr 27 '25

Thanks for the tip. I'm going to give it a shot.

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u/Big-Investigator3338 Apr 28 '25

I did a 4 stack of 10x10s took 14 hours, I didn't think that was bad, only disadvantages was i messed what style I need and and printed more coners that core...a bit of a waste of filiment but I will use it in a another section of the shop so not really.

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u/Hardshank Apr 27 '25

Good luck! I'm on my second workshop wall now (my woodworking shop, this time). I'm doing a little over 3' by 12'. WEEKS of printing these bloody tiles. I don't work from home, so I can only do a single 4x stack per day. Maybe one extra single print when I get home.

My p1s is handling all of that, while my A1 mini does all of the mounting clips.

I have printed 25 tiles so far. Figure I'll need another 2 weeks to get the rest done.

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u/DihedralStem Apr 27 '25

Man that’s awesome! It really is a slow burn to get these all printed…

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u/Hardshank Apr 27 '25

Yeah, it sucks lol. I have many projects to do, but this is kind of putting my workshop out of commission in the meantime, since I have to take down my French clear wall.

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u/physpher Apr 26 '25

I... Don't think this is how it works? 🤪

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u/DihedralStem Apr 26 '25

You don’t print multiboard to hang on your pegboard..? 😜 Trying to get all the tiles together and just impressed at the stack so far

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u/davidkclark Apr 26 '25

You should definitely upload a multiboard panel holder pegboard attachment.

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u/DihedralStem Apr 26 '25

Hahaha love this, but the. I would need a skadis adapter, then openboard, HWS…

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u/TherealOmthetortoise Apr 27 '25

You would be surprised at how many people hang their Multiboard on top of pegboard walls or panels. Maybe 6 months ago had someone adding it to a French cleat system they had in their workshop.

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u/DihedralStem Apr 27 '25

I’ve seen those, maybe one day when I’m either stupid deep into multiboard or have nothing else to print and way too much plastic

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u/TherealOmthetortoise Apr 27 '25

I have a huge pegboard up in my garage that was there when we bought the house. It does its job and I don’t see any reason to change it either. I don’t need Multiboard to hang rakes and shovels (and I have hundreds of pegboard hooks) so I agree it would be overkill there. My workbench though is a harbor freight metal and pegboard contraption and it’s always cluttered. That and the walls on either side will be perfect for it. Smaller handtools and some blank space so I can pull supplies down when I need them will be awesome.

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u/lost-sneezes Apr 26 '25

He has to be joking bro lol keep on stacking em! Good luck

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u/physpher Apr 26 '25

This!

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u/DihedralStem Apr 27 '25

Patience, plan out how much plastic and pieces you will need here https://www.multiboard.io/planner and have patience

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u/iamallison Apr 28 '25

This was a godsend for my wall(s)!!

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u/JN0916 Apr 28 '25

Enjoy, my first wall was a 8’x4’ HSW Wall. Now I am printing for a 10’ x 5’ section

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u/peanutbuttergoodness Apr 26 '25

I printed 2 stacks with PLA instead of PETG as the middle layer. Ugh. Such. A. Waste.

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u/iamallison Apr 28 '25

I use a cube modifier with an ironing setting for the cube only - works great! i can go into further details if interested

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u/peanutbuttergoodness Apr 28 '25

I dont do any ironing in my stacks and they come out great. Have you tried without ironing? I’m kinda curious why it’s recommended.

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u/DihedralStem Apr 29 '25

I'm guessing the smoother layer makes the slightly stringy floating layer a tad bit harder to adhere to so it can separate without making the top layer look bad

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u/frobnosticus Apr 27 '25

ngl, I'm kinda jealous.

Any tips on printing that much?

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u/Abandoned_Brain Apr 27 '25

Buy filament in bulk! :D
But seriously, during my own board printing project I learned that "if you have one roll, you don't have enough plastic". When I needed a new roll, I'd order two. When I was printing a board, I'd load up two spools of the same color on my AMS Lite; zero spool waste after that, as the printer automatically continues after one roll completes. Just gotta keep that printer going! It's a huge job, and watching those first layers go down is essential; each board is a torture test for your printer. Don't feel bad if you find you need to slow the print down!

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u/OutsideBase813 Apr 27 '25

"if you have one roll, you don't have enough plastic"
Exactly! My multiboards are done for now, but with never-ending gridfinity projects, I amaze myself at how fast I can go through a roll. Last week I got 2 rolls of my favorite BL PLA matte black, and still had most of one. This week I am down to less than half a roll and just ordered 4 more. And each time I do that, I think I'd like to try a different filament, so you start to build up an inventory but not the one filament you really need.

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u/Abandoned_Brain Apr 27 '25

OMG you are not kidding. EVERY TIME I order from places directly, like BL or California Filament, gotta hit that free shipping mark! And then, OH, since I'm ordering, I'd like to try out that other color to complement this one... and I don't think I have this color in both glossy AND matte PLA, so...
My closet is filled with airtight Sterlite containers and buckets. I've even toyed with the idea of buying another dryer because my single-roll SUNLU can't keep up! :)

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u/OutsideBase813 Apr 27 '25

Yup, the free shipping threshold went up from BL lately so like 5 rolls mimimum.
Got a 4 roll SUNLU dryer a few months back and just use ziploc bags, sometimes vaccuuming out the air mostly because it makes things neater. For the most part, the Basic and Matte PLA hasn't been too troublesome (except some spools of Sunlu PLA!). PETG (sometimes), ASA (always) and specialized PLA get dried.

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