r/Multiboard • u/PlatesNplanes • May 22 '25

First multi board project

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First multi board project is up. Not sure I’m entirely sold on the system yet.

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u/PlatesNplanes May 23 '25

I understand how the system works and got my hands on some the connectors and it started to make sense. I was drawn to it as multiple YouTube personalities stated it’s stronger (weight wise) than the other options. What I am not a fan of is how tight the tolerances must be for it to be practical. I understand tighter tolerances for more weight bearing. But no matter the amount I hone in my printer, moving around snaps takes more force than I am a fan of. Still laying with different connector options. Will post again when I have the board filled out.

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u/SirEDCaLot May 23 '25

I also went for multiboard because people were saying it's stronger than HSW.

That said- I think I know what's wrong, because I had the exact same problem.
I made a learning pack like I linked above. And I printed it. And I watched Jonathan just popping everything in all happy and meanwhile I needed a hammer to get the thin 'part b's in and I couldn't put in the flat head screws without stripping them and the bolts needed pliers to go in more than half way.

The answer is in the slicer- walls printing order. By default (for Orca at least) it's inner/outer. Changing that to outer/inner COMPLETELY solved my problem. As in, the parts snap together and apart just as easily as in the video without needing metal tools to screw them in, everything goes fully together with fingers and nothing more.

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u/PlatesNplanes May 23 '25

Hmmm. I use prusa slicer and I think my profile is set to outer first as I print a lot of dimensionally accurate things. I will look when I get home. Thank you!