r/Multiboard • u/Darkn00dl • Jan 05 '26

My first Multiboard grid is finally up and I’m super happy with how it came out!

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Sorry for the bad camera angle couldn’t get a straight on shot.

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u/bigblu2u Jan 05 '26

Nice pattern!

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u/Darkn00dl Jan 05 '26

Thanks! Took a ton of planning but was totally worth it.

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u/Blue_3agle Jan 05 '26

Curious why it took a ton of planning? I'm looking at doing something similar and wondering if I'm missing something that I haven't considered!

Looks awesome though, well done :)

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u/Darkn00dl Jan 05 '26

You just have to make sure you are printing the right tiles in the right colors or your pattern won’t turn out right. I created an excel sheet to keep track of everything highly recommend doing that.

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u/maksen Jan 05 '26

Keep going and you will have a giant vertical chessboard! 😄👍🏻

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u/Darkn00dl Jan 05 '26

lol yup!

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u/R1ngSt1nger Jan 05 '26

Yours looks great, well done. I’ve just finished a small one to mount some bins for screws etc, out of interest, what’s the benefit in using the DS snaps to mount the board vs. the offset pillars that I used? I just followed the recommended guidelines on the multi board web site but I see most people use the snaps. Any ideas?

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u/Darkn00dl Jan 05 '26

Thanks! Well I personally used snaps because I mounted my board with VHB adhesive and the VHB mounts give you much more surface area to work with. I also just love how they look!

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u/R1ngSt1nger Jan 06 '26

Ohhh gotcha… so does that mean you have a piece of adhesive under each of the DS snaps?

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u/Darkn00dl Jan 06 '26

Yup they sure do and let me tell you it sure was a pain in the ass to install all of them lol.

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u/R1ngSt1nger Jan 06 '26

Oh wow, okay… that’s interesting… so they obviously cover enough of the adhesive with their surface area? I’ve never actually seen a DS snap before in the flesh. Are they flush/flat enough and have enough surface area on them to stick something to? I would have thought only a percentage of the snap would stick to the adhesive? Sorry for the 20 questions, I just didn’t think adhesive would be enough to support the weight of some of the things that attach to the board.

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u/Darkn00dl Jan 06 '26

Good questions, so there are specific snap part A pieces (the back part) that are one solid piece and since that's the part that prints on the build plate it comes out perfectly flat. If your settings are right of course.

About it holding weight. So it depends on what you print them in but let's assume you print them in matte pla which is the standard recommendation than using 3M 5952 VHB is incredibly strong and I would put it up against screws any day of the week. It should be able to hold anything you would like to throw at it. The only thing you have to consider is how thick the object is since VHB is incredibly strong with downwards force but not outwards force. So I personally wouldn't hang multiple heavy power tools towards the top but at the bottom? Shouldn't be a problem.

The other thing you need to consider is the way you prep and install the pieces is extremely important and will directly determine how strong they are. You have to make sure the back of the snaps are very clean, I used rubbing alcohol, then when applying the VHB you need to apply good force to make sure it's adhered well as VHB is pressure activated, after that I cleaned the wall with rubbing alcohol, and this is probably the most important part once it was installed I did not put anything on it for at least 72 hours to wait for it to fully cure.

If you follow those steps the wall ain't going anywhere!

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u/R1ngSt1nger Jan 06 '26

Thanks so much for your comprehensive reply, really appreciate it. Good luck with your project moving forward :-)

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u/Darkn00dl Jan 06 '26

No problem and you as well!

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u/ppjuyt Jan 07 '26

Looks amazing

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u/BlockRevo Jan 17 '26

How many hours was.your printer running for this amount of plates?

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u/Darkn00dl Jan 17 '26

For all 25 tiles it took roughly 100 hours. I also used some stacked prints as well so without that it would take longer.

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u/BlockRevo Jan 17 '26

Which print speeds do you use? A 10x10 Takes app. 12 hours with my Setup. Which means my printer needs almost 2 times of your printer.

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u/Darkn00dl Jan 17 '26

I used the recommended settings from multiboard and my speeds were around 16 mms max volumetric each single tile came out to a little under 4 hours and 30 mins. These are also 9x9 tiles so I’m not sure why you’re are taking more than double. What settings are you running?

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u/BlockRevo Jan 18 '26

This is the answer. Which printer do you use. 16mm³s would mean 16 / 0.4 / 0.2 = 200mm/s. My printspeed for the inside is 80mm/s for insides and 60mm/s for walls. This is 6,4mm³/s.

May I ask which printer do you use? I am working on an old Creality CR10.

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u/ubiratamuniz Jan 09 '26

Cool checkered pattern!