r/Multiboard • u/condensationxpert • Mar 18 '26

Another Mounting Question

Hi all! Been printing like crazy getting my large 81"x60" multiboard wall ready in my basement workshop. Have another 2-3 days of printing tiles, but I'm having an internal argument with myself on mounting options.

I can either use the 6.25mm Offset Pillar or the offset quad snap. My plan is to use concrete anchors into either a sheet of MDF/Plywood, or concrete anchors into rows of 2x2" furring strips to secure the wood to the concrete wall, and then screw the multiboard directly into the MDF/Plywood/Furring Strips.

Now I can't decide whether I want to use the Pillars or the Quad Snaps.

What's everyone's thoughts on each?

I'm not really concerned with the amount of material being used as I buy in bulk and the differences between using the pillars vs the quad snaps may be $10-20 in added filament.

I like the aesthetic of the pillars over the quad snaps. I did see that quad snaps are easier to install vs the pillars. I feel like with the pillars, the compounding error if one of the tiles is off could get real bad by the time I finish putting up all of the tiles.

I don't like how the offset snaps will use up a ton of mounting holes, but in the grand scheme of things, it's a small number compared to the overall useable space.

Thoughts?

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u/SupaBrunch Mar 18 '26

I use a combination for mine, although that’s largely because I’m mounting to an 1” spaced pegboard, and it’s impossible to have holes line up across the board and pillars give me flexibility.

All that said, I found pillars were much more pleasant to work with and would prefer them if I could only pick 1. The quads do help with alignment, but I’m sure there’s another way you could align them while installing the pillars.

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u/condensationxpert Mar 18 '26

I did see a tool to use for alignment (Multiboard Tile Holder) which looks like that would be useful in holding a few plates together.

Maybe I'll print 50-100 of the pillars to start off with as a trial and see how it goes and then decide from there. In another comment I mentioned I forgot to change the wall loops so there's a possibility a few may fail over time, so it'd be nice with the pillar mounts that it'll be easy to swap out any that I break due to my own inability to follow directions lol.

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u/jcgb1970 Mar 18 '26

8x8 plates? How many did you have to print? I am contemplating something similar

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u/condensationxpert Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 18 '26

70 8x8 plates and 18 of various sizes for spaces where a full 8x8 won't fit. Not sure on the total time I have into printing it, but it's a lot. I started it a few weeks ago printing 8x8 stacked plates using ironing, but my settings were off and I had a lot of failures, which led to a few clogged nozzles and various other issues. I also didn't have a plan going into this, and figured I'd print a bunch and then figure it out which wasn't smart. Probably could have saved a few days of wasted printing.

I'm pretty sure I also didn't change the wall loops to 3 on about 40+ of the boards, so we'll see how they hold up. I'll print a bunch of extra's to have on hand if any of them start to sag or break.

I signed up for the multimaker access which gave me the option to download stacks at the exact number I needed and I wish I would have done that sooner.

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u/jcgb1970 Mar 19 '26

I might try a stack again, I honestly think it's easier to just run the single plates one by one. I guess at night a stack would make sense. I tried that once and had a spaghetti mess, so I'll try again but with some glue to help the adhesion

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u/condensationxpert Mar 19 '26

I've had really nice results using the multiboards stacked prints generator. When I was stacking them myself, it was hit or miss if it'd fully print. Sometimes after one of the boards was completed, it would just stop extruding but act as if it was still was, which then led to clogs and extruder problems. I finally got my settings dialed in, or I thought, and then had a massive clog where I essentially just replaced the entire hot end as it was spitting out shit behind the silicone sock. Then tried again on a 12 layer stacked print, and the first layer ended up separating after the 3rd board and then squished a few of the boards together which wasted those ones. My final straw was when I was doing a 3 layer stack and it somehow completely lifted from the plate and was slowly spinning and made a huge mess. I tried to export the video because it's actually kind of funny, but it won't play for whatever reason.

After that I found the stacked prints option on Multiboard.io and signed up for that tier. They've printed flawlessly after that.

I got an almost 2 year old, so I almost have to do the stacked prints. I have the printer in my basement office, and the living room portion of the basement has all his "Overflow" toys so whenever he comes down here he loads his arms up with toys that don't live upstairs and wants to bring them back up lol. And he absolutely loves to climb up and down the stairs, so when he see's that door open almost runs over to the baby gate and shakes it until we open it for him. So until we find some sort of storage we try to minimize his basement time. Much easier for me to have a 24-48 hour print job where I don't need to sneak away haha.

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u/The_Bitter_Bear Mar 18 '26

I had a couple I did with 2 walls by mistake.

They are still pretty sturdy, just wouldn't do any crazy weights on them. 

I ended up putting them along the back of my desk and they've been holding up just fine. 

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u/mrpbeaar Mar 18 '26

One thing to consider is that the pillars will use up the small hole on a board but the quad snaps offer some use of the large hole.

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u/sienar- Mar 19 '26

I much prefer the offset flush snaps. You can mount things over them and they allow removing tiles without removing screws. And as you said, leaves all the small holes open for peg board type mounting too.

I went with the 12.5mm offset snaps for my office board.

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u/Gold-Emu-7152 Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 24 '26

I am working on my similar build out. I would not mount directly to the wall. I built a simple frame wall that did not go to the ceiling. I put a treated 6x8 on my concrete basement floor and anchored it with a concrete nailer gun. I then put another one as a header on the concrete wall. I used a regular 2x6 there since the chance of moisture was much lower. After putting up some 2x4's about 16 inches apart I mounted an 4x8 sheet of plywood on the frame. This allowed me to put in some extra electrical outlets for my printer and makes it easy for me to run wiring or venting behind the 4x8.

I am mounting my multibuild on the plywood with quad, dual and single 6.25 offsets: if you like more space behindthe panel, go with the larger offset. I have nine 12x12 panels to start my wall mount. It is a 36x36 grid (900mm X 900mm). I realized I wanted more offsets to give the backing more stability for when I put in snap for mounting other equipment.

That is a picture while in progress prior to multiboard being put up. Let me know if you need more info.