Any problems rigidly attaching printer to work surface?
I've been trying to minimize vibration and trying different variants of foam exercise pads, paver stone, antivibration feet... when I realized the simplest solution may be to bolt the printer directly to my work table.
The idea is to drill holes in my table (which is very securely attached to studs in my garage) and attach the printer to the table via some T-nuts in the 3030 frame extrusions. I can tighten to the table underneath with something like a wingnut. My hope is I can get it very secure to the table without doing any damage to the frame.
Has anyone tried this, or is there any compelling reason not to? I realize it will make maintenance a bit more difficult, for example rotating the printer to access the bondtech gears. In these cases it won't be too hard to detach the printer from the table by unscrewing the wingnuts.I suppose my biggest worry is that perhaps a little bit of 'give' (through rubber feet or padding) is actually better on the parts connected to the printer. The force has to be absorbed somewhere and in this setup the screws and fasteners of the printer may be the weakest link.
I'd appreciate any wisdom you have to share!
RE: Any problems rigidly attaching printer to work surface?
If the surface is rigid, I would expect it to work. I've had to go the other way, with my printer originally sitting on a rigid table loaded up with years of magazine back-issues. Replaced the feet with felt pads and had good results for a year. Have had to relocate it to a wobbly rack temporarily and have had 2 major layer shifts. I may try sorthobane isolation feet until I get a proper stand again.
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RE: Any problems rigidly attaching printer to work surface?
My only concern would be whether your work bench surface is truly flat. If things are tightened enough to keep the printer from moving with respect to the work bench, then if the surface isn't level in both directions, you will likely warp the printer frame. Note that the surface doesn't have to be perfectly level, just flat. Though you wouldn't want it too sloped in any direction.