Heavy glass/granite slab for printer?  

RE: Heavy glass/granite slab for printer?

Posted by: @eric-e

Printer sitting on:

$9.99 16"x16" porcelain paver from a home improvement shop (quick water rinse then dry to remove dust)

https://www.homedepot.com/p/MSI-Porto-Anthracite-16-in-x-16-in-x-0-79-in-Gray-Porcelain-Paver-Tile-1-777-Sq-Ft-LHDPAVNPORANT16/307690703

sitting on 4 1" sorbothane duro 70 hemispheres at around $15.  I didn't peel 'n stick.  Just placed the feet flat side down.

https://www.amazon.com/Sorbothane-Hemisphere-Rubber-Non-Skid-Adhesive/dp/B07PF174F5

Another OMG moment.  Woah! Wow! kinda difference.  I had to move my printer because it was annoying my lovely bride in her work at home office.  With the above $25 /5 minute solution, printer is  back where I want it.  Easy, affordable, everybody happy. 

I use the same ones.  

I have also used these:

https://www.amazon.com/JYPS-Furniture-Adhesive-Protector-Hardwood/dp/B0912YBPL1/

RE: Heavy glass/granite slab for printer?

Now this is actually a fun and informative thread! Not the usual "bad first layer" or "bug in Prusaslicer" (no, bad STL).

I have my printers on granite cutting board slabs from Amazon but was never impressed with the results. What I learned here is:

1. You need to couple the printer to the paver, and decouple the paver from the enclosure. Little did I know. I had the slab with some tiny rubber feet right on the enclosure bottom, and the printer with some printed anti-vibration feet on the slab, kind of the other way round.
2. Size matters. My cutting boards are only about 1/2 inch thick.

So I ended up at Lowe's this weekend, bought a big 16 x 16 concrete paver and coated it with Plastidip a la bobstro. I got the sorbothane feet suggested by eric-e off Amazon. Initial observations are positive but a bit early to decide to do the same to my other printers.

RE: Heavy glass/granite slab for printer?

Yup, that coupling the printer to the heavy slab, and decoupling the heavy slab from the table is the key to making it work. 🙂