Core One Stand
I am planning to build a stand for my Core One to live on in my office. I am slightly limited in space for it, so I don't plan on having a bench or table for it. Ideally I'd like to have it up off the ground a bit. To keep out of my 3 year old's reach, but not so high that the top is hard to access.
Seeing as how this will be my first premier printer I wanted to give it the love it deserves.
What features for a 3D printer stand/table would you all find are must haves? I was already thinking of having the platform wide enough to place a polymaker dry box or two and wanted to have some spool storage underneath the platform.
Really interested to hear what the community thinks a stand should have!
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This is what I'm currently building out of douglas (7cmx4.5cm legs and struts), oak (side panels) and glulam beech (top plate).
Base will be mortise and tenon joined for stability, the "shelf" will be fitted with a drawer slide for full extension, the dryer goes on there. Below is room for a couple filament rolls.
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My stand is solid wood as well, but is focused on supporting just the printer. I wanted it a bit lower given the print head location. So mine is 24x24x24 with a lower shelf. I have a taller stand next to it for filament dryer and planning an AMS type device above (either Prusa or COREBOXX).
RE: Core One Stand
This is what I'm currently building out of douglas (7cmx4.5cm legs and struts), oak (side panels) and glulam beech (top plate).
Base will be mortise and tenon joined for stability, the "shelf" will be fitted with a drawer slide for full extension, the dryer goes on there. Below is room for a couple filament rolls.
This is similar to what I was imagining in my head for mine. I think that will look really nice! Please send an update once you've completed it!
My stand is solid wood as well, but is focused on supporting just the printer. I wanted it a bit lower given the print head location. So mine is 24x24x24 with a lower shelf. I have a taller stand next to it for filament dryer and planning an AMS type device above (either Prusa or COREBOXX).
I was also thinking of having it 24" x 24" I'm still undecided on the height, but I might make it shorter than initially planned.
Thank you both for your input!
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If you haven't finalized your plans yet, I have two ideas that might be useful.
- A shallow drawer (like on older desks for pens/pencils, paper clips, note pads, and etc) for small tools, glue sticks, nozzles/heater assemblies, etc. Might even have enough room in the back for spare build sheets.
- A pull out shelf for temporary extra flat surface space. Maybe mounted right above suggestion 1, or as a slider on top of suggestion 1. Should be strong enough to stage an extra spool or two (minimum 5kg load rating?) when doing filament swaps. Can be a useful temporary surface when re-vacuuming bags while putting away spools (if you store your unused spools inside vacuum bags).
Just two ideas off the top of my head.
See my (limited) designs on:
Printables - https://www.printables.com/@Sembazuru
Thingiverse - https://www.thingiverse.com/Sembazuru/designs
RE: Core One Stand
This is what I'm currently building out of douglas (7cmx4.5cm legs and struts), oak (side panels) and glulam beech (top plate).
Base will be mortise and tenon joined for stability, the "shelf" will be fitted with a drawer slide for full extension, the dryer goes on there. Below is room for a couple filament rolls.
This general shape looks similar to my IKEA nightstand. (Sadly I don't see it on their website anymore. It was an Aneboda nightstand, and I found a sample image here).
For those of us without a woodshop (or woodworking skills), an off-the-market nightstand might be a decent starting point to mod into a stand.
See my (limited) designs on:
Printables - https://www.printables.com/@Sembazuru
Thingiverse - https://www.thingiverse.com/Sembazuru/designs
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Thanks for the suggestions, but all the parts are already cut to length, mortises are done and only 8 tenons are left to cut 🙂
If anyone wonders, material costs were around 70€, most of which was taken by the ~3cm thick glulam beech top and a pair of undermount drawer slides.
I do woodworking as a hobby on weekends (rarely on weekdays) so I have to taylor my projects around that - if I want to finish it in a reasonable amount of time I have to keep it simple. I've actually considered a drawer and a table extension but those will now have to wait and be addons, like eg there's enough room/meat on the sides to fit narrow (~15cm) multi-drawer boxes or cabinets, one of those could also support a fold-up table extension if I think I need it.
I printed the core one side storage from "PrusaGuy" DavidWarboss on printables so the small tools, nozzle and print sheet storage is taken care of for the time being.
I'll post some pictures once all is assembled, which could still take 1-2 weeks from now.
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Just saw the 2nd post - screwed together particle board won't resist vibrations/shaking for a long time, you'll have to re-tighten screws, it'll wear out again and so on until it's broken. Granted, it can be taken apart and transported easily a few times (in comparison my design will weigh considerably more and wouldn't be fun to carry down some stairs), but if you're looking for stability then that's not a serious option. Screws in wood generally aren't the best if the furniture is exposed to some form of abuse. As a night stand (or for shelves/wardrobes) that's completely fine and can last many years.
But as a printer support - worst case scenario a print job finally breaks it apart and your printer drops on the floor while you're asleep or at work.
In theory you don't need mad woodworking skills, round dowels, a good saw (eg japanese style pulling saw), a drill and some wood glue are enough. If you have a 3d printer you can even figure out some jigs that let you align those dowel holes perfectly. I only do the classic mortise/tenon stuff because I enjoy it and want to become better at it, but it's not a requirement for really solid joining of wood pieces.
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Just saw the 2nd post - screwed together particle board won't resist vibrations/shaking for a long time, you'll have to re-tighten screws, it'll wear out again and so on until it's broken. Granted, it can be taken apart and transported easily a few times (in comparison my design will weigh considerably more and wouldn't be fun to carry down some stairs), but if you're looking for stability then that's not a serious option. Screws in wood generally aren't the best if the furniture is exposed to some form of abuse. As a night stand (or for shelves/wardrobes) that's completely fine and can last many years.
But as a printer support - worst case scenario a print job finally breaks it apart and your printer drops on the floor while you're asleep or at work.
In theory you don't need mad woodworking skills, round dowels, a good saw (eg japanese style pulling saw), a drill and some wood glue are enough. If you have a 3d printer you can even figure out some jigs that let you align those dowel holes perfectly. I only do the classic mortise/tenon stuff because I enjoy it and want to become better at it, but it's not a requirement for really solid joining of wood pieces.
I've taken to gluing together my IKEA furniture as I assemble it. 😉 Can't take it apart again, but increases the stability over time. But my second paragraph suggestion (to others) wasn't specifically for IKEA (or similar flat-pack) furniture. Something to use as a starting point to mod can probably be found at a 2nd-hand furniture store. Though if one is handy with building their own furniture, it would probably be faster to build from scratch than spending ages combing the Re-Stores, thrift stores, estate sales, and 2nd hand furniture shops.
See my (limited) designs on:
Printables - https://www.printables.com/@Sembazuru
Thingiverse - https://www.thingiverse.com/Sembazuru/designs
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Here in Germany we got a former part of ebay called "kleinanzeigen" (belonged to ebay classifieds) with a category "for free" where one can find unwanted furniture and just take it home, that's a great place to find such a starting point (or find something you can harvest for parts).
Ikea has also something that could be used as a base - the BEKVÄM kitchen trolley could be modified so that it looks similar to my design. I don't know how stable it is out of the box but it sure comes with all the necessary parts and maybe just needs to be reinforced (and ofc wheels removed and 2 legs cut to length so it stands firmly on the ground). It's about 60€ (retail price, probably less if you can get it pre-owned).
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After looking into it a bit - the Bekväm seems to be an almost ideal base to build a core one stand around if you want to go with that approach. As I thought you'd need to reinforce it a bit by making dowel connections at the top and adding boards across near the bottom, but as I found it used for around 40€ to as as low as 10€ the cost can't be beat. The top plate is 58cmx50cm, offering enough room for a core one with some space left. The max height is 85cm (actually more like ~78 after you shorten the longer legs and get rid of the wheels) and the minimum is obviously up to you. Just make sure you place the top plate connectors with the slots running in a 90° angle to the grain as that is the direction the wood will expand and contract, also do not glue the top plate to the support structure or you'll have a bad time.
For people that don't have a lot of tools (a saw and a drill are all that's required) that would be a great option to get a stable stand for the core one. If you don't have clamps you can use a ratchet strap or even just something that's got a bit of weight to it to help gluing (you can print four corner pieces for the ratchet strap to not make marks in the wood).
The printer can be used to print some helpers like a magnetic saw guide or a dowel alignment jig so it really takes skill and experience out of the equation as much as possible (meant in a positive, not a demeaning way).
Nevertheless I'll post my finished design soon-ish, looks like I'll have time to make some real progress today 🙂
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Can anyone please give me distance between then lower cornerpoints of the core one.
i want to place it on a concrete tile and want to cut it to be as small as possible.
thank you.
RE: Core One Stand
Can anyone please give me distance between then lower cornerpoints of the core one.
i want to place it on a concrete tile and want to cut it to be as small as possible.
The footprint defined by the rubber feet at the corners is (36.5 cm)².
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I use that Ikea trolley. It fits my Mk4 enclosure perfectly. BUT its not sturdy at all without some cross members. So need to add that.
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Great, thank you very much
Can anyone please give me distance between then lower cornerpoints of the core one.
i want to place it on a concrete tile and want to cut it to be as small as possible.
The footprint defined by the rubber feet at the corners is (36.5 cm)².
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The point is more that you get a package of materials for cheap-ish (bought new) to potentially laughably cheap (bought used) that can be used to make a stable stand.
I watched a construction video to check what's in the package, and it's obvious it wouldn't stand up to its new task without modifications.
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Understand that this printer shakes a table badly if it is not really stiff and heavy. With all its moving mass at the top, the moment this printer puts into the table is quite significant.
RE: Core One Stand
Can anyone please give me distance between then lower cornerpoints of the core one.
i want to place it on a concrete tile and want to cut it to be as small as possible.
thank you.
You've the exact measurements from Jürgen, but here's a picture with a 40x40 plate for completeness. It's not protruding on any side.
Ignore the package it sits on (35 kg with thick walls and lots of stiff foam).. Not its final place.
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Understand that this printer shakes a table badly if it is not really stiff and heavy. With all its moving mass at the top, the moment this printer puts into the table is quite significant.
I know, that's why I built mine like a tank 😏 
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That is a beautiful stand!
Great job!