Printer Table Choices & Their Importance

Bambu Lab X1 Series Bambu Lab X1C
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Hello Makers!

I purchased my Bambu X1C about a month ago and so far, it’s been a joy to use. I think it’s pretty clear that the speed race is on between the big brands.

I’ve come to the conclusion that the faster you want to run your prints, the more important the platform upon which the printer sits becomes. As a quick stop gap I have been using a pretty beefy solid wood nightstand, with a 15"x15"x2" concrete block on the top and the printer sits on said block.

When the printer runs it’s very clear that there is significant wobble action going on. I know we can run calibration and input shaping will help a lot, but I think there is only so much those crutches can help and it’s time to really pay attention to what the printer sits on.

So my questions to the community are:

1- How important is the weight/stability of the platform this printer sits on?
2- How did you solve for this and what are you putting your printers on?

Thanks in advance for the input!

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Here is a link to one of my ridiculously long threads where I did some resonance testing with the help of many of the guys here…

Resonance Testing Print - Bambu Lab X1 Series - Bambu Lab Community Forum

Here is another link to a post where a bunch of us talked about our tables…

Recommendations on table for X1C - Bambu Lab X1 Series / General discussions - Bambu Lab Community Forum

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Thanks very much for those links @highrise955 ! I will review both threads and post in them should I have further input or questions.

Apologies for duplicating threads here.

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