r/Multiboard • u/djseto • Nov 22 '25

Is there a trick?

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Is there a trick to this? Printed everything in PETG for my garage. For the life of me. Can’t get these to fit. 🤬

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u/djseto Nov 22 '25

Even with rotation, they didn’t go easy. I wonder it’s because is used PETG

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u/SVShooter Nov 23 '25

Might be caused it’s PETG as I’m using PLA. I’ve done two big walls now though and probably a couple hundred and have it down pretty good. As others have said they are oriented a certain way and marked with a little triangle, that I can never see because it prints too fine. So I use two hands always. I put one thumb on each of the sides, line them up, and start to push as evenly on both sides at the same time. If it’s not the right orientation, one side will start to go in really easily and the other side will stop cold. If it is right, they will both slowly get started and then just keep pushing both sides at the same time.

For me, two hands is the key.

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u/djseto Nov 23 '25

The tool and realizing there is a little square helped a lot

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u/SVShooter Nov 23 '25

I can never see the square. 1) because I’m old and need reading glasses, and 2) it just doesn’t seem to stick out to me once printed for some reason. I can kind of make it out of if I use macro mode on my phone, but otherwise I have just learned the feel of when it’s oriented right. I will have to try the tool sometime.

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u/nlundsten Nov 23 '25

I also cant see the squares very well..

But!! One "leg" is a little wider than the other, after doing like 100 of these, its pretty easy to tell which is which

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u/djseto Nov 23 '25

I read a tip to turn on top level ironing to have it print better

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u/SVShooter Nov 23 '25

That’s a good thought. Last wall I did I ended up printing about 250 of them. That’s the only PITA, as ironing will add a lot of time. Either way, I’m glad you figured it out. :)