Artillery X1 Gantry Brace using a wall!

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So I really liked the look of the tall free standing gantry, but that wobble was a bit too much for me. I've done the traditional gantry braces that mount to the base of the printer and attach at the top before, but wanted to try something new this time to keep that clean look intact. And here's the wacky result I came up with! Parts: 1/4" Aluminum or steel rod. I just used some aluminum ones found at Home Depot. 4 M5x16 bolts 4 M5x12 bolts 4 M3x8 bolts The small bolts are screwed into one of the small holes to retain the rods, which is a great feature if you need to move or work on the printer - just release the screws and slide the rods out. After I mocked up the wall mounts, I thought I would try something other than drilling some holes in my wall if possible. I figured it wouldn't take much to stabilize the gantry, so using some of those Commander sticky mounts that can be released easily later, I attached them to the wall mount side. After getting it all mounted up, it did indeed take all the "slop" out of the gantry and looks like these simple sticky mounts will be fine! Wooo! No holes! Printing these: The wall side, no problem. The print's fine with no supports. Bottom side down. Machine side. Bottom side down. Supports enabled. The bottom bearing area, I won't lie, was a pain to remove the supports from. So be ready to bust out your Exacto knife and some band aids! I've included the Fusion 360 files in case anyone wants to tweak them or maybe come up with a better way to print that bearing retainer side.