I’ve been running the CrossFire XR 4x8 for a while now, and I’m finally past the honeymoon phase and deep into personalizing it. Wanted to kick off a thread to see what others are doing to dial in their setup—especially if you’ve incorporated custom fabrication work (plastic or metal).
Here’s what I’ve been up to:
Built custom splash shields using thermoformed plastic – way easier to clean, and they hold up better than expected.
3D printed some cable routing brackets and torch holders using PETG and ABS.
Designed a plastic enclosure for my electronics – custom cut, heat bent, and mounted to keep debris out.
Still working on optimizing water table drainage—open to creative fixes.
If you’ve done any custom plastic fabrication—cutting, forming, printing, etc.—I’d love to hear what’s worked for you. I know a lot of us end up making our own solutions when off-the-shelf just doesn’t cut it.
Its not plastic but im sure you could design something to 3D print that would be better, but i made a simple tray for our consumables out of stainless sheet metal.
I put in flush fit drains in all 4 sections of the water pan. I plumbed it all together and put a ball valve on it to drain. I have 2 40 gallon hydroponic reservoirs plumbed together to hold my water when I’m not using my table and I am gonna put some filtration in there. I’m also gonna put a farm stock heater or an aquarium heater in there during the winter to prevent freezing. I have a pond pump to return the water to the top of my table and I bought an auto top off system for aquariums that I plan on attaching to my pump and a smart plug to turn it on and off from my phone so I can start filling my table before I go out to my garage. I also removed the stiff arm for the computer screen and added an adjustable wall mount arm.
