Is TRing a Mechanic into an Artificer a good idea?

[DDOisFree]

Hi, Im just getting back into DDO and wanted to try out the Artificer. I currently have a 12 rog / 6 fighter / 2 monk which is a heavy repeater focused mechanic that was waiting to be TRed into something.

I already have a Greensteel Heavy Repeater and wanted to carry on using this, and also I want to play the Artificer class which gets free bonus feats that can be used on the ranged feats I used my fighter splash for.

The only thing I would be losing is my 40+ reflex saves, but the Artificer can still disarm taps / open locks and use a ranged heavy repeater spec, plus it has loads of new stuff I really want to try out, and I already have loads of nice rogue and epic chrono equips on the character like tharnes + epic time sensing goggles.

So is TRing a mechanic into a ranged specced Artificer a good idea to try out this class? I also have UMD focus on my Rogue and like to use that a lot, and the Artificer is also better for UMDing.