#gridfinity — Public Fediverse posts
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Sorting through my drawer jammed full of project detritus, scads of Raspberry Pi units of every gen short of Pi5, odd boards of my own creation, etc. I’m bringing some #gridfinity order to this drawer and weeding out the junk.
Found this unit in the mess. I had to look it up to remember what it was and I’m guessing I never even fired it up back in the day (figured a project to use it would materialize).
It’s a 2015 era CHIP computer from NTC.
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Sorting through my drawer jammed full of project detritus, scads of Raspberry Pi units of every gen short of Pi5, odd boards of my own creation, etc. I’m bringing some #gridfinity order to this drawer and weeding out the junk.
Found this unit in the mess. I had to look it up to remember what it was and I’m guessing I never even fired it up back in the day (figured a project to use it would materialize).
It’s a 2015 era CHIP computer from NTC.
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Gridfinifail. #3dprinting #gridfinity
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Gridfinifail. #3dprinting #gridfinity
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I want to like #Multibuild so, so bad, but the license, the absolute dogshit documentation, the bewildering mountain of parts, and the audacity to charge a monthly fee for a handful of simple generators is really putting me off. I understand that the monthly membership price is supposed to be a show of support for a developing product, but it's been "developing" for years and there's basically zero (official) path to take getting started. There are even errors in some of the STL files on Thangs that render pieces useless because they won't fit into their designated slot.
I've been eyeballing #OpenGrid, which I initially wrote off as poorly expanded and too structurally weak initially; I have been watching some YouTube videos about OpenGrid and folks' setups with it, and it seems like it is more capable than I had originally thought, even if it doesn't have a library of blessed expansions like drawers and bins (it leans on #Gridfinity for that).
What are some of you #3DPrinting folks out there using, and why? I'm *not* interested in HSW (Honeycomb Storage Wall), and yes, I've done research already. Are you going with Multiboard in spite of its drawbacks, and if so, how has that journey been so far? I want to reiterate that I am *incredibly* satisfied with what I've been able to build with it, but it feels closed down and either abandoned or at least left by the wayside while the creator pursues commercial opportunities for it (which feels like abandoning the community that made it popular).
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I want to like #Multibuild so, so bad, but the license, the absolute dogshit documentation, the bewildering mountain of parts, and the audacity to charge a monthly fee for a handful of simple generators is really putting me off. I understand that the monthly membership price is supposed to be a show of support for a developing product, but it's been "developing" for years and there's basically zero (official) path to take getting started. There are even errors in some of the STL files on Thangs that render pieces useless because they won't fit into their designated slot.
I've been eyeballing #OpenGrid, which I initially wrote off as poorly expanded and too structurally weak initially; I have been watching some YouTube videos about OpenGrid and folks' setups with it, and it seems like it is more capable than I had originally thought, even if it doesn't have a library of blessed expansions like drawers and bins (it leans on #Gridfinity for that).
What are some of you #3DPrinting folks out there using, and why? I'm *not* interested in HSW (Honeycomb Storage Wall), and yes, I've done research already. Are you going with Multiboard in spite of its drawbacks, and if so, how has that journey been so far? I want to reiterate that I am *incredibly* satisfied with what I've been able to build with it, but it feels closed down and either abandoned or at least left by the wayside while the creator pursues commercial opportunities for it (which feels like abandoning the community that made it popular).
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I made a custom box for Rapidograph pens and ink for #GridFinity 🙂️
Often I've needed something and the only thing available was a 3D print on eBay so I decided to go all-in on 3D printing and build a system around what I can make with it. Getting my art supplies organized, accessible, and transportable seems like a good start.
Press down on the cap and the pen levers into my palm!
It held a little too tight so I had to snip a couple of the dividers between the pens.
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I have another model to share, and this one was quite an adventure! I wanted to display my #3DBenchy prints in a #Gridfinity arrangement, but I was not satisfied with the very sparse offerings online. I thought, "I'll just take the Benchy model and the Gridfinity solid bin model, use a Cut operation in #FreeCAD, and be done with it!" What hubris; what naievete!
I wound up needing to slice the model in #Blender, since FreeCAD choked on the number of triangles in the mesh... so I had to learn how to use Blender (or at least a tiny corner of it) for boolean operations to cut the model down to just its bottom 3mm. Then, it turns out, I had to edit the resulting mesh to remove the inlet hole in Benchy's stern and text on its bottom face by dissolving vertices and replacing faces. I learned a fair amount about loose and non-manifold geometry, I tell you what!
Next up was a full-blown escapade coming up with a decent workflow in FreeCAD for working with STL parts *and* Part Design. Quite the headache, but it's nearly rote memory at this point and I'm getting pretty smooth with it. I took a solid Gridfinity bin from an online generator, sliced extra material off the top with a Pocket operation, embedded the Benchy slice in its top face, and used a Cut to hollow out a groove for Benchy to sit in. Voila! However, I wasn't satisfied... I wanted to have an entire row--nay, a MATRIX--of Benchies to display in my grid.
My first attempts used FreeCAD to splice multiples of the 1x1 model together by padding the gaps between them vertically and horizontally using designed Pads. This worked _okay_ for 2x1 and 3x1, but when I got to 4x1, FreeCAD would just explode with cryptic errors or leave me with an empty shape and no errors/warnings at all. I had seen other generators online use #OpenSCAD, so I figured I would give it a shot. It felt a bit like stabbing in the dark with Blender, except without any sort of UI.
I eventually came up with a (hacky? elegant? hamfisted?) solution using an OpenSCAD script to arrange the 1x1 tile, horizontal/vertical pads, and a secret new third padding mesh I had to create to fill the 0.5mm square gap left where the horizontal/vertical gaps do not overlap when 4 corners touch.
And it works!
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I have another model to share, and this one was quite an adventure! I wanted to display my #3DBenchy prints in a #Gridfinity arrangement, but I was not satisfied with the very sparse offerings online. I thought, "I'll just take the Benchy model and the Gridfinity solid bin model, use a Cut operation in #FreeCAD, and be done with it!" What hubris; what naievete!
I wound up needing to slice the model in #Blender, since FreeCAD choked on the number of triangles in the mesh... so I had to learn how to use Blender (or at least a tiny corner of it) for boolean operations to cut the model down to just its bottom 3mm. Then, it turns out, I had to edit the resulting mesh to remove the inlet hole in Benchy's stern and text on its bottom face by dissolving vertices and replacing faces. I learned a fair amount about loose and non-manifold geometry, I tell you what!
Next up was a full-blown escapade coming up with a decent workflow in FreeCAD for working with STL parts *and* Part Design. Quite the headache, but it's nearly rote memory at this point and I'm getting pretty smooth with it. I took a solid Gridfinity bin from an online generator, sliced extra material off the top with a Pocket operation, embedded the Benchy slice in its top face, and used a Cut to hollow out a groove for Benchy to sit in. Voila! However, I wasn't satisfied... I wanted to have an entire row--nay, a MATRIX--of Benchies to display in my grid.
My first attempts used FreeCAD to splice multiples of the 1x1 model together by padding the gaps between them vertically and horizontally using designed Pads. This worked _okay_ for 2x1 and 3x1, but when I got to 4x1, FreeCAD would just explode with cryptic errors or leave me with an empty shape and no errors/warnings at all. I had seen other generators online use #OpenSCAD, so I figured I would give it a shot. It felt a bit like stabbing in the dark with Blender, except without any sort of UI.
I eventually came up with a (hacky? elegant? hamfisted?) solution using an OpenSCAD script to arrange the 1x1 tile, horizontal/vertical pads, and a secret new third padding mesh I had to create to fill the 0.5mm square gap left where the horizontal/vertical gaps do not overlap when 4 corners touch.
And it works!
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order is coming to #realraum's machine shack room (in tiny increments :-D )
The usual chaos of screws where nobody can find anything, is in the process of being replaced with a well labeled assortment and some gridfinity boxes, sized to fit the drawer.
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order is coming to #realraum's machine shack room (in tiny increments :-D )
The usual chaos of screws where nobody can find anything, is in the process of being replaced with a well labeled assortment and some gridfinity boxes, sized to fit the drawer.
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@linuxnews say hello to your new #gridfinity life ... it will cosume you :P
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@linuxnews say hello to your new #gridfinity life ... it will cosume you :P
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Die Chefin hat heute, nach einem Jahr nachfragen, endlich den 3D Drucker genehmigt. Unter einer Bedingung:
"Wenn wir mit den normalen Druckern was haben hörst du in Zukunft auf mit den Augen zu rollen"
Leider haben wir zu viele von den Dingern im Betrieb… das wird hart. Sehr hart.
Aber hey dafür kann ich endlich Spaß mit #gridfinity haben 🤩
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Die Chefin hat heute, nach einem Jahr nachfragen, endlich den 3D Drucker genehmigt. Unter einer Bedingung:
"Wenn wir mit den normalen Druckern was haben hörst du in Zukunft auf mit den Augen zu rollen"
Leider haben wir zu viele von den Dingern im Betrieb… das wird hart. Sehr hart.
Aber hey dafür kann ich endlich Spaß mit #gridfinity haben 🤩
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I have now discovered #Multibuild and #Gridfinity. Have mercy upon my poor soul. #3DPrinting
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I have now discovered #Multibuild and #Gridfinity. Have mercy upon my poor soul. #3DPrinting
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Projekt #Gridfinity gestartet. #3Dprint
https://gridfinitygenerator.com/en -
Projekt #Gridfinity gestartet. #3Dprint
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Minor updates to the freecad Gridfinity+ workbench:
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@ianp5a @LovesTha I've managed to mash-up a few designs (like attaching #gridfinity bases to existing designs) in #tinkercad but so far my experiences with #freecad have been frustrating. I suspect once there are more tutorials for the latest release that will help but for a novice like me tinkercad works really well. The advantage of adding the handles to a parametric baseplate in #openscad was I didn't have to redo for each grid layout.
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@ianp5a @LovesTha I've managed to mash-up a few designs (like attaching #gridfinity bases to existing designs) in #tinkercad but so far my experiences with #freecad have been frustrating. I suspect once there are more tutorials for the latest release that will help but for a novice like me tinkercad works really well. The advantage of adding the handles to a parametric baseplate in #openscad was I didn't have to redo for each grid layout.
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Today I'm experimenting to see if I can avoid learning #freecad and instead just #vibe in #openscad to add handles to a #gridfinity baseplate.
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Today I'm experimenting to see if I can avoid learning #freecad and instead just #vibe in #openscad to add handles to a #gridfinity baseplate.
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@stfn #gridfinity to spisek producentów filamentu...
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@stfn #gridfinity to spisek producentów filamentu...
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I made a #gridfinity container for our #arrow tips. Definitely potential for improvement.
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Oh no! I'm back on the Gridfinity craze! 🤪
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Oh no! I'm back on the Gridfinity craze! 🤪
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Mastodon 2026-04-24 16:24:58
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Mastodon 2026-04-24 16:24:58
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How to make a popular toot in the Fediverse?
That is simple, combine #3dPrinting, #GridFinity and #CatsOfMastodon -
How to make a popular toot in the Fediverse?
That is simple, combine #3dPrinting, #GridFinity and #CatsOfMastodon -
Mal schnell meine eigene Malstation für #Vallejo und #Citadelle Farben in #Tinkercad konstruiert. Natürlich mit 4x4 #Gridfinity Raster. Zusätzlich noch ein Halter für Trockenbrushes und weitere Pinsel. #minipainting #painting
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Mastodon 2026-04-24 12:50:29
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Mal schnell meine eigene Malstation für #Vallejo und #Citadelle Farben in #Tinkercad konstruiert. Natürlich mit 4x4 #Gridfinity Raster. Zusätzlich noch ein Halter für Trockenbrushes und weitere Pinsel. #minipainting #painting
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Mastodon 2026-04-24 12:50:29
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Uploaded another design to printables. This time a wire spool holder for gridfinity. None of the designs I could find worked for my use case, so I created my own. Dunno if this will be of any use to anyone else. But figured I'd share it.
https://www.printables.com/model/1688122-gridfinity-wire-spool-holder
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Uploaded another design to printables. This time a wire spool holder for gridfinity. None of the designs I could find worked for my use case, so I created my own. Dunno if this will be of any use to anyone else. But figured I'd share it.
https://www.printables.com/model/1688122-gridfinity-wire-spool-holder
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Trying to get a lot of my hardware stocks properly organised. Am using the bookfinity cases I found on makerworld, and a load of gridfinity bins I designed myself. And now, all labelled with my new label maker.
M3 is fully done, everything else is printed just M4, M5, and M6 left to label.
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First step in my #GridFinity journey done 😅
#3DPrinting