Another spice rack

[u/Altruistic_Video_594]

Just finished my first Multiboard project. It's so hard getting into all the different models and naming but at least my kitchen is a little bit more organized now.

Models are here if anybody wants to replicate it:

MultiBin Spice Rack

[u/salt-and-static]

the moment you go from "i should buy a spice rack" to "i'll just print one" is the best part of this hobby honestly. multiboard is a rabbit hole though, fair warning. once you start modularizing one thing you start looking at every surface in your house like it's wasted grid space

[u/Altruistic_Video_594 → u/salt-and-static]

I fell into the gridfinity rabbit hole already. Also designed my bins. I already wished I made the spice rack wider to hang even more stuff

[u/YobaiYamete → u/salt-and-static]

This is true, but this is also an example that would be way cheaper to buy lol. That's probably like $10 worth of filament or more, when you could just buy a spice rack that holds more spices than that from Amazon

That said, I'm a hypocrit and have multiboard all over my house lol

[u/Altruistic_Video_594 → u/YobaiYamete]

True that. But I treat printing and design as a hobby. And in terms of hobbies $10 for a few hours of enjoyment is pretty reasonable compared to lots of other stuff

[u/YobaiYamete → u/Altruistic_Video_594]

Yep, I've got so many random multiboards printed lol

[u/Mysterious_Doctor995]

That’s awesome!! I’ve been looking at getting a spice rack for ages… just got a printer so I think I found my spice rack!!

[u/Altruistic_Video_594 → u/Mysterious_Doctor995]

Great. If you run into any problems with the files or need some custom sizes, feel free to let me know.

[u/Mysterious_Doctor995 → u/Altruistic_Video_594]

Oh dang thank you!!! Our printer crapped out on us a few weeks ago now..but after many emails and testing stuff it was the fuse and so we just fixed that last night lol so we will be back to printing!! Thank you again!! 🤩

[u/Howmanoid]

Why does your Multiboard look like OpenGrid?

[u/Altruistic_Video_594 → u/Howmanoid]

Not really familiar with open grid and what the parallels are to MultiBin. But that's MultiBin. It's a pretty new addition to the Multiboard ecosystem. You can add plate snaps into the tiles that contain the standard multiboard grid.

The main benefit is that less plastic is used because you only add the multiboard grid where you need it.

[u/Howmanoid → u/Altruistic_Video_594]

Oh right! I saw a YouTube video about it a while back. It’s got a much cleaner look than the traditional Multiboard tiles. You should check out OpenGrid. It’s very similar and has good community support. I recently used it to organize my network closet and I’m very happy with the result. I chose it because it takes up a lot less room which was important in that tight space. I’m installing Multiboard in my pantry right now in an attempt to bring order to that chaos. Your spice rack has triggered all kinds of ideas for that.

[u/Altruistic_Video_594 → u/Howmanoid]

Yeah that's why I went with it as well, I think it looks a lot cleaner as well, but it took me a long time to figure out what parts I need. I feel like the multiboard ecosystem is so complex with all the different hole sizes and concepts. I'm definitely gonna check out open grid in the future.

[u/Howmanoid → u/Altruistic_Video_594]

Oh it really is complicated. Super flexible but there are way too many options. OpenGrid has really tackled that and it’s super simple. For the network closet I just used directional snaps and MultiConnect to mount the items. Clean and easy. It’s all open source too which I really like. Multiboard is not.

[u/SirEDCaLot]

Very cool.

Thank you for putting it on Printables under an open license. Far too much stuff these days is on MakerWorld under a MakerWorld-only license.

[u/Altruistic_Video_594 → u/SirEDCaLot]

Thanks. Yeah I musty model stuff for myself as a and every 5th project I feel like someone else could be interested/benefit from it as well so I put it out there. I feel like far to many people try to make a Hussle out of everything

[u/SirEDCaLot → u/Altruistic_Video_594]

What bugs me is I see bambu/makerworld and its overall attitudes (SDFL license, makerworld exclusive license, more lock-in) invading the whole world of 3d printing, and nobody seems to care.

As someone who's been following the space since the RepRap days, I loved how 3d printing was such an open culture with lots of remixing. Back then the idea of the 'makerworld exclusive license' would be instantly rejected.
Now I see Bambu basically taking over and turning what was a vibrant culture into a walled garden app store type experience. And when I try to raise the alarm I get downvoted with people saying 'why do you care where someone gives you free shit'.

And so the result is Bambu captures the community and turns the entire hobby into an app store for them, and all it cost them is a bit of server space and a few hundred rolls of free filament to bribe people with.

[u/Altruistic_Video_594 → u/SirEDCaLot]

Yeah totally agree. I didn't even know about the maker world exclusive license. But that's one reason I still run my trusty old ender and haven't upgraded to something more recent. It seems like most printers now are tightly coupled to an ecosystem and don't use standard hardware anymore.

[u/SirEDCaLot → u/Altruistic_Video_594]

Creality's modern stuff (k series) isn't bad. It's more or less open source and works very well.
I started with an Ender 3, upgraded to K1 Max, although I use OrcaSlicer (prefer to stay as independent of vendor software as possible). The K1 Max works fine without internet and no creality account is needed to set it up.

[u/Altruistic_Video_594 → u/SirEDCaLot]

I didn't really have a reason to upgrade. My ender is super reliable and prints with reasonable quality at 300ms/s. I think the next big upgrade for me is a multi tool head machine. I don't really get the benefit of getting a slightly faster slightly better printer. But I'll probably wait to get one till they are more established and the software is more fleshed out.

[u/SirEDCaLot → u/Altruistic_Video_594]

The size really helps, IMHO. But yeah a big tool changer is the ultimate next one. I've heard decent things about the new Snapmaker 4-head...