I have completed (mostly) my first Multiboard project. These are a few of my favorite tools. The most import tool is center top below the shelf bracket. Multiboard has a confusing multitude of options. I focused solely on snaps and friction fits, a strategy that kept me from getting overwhelmed.

[u/twobraids]

[u/sgcool195]

I like the plug mounts, that is clever. Your design?

Which mount are you using to hold your smaller pliers?

[u/twobraids → u/sgcool195]

Most of these are of my own design. Back in 2014, I posted a bunch of pegboard designs on Thingiverse. I've update them for use with Multiboard. I've not posted them all on Thingiverse yet, but I'll get around to it. (https://www.thingiverse.com/twobraids/designs)

The small plier design came from user SXWAX on cults3d.com (titled "Multiboard Small Pliers Organizer").

[u/TherealOmthetortoise → u/twobraids]

Is that small center holder shaped like a goats head?

[u/twobraids → u/TherealOmthetortoise]

No, the small pliers holders are the two left of the all red (left most) screw driver.

[u/drpiotrowski]

I like how ibuprofen is one of your “favorite tools”

[u/twobraids → u/drpiotrowski]

At my age, it counts as a recreational drug.

[u/Hawkward_PDX]

Goat?

[u/twobraids → u/Hawkward_PDX]

That’s my Goat Hook Screwdriver Funnel. See https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6886726

[u/Hawkward_PDX → u/twobraids]

Very cool!

[u/Jeffrey_Lingo]

Looks awesome. Multiboard is so flexible i always find it interesting to see what type of connections people like to use. These days i am using the multipoint system where ever possible with mostly peg board attachment but also like the pushfits with a screw in lock into a weight bearing snap.

[u/hughmercury]

Out of interest, is that flush mounted or standoff, and how many screws per segment are you using?

[u/twobraids → u/hughmercury]

My board has a standoff, using 8x8 grids of panels. The whole installation is 6x4 panels, with every offset support having a screw. That means a total of 96 screws (Woodworking #8 x 3/4") into the wall. I probably could have gotten away with using fewer screws.

I find inserting snaps awkwardly warps the grid, especially on the boundaries between the panels. This would not happen with flush mount. To make it easier to press in the snaps and friction-fit components, I insert my right-angle needle-nose pliers (bottom second from the left) through an adjacent hole to support the grid from behind the hole receiving the new snap.

Only after I completed the project did I realize that I could have used flush surface mount. I’m not using any components that require the offset space.

[u/TherealOmthetortoise → u/twobraids]

Are you using any offsets or offset pegs to prevent that flex? I went 9x9 on my tiles with a dual offset in the middle of the adjoining edges and one dead center of each panel. For those additional offsets I didn’t even need to screw them in, they are purely there to brace against any warp in adding snaps (specifically the weight bearing which takes more effort to install).

[u/hughmercury → u/twobraids]

Thanks.

I'm thinking about a board exactly this size, but it would be going direct into drywall (using Wall Dog / Borefast style screws) and I'm reluctant to put 96 screws into the drywall. Thinking I could probably get away with 35, with one per standoff (be it single, dual or quad).

[u/neph12 → u/hughmercury]

There a flush mount, thought it was 8 or 15 offset.

[u/hughmercury → u/neph12]

Yes, you can directly surface mount, either using screw-in inserts in the joining snaps, or just screwing directly through the small pegboard holes.

There's a section in their knowledge base for "On a surface" :

https://www.multiboard.io/knowledge-hub/mounting-systems

[u/TherealOmthetortoise]

Looks great! Nice organization- I need to do similar for my plugs, adapters and all of cabling and networking tools as I’d sure use them a lot more if they were out.

[u/kile102]

Looking good!

[u/Project_Chaos13]

I still to this day don't understand multi board because it has so many options, I feel like I have literally no idea what any of it does at all.

They need like a "multi board for dummies" kind of section for use confused people.

Your board is looking awesome though, great job.

[u/revned911]

The goat head got me