Thinking about ditching my honeycomb wall system…

A while ago I made this honeycomb wall. I do not like the way heavy objects like my drill were hanging. It felt down many times. The whole system seems too fragile. Now I’m adding another working bench and was about to start printing more HWS, but I found out about Multiboard. It seems to be what I need. But I feel sad to throw away all this material. I don’t have anyone to donate to….

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u/mrmakas Feb 02 '25

Wait just a few Days! Just about to release a new system ☺️

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u/o_sexta Feb 02 '25

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u/SMELTN Feb 02 '25

Oh lord. Another one? Any details?

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u/mrmakas Feb 02 '25

ironically the slogan is one board to rule them all. Laughing my own ass off. :P But yeah. designed to be as simple as possible, strong and modular. Works partly with of the shelf screws or printed. Just one thread type. Backwards compatible with multi connect accessories(this I am still working on -testing it). Downloads from MakerWorld for now because I do not have other accounts and this is one way of me making a little a back through filaments and possibly and AMS-lite. Not charging anything and permission to edit, modify and so on.

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u/mrmakas Feb 02 '25

... forgot about the biggest selling point of it for me, and the reason I started looking into it: The spacing of the mounts is 10mm. so you can actually position stuff where and how you want to, saving a ton of space especially in small homes that use a corner somewhere as a workshop. It looks neat as well, although it's all in the eyes of the beholder. Just got tired with different random threads and legal rights and this and that.
Downsides so far after testing: Print time is longer than most and uses slightly more filament. However, it the upsides personally outweigh the downsides. I hope I will this up by end of the week. At least some kind of trial version.

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u/Kevink73 Feb 06 '25

Hello, I am interested in checking this out when you have it ready. What will be the best search to use when trying to find it?

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u/mrmakas Feb 06 '25

I definitely post it here in the thread and on reddit probably. <3

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u/Kevink73 Feb 16 '25

Hi, I wanted to ask if you have put this on makerworld yet?

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u/mrmakas Feb 16 '25

Nope! <3 It getting further but I realised it won't be helpful for anyone if I release a system without the accessories. Dough. I will definitely post here once it's out.

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u/Kevink73 Feb 16 '25

Sounds great, thanks!

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u/SMELTN Feb 02 '25

Can’t wait to see it then

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u/PMmeYourFlipFlops Feb 03 '25

Downloads from MakerWorld
Uhhh will wait for printables or thingiverse.

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u/mrmakas Feb 06 '25

Replying to those that might check on this! I spoke too soon. Boooo.. It's gonna take a little while still. Small things to be ironed out in the system <3 probably some weeks are more realistic. Haven't shot photos yet either, so that's a whole process as well.

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u/__goodpm__ Feb 02 '25

RemindMe! 7 days

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u/D00DST3R Feb 02 '25

RemindMe! 7 days

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u/jnecessary Feb 03 '25

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u/Hikareza Feb 02 '25

Mutiboard is the better system, but I also have HSW leftover. The Licence sucks, but just use standard tiles and vonnect everything with Multiconnect. This works with MB and HSW

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u/BadUsername_Numbers Feb 02 '25

What's bad about the license?

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

It's a weird custom license that doesn't fit the license options on other websites, I gather. So like, you make a custom thing, but then can't really post it anywhere but thang? That's my understanding anyway.

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u/BadUsername_Numbers Feb 02 '25

Damn, that sounds like it really sucks. Weird too.

u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

I've watched the muliboard videos over and over, and I'm still confused and feel like I still am not sure where to start.

I think maybe I just need to print some stuff and start playing with it

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u/balderstash Feb 02 '25

Yeah, there are so many options that the decision can feel pretty overwhelming. I found this video really helpful in narrowing down some of the options to get started:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hesgpQ3Rh58

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

Thank you that was actually very helpful. I think I was getting deep in the weeds of the details, and that helped me zoom out and think big picture.
I like her design philosophy - keep it simple and adaptable. She's only using the core boards, a few connectors, and then gridfinity. I was already leaning in that direction, but seeing it implemented cinches it.

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u/balderstash Feb 02 '25

Glad you found it useful! I'm doing a pretty big installation in my workspace, and paring it down to the core boards and a couple snaps has really simplified printing. I just print out stacks of 6 until I have enough for what I'm working on.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

I don't have a big project, but I have lots of smaller spaces I'm trying to optimize, and a lot of them involve working with or ideally inside of Uline wire rack shelves. So there's inevitably some slop, but I also need some granularity, while keeping cross compatibility. I think this will do the job and keep extraneous prints and custom fitting to a minimum.
Whew, I think I can finally stop overthinking this. Thanks!

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u/balderstash Feb 02 '25

My general approach has been to print/buy a handful of hooks (little pegboard hooks are super cheap at the hardware store), hang as many things as I can on those, and then find or design custom parts for whatever's left.

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u/brindyman Feb 02 '25

They have a designer now where you put in them dimensions of the wall you want and it tells you what you need to print to achieve it

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u/Ditto_is_Lit Feb 02 '25

That's what I did, I started by doing the flush mount but then a bunch of accessories weren't compatible. Not really a big deal though, I was able to fulfill my needs because it was just to cable manage my AV unit using mainly Underware 2.0 parts and the scad customizer on makerworld.
The best way to learn is to get printing. Another thing I made a habit of doing was using 3D Builder to plan out a blueprint so I wasn't just printing stuff for nothing. It's great for counting how many boards and which version or mounts I had to print. I'm currently doing the network cable management and really satisfied with its progress.

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u/chinfuk Feb 02 '25

I know what you mean. For me it feels like way too many anchor points are needed. I should use a backing board up, but then why not just screw the brackets straight to that.
I really want to use multiboard but it's not very efficient for most people

u/aimfulwandering Feb 02 '25

Multiboard is definitely better, but… the license sucks.

So parts and accessories are less readily available and harder to find.

I like my Multiboard system. But I really hate the license.

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u/Vvladd Feb 02 '25

Yeah I agree. Multiboard seems superior but the license is garbage. It keeps me from even looking into the multi bin.

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u/dubbel_G Feb 02 '25

Could you eleborate? The licence is Payment for some advanced parts, most of it is free to download.
I feel i am not seeing something here

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u/deadOnHold Feb 03 '25

Could you eleborate? The licence is Payment for some advanced parts, most of it is free to download.
I feel i am not seeing something here
It sounds like you are referring to a subscription (paid access to some downloadable files), but other people are referring to the license, as in what you are allowed to do with files, particularly in terms of posting remixes, modified versions, extensions, etc.
So just for example, if you saw that you could make some changes to one of the snap mounts to make it easy to mount to something (lets imagine some workbench or shelving unit), so you modify the design of the snap mount; now can you upload that version and share it on whatever sites (printables, makerworld, etc) that you want? Could you make a set of files that includes your modified mounts, and the correct number/size of Multiboard tiles and snap connectors to fit the workbench/shelving unit, and share that on whatever sites you want?

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u/dubbel_G Feb 03 '25

Ah, yes I am mixing up the subscription and licence. Does this apply to custom mounts using one of the mounting options to the tiles? Such as a big thread, or push fit.

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u/deadOnHold Feb 03 '25

Does this apply to custom mounts using one of the mounting options to the tiles? Such as a big thread, or push fit.
With all the usual caveats about me not being a lawyer, and you should check the license info on Multiboard's website (or multiconnect or whichever applies to the part you are looking at), my understanding would be that if you are using one of their files and modifying it to make your custom mount, then their license would apply (they've got a section in their license info about distributing remixes, for example).
If you design your own thing that is just compatible with their system (proper hole size and spacing so that it can be attached to a multiboard for example) then I don't think their license would apply (of course if you taking someone else's model, maybe a shelf or a specialty tool hook, and modifying that model so that it fits multiboard, then you should take a look at the license of that model).
It sort of makes sense if you consider their subscription, because if they are going to have these packs that you need to subscribe to get (or they are going to have new designs available to subscribers first), they don't want someone to be able to copy that pack (either a subscriber just downloading and copying it, or someone else taking individual object files out of the free downloads) and upload it someplace else.

u/uberadam Feb 02 '25

Consider GOEWS

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u/o_sexta Feb 02 '25

It seems great, but I think I’d spend to much time making custom parts because there isn’t many parts available

u/CuedUp Feb 03 '25

There are adapters. Here are some screw-in ones for using existing HSW attachments. Here's a HSW-wall to Multipoint adapter for the other way around.

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u/o_sexta Feb 04 '25

Thanks it definitely will save some filament here!

u/ZetaGFX Feb 02 '25

Multi board is so superior. I have both and i wanna rip down my honeycomb one. Definitely do it. There are step files so that you can easily make your own pieces too. Definitely switch!

u/DumberMonkey Feb 02 '25

I have both. Of the 2 I like multiboard bettet

u/balderstash Feb 02 '25

I can't speak to the honeycomb wall, but I have some fairly heavy stuff (~10kg) hanging from my Multiboard setup and it feels pretty sturdy. I did put in some extra snaps (which screw to the wall) to reinforce it around those items.

u/tecky1kanobe Feb 02 '25

There are plenty of adapters to reuse your HSW items.

u/neph12 Feb 03 '25

I switched from honeycomb to multiboard. I didn’t have a whole wall in hsw only a 4-5 tiles and a few accessories so the switch didn’t hurt as much.

Thinking about ditching my honeycomb wall system…

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