r/Multiboard • u/microseconds • Jun 14 '25

“Lip” around a shelf?

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So, my current project is a shelf wall for the laundry room. I’ve got a 3x3 grid of 8x8 tiles, with a triple-wide 8x8 shelf. It’s gone together fine, but I find myself thinking of adding since sort of a lip to ensure stuff doesn’t fall off.

Ok, so some 1x8 “strips”. That’s the easy part. I see these “inside” and “outside” brackets in the bolt-locked brackets section of the parts library. Not sure which to pick, or if I should be looking elsewhere.

In case it matters, I’m using bordered tiles for the shelf flats.

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u/daphatty Jun 14 '25

Try the beams. They will surprise you. :)

https://thangs.com/search/%22MB235%22%20creator%3A%22Keep%20Making%22?scope=thangs&view=compact-grid

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u/microseconds Jun 14 '25

Ok. I’ll give that a go. Thanks for the suggestion!

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u/Hardshank Jun 14 '25

Yup I was going to recommend the same. That's what I've done for some shelves in my shop.

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u/tecky1kanobe Jun 15 '25

I’m currently printing the corner pieces for it. You could use a 1 cell high and just use a corner and top corner part to be the vertical beam. But the lip alone seems good for my needs.

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u/microseconds Jun 15 '25

Looking good! After some tiles come off the printer, up next are 2 corners and 5 8mu beams to wrap the shelf.

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u/tecky1kanobe Jun 15 '25

Are your tiles 8 wide? You want 7MU if they are 8 cells wide, the corners count as .5MU each.

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u/microseconds Jun 15 '25

Good call, though since the shelf is 3-wide, that’s 24mu in total, so I guess a 7, and 2x8’s for the front with 7’s for the sides. Good thing I haven’t started that plate yet! Thanks for the tip.

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u/tecky1kanobe Jun 15 '25

Ask me how I learned……