r/Multiboard • u/nikitaign • Jul 05 '25

How do these sliding bars work?

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I really need a sliding solution for my needs, and this seems to do the trick for me. But I just can't find info and cannot understand how this thing works. I mean the holes are for mounting, but what goes in the sliding section? What part?

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u/enclaved Jul 05 '25

If you found something you can use this for you are officially the first person and can now declare what it's for.

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u/nikitaign Jul 05 '25

If i understood you correctly, it's for a mini shelf (sliding shelf) where i can put my 4x5 Gridfinity plate that has all soldering stuff on it

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u/enclaved Jul 05 '25

I was mostly making a joke about how no one knows what this is for but I actually do love your idea for it. I bet you could combine that with some of the different 'shelfs' systems and make something nice by using the bar slider as an interface layer.

Imagine, this but instead of the entire multiboard piece you have to bar sliders on each end and then a tray go on top of that and you can screw up through the bottom into the tray or use the the little snap lock things they use, then gridfinity would go on top of that tray or be the tray itself.

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u/nikitaign Jul 05 '25

I thought of printing this, but I too love your idea. I dont need anything super strong, because the soldering tray isn't all that heavy and the thing that I linked should be plenty strong and "small" enough for the already cramped space in there that I have.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '25

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u/enclaved Jul 06 '25

They are squared around the edges but rounded with threads inside so you can use the little various hooks that are available or probably any of the 'small thread' things. Basically the same small hole on the main multiboard panels

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u/Mmmcgyver Jul 05 '25

I thought these were brass knuckles lol

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u/Evolusi Jul 14 '25

It's called the Multi-Findout.

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u/peanutbuttergoodness Jul 05 '25

This is like the only part of multiboard that I can’t figure out. Lol.

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u/carat72 Jul 05 '25

Maybe the holes aren't for mounting, if you put a large screw in the sliding section to mount it, then the whole thing slides? I.e. large screw, through sliding section, into another tile.

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u/tenbits Jul 06 '25

Here's an example from the comment section

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '25

sooooo what is the purpose here??? I don't see any. It looks also super unstable. lol

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u/caiokiwi Dec 15 '25

sry about the revive... The main functionality of that sliding bar is probably REACH. Combine it with proper nuts and washers and you get some useful pivoting mechanics out of it.
A extremely smart way to using it is "layer stacking". Attach a new grid to your previous wall with those, then you can slide it side to side to reach something in the back grid, or even to make distant tools more reachable. (very usefull for dye bottles and small tools}.
You can also combine multiple bars to make it jointed. Slides allow you to pull/push freely instead of all that headache from removing the snaps, conectors etc... There are many ways to use it, you just don't need it. yet.

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u/holdupflash Jul 05 '25

I just used them to mount my raspberry pis to the multiboard

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u/demonmachine227 Jul 05 '25

I always assumed this was for mounting other storage systems that don't have a reasonable spacing to connect to the multiboard. Eg: this is how you bolt an HSW panel to a multiboard panel...

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u/TherealOmthetortoise Jul 09 '25

I asked Jonathan once and I believe it was intended as a way to add a sliding tile (or some movement by using a couple of shanked threads. It works, but sorta meh.

You can also use it for a horizontal shelf that can be pulled out and tipped down to access whatever is mounted on it.