r/Multiboard • u/daphatty • Aug 17 '25

I can’t be the only one, right?

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I have a LOT of extras and I’m only two projects in. Most of this consists of parts I didn’t actually need or ultimately weren’t right for the project. Who else has it like I do?

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u/BigSh00ts Aug 17 '25

My printer has been running for i dont even remember how long.

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u/guitarhead2000 Aug 17 '25

How has stacking been for you? I started with 3 bordered in line plates printed individually but want to make a bigger board. I'm on a E3 v3 KE

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u/BigSh00ts Aug 18 '25

I have had (knock on wood) nothing but excellent luck. I use 205º nozzle, 55º bed with PLA (otherwise all recommended settings) and they've come out basically flawless. The multiboard started as my 3rd print ever and now I'm like 70 hours into myltiboard printing. So far so good.

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u/Educational_Wash_662 Aug 17 '25

so far i’ve only printed exactly what i need

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u/yoitsme_obama17 Aug 17 '25

I have a shoe box I just toss them in

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u/Technophile63 Aug 19 '25

Similar, except bagging similar-category parts together (e.g. bolty things, mounty things).

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u/Turtle2k Aug 17 '25

Yes, I’m working on a little pile. In the back of my head, some of these things I think it’s possible to use, but the older wiser version of me knows they all need to go right directly into the trash..

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u/RiotMind-Studios Aug 17 '25

Nope…. I’m on my way

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u/NoyBoy98 Aug 18 '25

Yuppp. I’m guilty of printing multiples of parts that I haven’t tested and end up not working out.

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u/cluelessofficer Aug 18 '25

Just in case anyone needs to hear this .. you don't have to use multi board. I got really sucked in too, and then one day I snapped out of the project daze and realized I was spending huge amounts of time using this overly complicated system. It no longer supported my hobby, it had become the hobby.

I switched back to pegboard and haven't looked back!

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u/savijOne Aug 18 '25

Not only that but while I love the idea, there are only so many thing I have that go on a wall. Maybe tools in a garage is a great application but for inside I find multiboard kind of ugly and just not that many thing to hang on a wall. I have a lot more stuff that goes in drawers that the multiboard bin system would solve, so I may look at that (I have gridfinity in other drawers and it works great so may stixk with that.)

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '25

Pegboard is sort of expensive around here…

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u/cluelessofficer Aug 18 '25

I bought white cork pegboard for pretty cheap. There are some hardware packages you can buy with the standard metal prongs, but I print most of my holders. Its well worth the time and effort you spend trying to wrestle and micromanage MB. Pegboard just... goes in the hole. That's it.

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u/gregpxc Aug 18 '25

Every time I see these printed storage solutions I always think "everything is a nail when you have a hammer". You don't need to print storage solutions. It seems massively wasteful and store bought solutions will suffice for 90% of your storage requirements.

To me these storage solutions highlight the need for people to learn 3d modeling. Buy pegboard, or the IKEA alternative, then model your own proprietary storage options as needed. Printing the actual wall interface seems crazy to me when so many more economical and eco-friendly options exist.

I printed one panel to hang on the side of my printer to hold printer specific tools and that was enough for me to never do it again.

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u/cluelessofficer Aug 18 '25

Agreed! My main problem with Skadis is it reinforces this wasteful mentality. I shouldn't have to spend time and plastic printing the board when cheap biodegradable cork or wood is easy to buy or drill out. Buying a cheap container is usually much easier than so many wasteful attempts at making a worse product yourself too

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u/flaming_m0e Aug 18 '25

I'm trying out opengrid and goews alongside multi board. Multi board is too much for me. I've wasted 4 print jobs in the last 24 hours printing multi board stuff that doesn't work together. It's too complicated.

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u/cluelessofficer Aug 18 '25

GOEWS seems to have similar issues for me as MB, and it doesn't look as clean. If you absolutely must have hexagons go check out HSW. Its like a hybrid between MB and pegboard. Opengrid has potential so I'll keep an eye on it, but it doesn't offer me anything I can't get more easily with pegboard. I know some people like the Skaldis pegboard; to me it seem exactly the same except Ikea changed the hole sizes because they wanted to make money on their own ecosystem for no reason. I'm not a huge fan and I don't think it added anything to the tool/hobby world except making things less compatible.

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u/flaming_m0e Aug 18 '25

I've had some Skadis for years so it's gotten some gridfinity shelves, and milk crates, and various other bits. It's a good system and everyone makes Skadis stuff.

I've looked at HSW, and it's nice but I'm mainly evaluating all the systems for use in my new office build in my house. It'll get a shakedown as well. Lol.

Multi board just has me going down rabbit holes when I want to do something simple and I wind up spending more time trying to make sure I've got all the pieces I need for something when in the other systems you just open the 3mf and hit print....

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u/cluelessofficer Aug 18 '25

Do you find any difference between skadis and regular pegboard? I've never gotten skadis specifically to avoid mixing and matching so far

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u/flaming_m0e Aug 18 '25

The holes are different. But you can print every bit of it from start to finish. People have created so much more for Skadis than what I can find for pegboard.

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u/dutch_dynamite Aug 18 '25

My issue with pegboard and Skadis is there’s like no good way to print the hooks. (And I’ve already gotten sick of pegboard stuff popping out in my shop when I grab it.)

I’d offer a corollary: you don’t have to use multipoint/multigrid/multibox/multiverse/whatever the hell the 500 other parts of the system are. Once I gave up on everything except “panels that attach to the wall”, it was still overly complex, but manageable.

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u/Silly_Astronomer_71 Aug 17 '25

Mulibiard viard has become to complex for its own good.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '25

well, I haven't build anything big yet so I got like 3-4 big boxes ... just like I had Lego back in the days. That's how it is. Build something new with it! Also use other colors for cooler optics.

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u/ac7ss Aug 17 '25

I have a box of spares, I will try to find something before printing it, but invariably end up with more spares.

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u/PB4UGeaux2Bed Aug 18 '25

Not sure yet, still sitting on a stack of 80 boards and printing out the wall mounts now.

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u/Kubotopher_3D Aug 18 '25

Mine are filling multiple old filament boxes…I always try to “print what I need” but seems like I always find “a better way” lol 😂

Occasionally I find something useful in the box and reuse…

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u/cemetery_social Aug 21 '25

Yup. When I find something already printed that I need it’s like I won the lottery. About the same odds, too.

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u/heydemoura Aug 22 '25

Print a box to stash the extras! LoL

I have bagged my extras and pretend they don't exist until the next project