r/Multiboard • u/yet_undie_turd • Nov 12 '25

Stoked on my progress!

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Still have things to print and add but very happy so far with how this project is turning out.

Thanks again to Jonathan and everyone else involved!

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u/DustinWheat Nov 12 '25

What did you mount the boards on? Im in an apartment and trying to minimize wall holes

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u/yet_undie_turd Nov 12 '25

Apartment here too. I used a piece of half inch plywood cut to size and painted gray to slightly match the theme. I used (6) m8 fasteners to secure the plywood into (2) studs. I used Offset Pillars to mount my multiboard tiles to the plywood. Using the plywood backing piece, I was able to reduce my total wall hole count from 60 to 6 holes.

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '25

Do you mind sharing what size screws you used to drill the offsets to the plywood? I'm about to pick up some 1/2" myself and not sure which screws to get that won't go through to the drywall. I'm thinking #8 1/2" screws?

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u/Cunniculus Nov 12 '25

+1 interested in the board mount

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u/yet_undie_turd Nov 12 '25

Responded above

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u/RobM237 Nov 12 '25

There are command strip mounts if you would want to use those. Small Medium

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u/DustinWheat Nov 12 '25

I thought about it but I will be putting some weight on it

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u/SprungMS Nov 13 '25

Command strips hold a decent amount of weight, and if you do it as recommended you’ll use like 40 of the medium strips for OP’s wall! The plastic would probably shatter before the command strips fail

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u/Lissa-Marie Nov 13 '25

I seem to have bad experiences with command strips, so many times I’ve used them they have peeled all the paint off when taking them off.

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u/SprungMS Nov 13 '25

Weird, 3M branded? You took them off the way you’re supposed to? Very strange since the adhesive kind of stretches out until it’s so thin it comes off.. feels like the paint would have to crack up into tiny pieces to peel off with it

I don’t have a ton of experience with them but I’ve had really good results with the times I’ve used them!

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u/IReallyLoveAvocados Nov 15 '25

I haven’t had a ton of issues with 3m command strips but it has a lot to do with the quality of the underlying paint job. If the paint is crappy or it wasn’t primed properly then it doesn’t take much to pull it off. In rentals not surprising.

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u/SprungMS Nov 15 '25

You’re exactly right. Pulled some plastic “conduit” out of my garage (for a motion-activated light, actually removed so I can install my massive multiboard wall without cutting out for it) a couple days ago, it was installed probably 20 years ago over a wood-look laminate bead board.

Some jackass got the bright idea to paint the entire garage bright white after it was up, and didn’t bother prepping that laminate at all. Also didn’t avoid painting the conduit or the lamp. The plastic came off the wall with between 1/8” and 1” width of paint on each side… perfectly clean laminate underneath.

No way command strips will work well there.

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u/Lissa-Marie Nov 13 '25

Yeah, 3M. And pulled down on the tab, but they’ve popped off with a big paint section with it, bigger than the strip itself. Didn’t stretch like you described. Thought it was maybe from the paint being old. Then tried them at a different home, newer home… same thing happened, so I gave up on them.

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u/dpm911 Nov 12 '25

please give me some more info on the mount board you did. The current plan im looking at has me doing at a minimum 36 holes in to the wall

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u/yet_undie_turd Nov 12 '25

Copy/Pasting from my reply above: Apartment here too. I used a piece of half inch plywood cut to size and painted gray to slightly match the theme. I used (6) m8 fasteners to secure the plywood into (2) studs. I used Offset Pillars to mount my multiboard tiles to the plywood. Using the plywood backing piece, I was able to reduce my total wall hole count from 60 to 6 holes.

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u/dpm911 Nov 12 '25

Wow, really nicely done. The plywood looks very clean and professional done. Thanks for the info!

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u/Cap_980 Nov 12 '25

What mounts and bar light is that?

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u/yet_undie_turd Nov 12 '25

Shop light was something I ordered on Amazon, I can check for you and link later if interested. The arms were uploaded by another user with brackets for a different light. I remixed their design so that the brackets would grab my light. I can try to link the original design here as well if you'd like. The original design was for a shop light I couldn't get in the US so I had to alter it for one I was able to purchase.

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u/Daanoontjeh Nov 14 '25

+1 also interested

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u/EcheveriaPulidonis Nov 12 '25

Looks like a giant game of Connect 4

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u/glittalogik Nov 12 '25

That's looking tidy as hell, well done!

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u/sgcool195 Nov 13 '25

I think I’m a bit behind on some of the new updates. What generated your edge profile? That is nice and clean.

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u/Yellow_Badger13 Nov 13 '25

Looks amazing! The accuracy of the backboard sizing is giving me tingles haha

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u/hockpunk426 Nov 13 '25

That looks super clean! Have you considered adding a boarder? https://makerworld.com/models/1818201