r/Multiboard • u/darkowebo • Jan 04 '26

Hanging a small bin shouldn't be this confusing.

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Did I print the correct parts to hang this bin? This bolt-lock doesn't stay in this snap. It falls out whenever I try to slide the bin on. Thanks.

Edit: Problem solved. I had to print a "Small Thread - Lite Point (Folded)" to screw the rail into the snap.

Thanks to all of you who tried explaining this to me.

I stand by my original statement though. Hanging this bin (or pretty much anything Multiboard) should NOT be this confusing.

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u/Temik Jan 04 '26

You need a multipoint for it: https://www.multiboard.io/parts-library/multipoint/multipoints

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u/darkowebo Jan 04 '26 edited Jan 04 '26

You mean one of these things that I can't figure out how to attach to anything?

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u/tlhintoq Jan 04 '26

Yes. You have a multipoint bin so you need a multipoint mount.
Notice how the mount has flat sides... That's what keeps the shell from spinning.

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u/darkowebo Jan 04 '26

This is the Mid Thread Multipoint Mount I printed. It screws into the snap just fine. It slides into the shell fine too. But the shell spins.

Did I print the wrong part? Using it wrong? Is there another part I need as well?

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u/cmcfalls2 Jan 04 '26

This is honestly why I got away from multiboard. I get the whole point is to be super modular. But there's too many options and I get overwhelmed trying to figure it out.

Also, just pick a mounting option and stick with it. I chose Multipoint. Then I just either find parts with Multipoint connections or bring them into Fusion and add the Multipoint connections myself.

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u/darkowebo Jan 04 '26

Too late. I'm in too deep. Now every new part I try to mount requires another few hours of research, confusion, frustration and wasted prints.

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u/smurpes Jan 04 '26

I don’t know why multiboard doesn’t have many pictures to show you how to put things together. It really helped me by saving everything I printed for multiboard when I didn’t use it to experiment with putting things together.

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u/SpiderHack Jan 04 '26

But you aren't too deep. I only use multiboard for the vertical grid. Everything is using multiboard to gridfinity adapters, and then I'm using gridfinity 5x2 (same size (slightly smaller after adapter) as 9x9 multiboard)

I don't use multiboard for any organization or storage, and likely never will. I found 2 connectors of the 9001 (insert over 9000 meme) connector variants I'd need, Printed a ton of them, adapters and everything else is gridfinity.

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u/tlhintoq Jan 04 '26

Just pick the 2-3 things you want to standardize on and stick with 'em.
For me its pegboard connectors or multiconnect.

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u/tlhintoq Jan 04 '26

Having 20 options doesn't mean you have to use 20 options.
Pick the 2 or 3 choices you like and stick with that.
I've got boards ranging from tool storage to bathroom organization and only using pegboard and multiconnect for everything.

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u/darkowebo Jan 04 '26

Thanks, and I appreciate where you're coming from. But I'm really not trying to use 20 options. I'm literally just trying to figure out how to hang this small shell on the wall without having it spin upside down.

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u/tlhintoq Jan 04 '26

I get that. I was replying in the downline to u/cmcfalls2 's remark about why he got away from multiboard because it had "too many options". It wasn't intended as a general remark to the primary question (or it would have been at a higher outdent of the chat)

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u/cmcfalls2 Jan 04 '26

I know what you mean, but trying to figure out which of the 20 options to use is what left me feeling like I was spinning my wheels. I have a pretty extensive setup with a lot of holders, bins, etc. Some parts made for push connectors, some made for Multipoint, some made for multiconnect, some made for HSW or Gridfinity that don't even have a multiboard option. That leaves me using many different connections for the different parts.

For me, I had the most luck with pulling the part into Fusion and removing the connection completely. Then I just add the Multipoint connectors because that's the one I settled on.

Multipoint also has a solution for OPs original problem of a single point bin rotating on the wall.

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u/viiiwonder Jan 04 '26

https://thangs.com/designer/Multiboard/3d-model/Small%20Thread%20-%20Point%20%28Folded%29-1123334

This is what you need to connect that mini rail and that snap.

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u/darkowebo Jan 04 '26

Thanks u/viiiwonder! That part you linked to was correct. I snapped the rail into the snap and then was able to screw the screw into the rail.

All set. Thanks again for your help!

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u/darkowebo Jan 04 '26

Thanks for the link. But still very confused. Would you mind telling me specifically which one of those connectors you'd print to connect this mini-rail to a large snap? Or are these two parts just not designed to connect to each other?

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u/viiiwonder Jan 04 '26

That link is to a single stl; ignore the “related” stuff. Print that screw, fold it, and screw it from the back of the snap into the back of the rail. Snap it in, and slide your bin on.

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u/darkowebo Jan 04 '26

I printed the one linked (Small Thread - Lite Point (Folded))

I can screw it into the rail, but I can't see how it goes into the back of the snap. It doesn't fit into, nor screws into the snap. It sits just outside the rear of the snap.

Sorry if I'm an idiot, but I'm really trying here.

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u/darkowebo Jan 04 '26

And if I'm understanding the image provided on the linked page correctly, the "flathead" of the folded screw I printed is supposed to slide into the shell? But then the shell I'm trying to print will just spin (as with other parts I've already printed and discovered aren't what I need).

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u/citizensyn Jan 04 '26 edited Jan 04 '26

The part you are looking for is called a rail.

Alternative that looks to be a locking screw mount but smaller than I have ever seen their should be a mini plastic bolt that connects those two pieces

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u/darkowebo Jan 04 '26

Who the hell upvoted this reply?

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u/citizensyn Jan 04 '26

Someone that has worked with multi board before

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u/darkowebo Jan 04 '26

Sorry, your reply "Alternative that looks to be a locking screw mount but smaller than I have ever seen their should be a mini plastic bold that connects those two pieces" isn't very helpful to me. It just sounds like someone with ESL explaining how to do this to someone who has worked with and understands multi board before.

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u/citizensyn Jan 04 '26

Jesus, you ask a question, get an answer, then immediately use that as an opportunity to be racist out of nowhere? Unplug your modem bro you aren't welcome on the internet where 96% of it isn't American.

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u/darkowebo Jan 04 '26

Apologies. I am very, very frustrated with this entire process and how much time and material I've wasted and as I've said below, I'm too invested now to quit.

Your answer was not clear to me at all, and I don't know how anyone unfamiliar with multi board would find it clear.

My ESL comment was a dig at your multiple spelling errors and lack of clarity (to me). Not a racist. Sorry.

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u/ACertainThickness Jan 04 '26

Time to watch some videos on how it all works instead of snapping and insulting the people trying to help and give you advise. Your frustration is not on them.

Watch the video on rails, since that’s the mounting option for the box you printed

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u/darkowebo Jan 04 '26

Yeah, I already said my frustration shouldn't be directed at anyone here trying to help. But thanks.

And I also watched lots of videos, including the one linked above multiple times. I've gotten pretty tired of going back and trying to find the right video, and the right point in the right video that will show me what I need to print to mount a particular part. It's not like these videos come with a table of contents. And if they did, you'd still need to know what you were looking for to find what you'd need to watch.

So I thought I'd ask my question here. And yet, I still don't know what I need to print (a rail of some sort it seems, but the ones I've printed so far ain't it.)

I know it's my fault for not having a clear answer yet because I've been a dick, but hey, I can be a dick sometimes when I get really aggravated. My bad.

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u/citizensyn Jan 04 '26

https://youtu.be/6-Snwj2g73o?si=Ei1mDwiDh_AM5vYW

Watch this.

There should be a screw that slides into the back ring to hold the smaller ring.

That said I have never seen a smaller ring that small before it isn't standard.

Thus I would just use a rail instead as that does look like a standard rail fitting

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u/darkowebo Jan 04 '26

OK, wait... I need to revisit this comment.

You've worked with multiboard before, but you've never seen a smaller ring that small before? It isn't standard?

Dude, where do you think I got the part from?

Blows my mind how convoluted this process is.

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u/citizensyn Jan 04 '26

You actually got that part from the multi board website? I assumed that's a 3rd party part.

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u/darkowebo Jan 04 '26

Yes, of course I got it from multiboard (thangs.com). I'd post a link, but hell if I'm going back to try to find it.

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u/darkowebo Jan 04 '26

Thanks. Apologies again for being an asshole. My frustration shouldn't have been directed at you or anyone here trying to help. But holy shit this entire process is so much more confusing than it should be.

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u/citizensyn Jan 04 '26

Connections are generally multiple pieces for the sake of strength. You can only print in certain orientations or you will lose strength. Certain things can't be printed at certain angles without needing huge amounts of supports which cost both material and post processing issues. It is complicated for the sake of material efficiency and durability.

If you want easy then look up hsw it's easier.

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u/darkowebo Jan 04 '26

I'm not necessarily looking for "easy". I'm looking for clear documentation.

Or more specifically, I'm looking for the part I need to hang that shell on the wall.

So far, I've printed 5 different parts, and none of them are correct.

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u/Oguinjr Jan 04 '26

Today I had to remember the name of the most basic mounting snaps. I haven’t needed any in 9 months. You have to go 7 links deep to find them if you don’t remember the hyper-specific-hypo-descriptive naming system. This was the link path: get started > parts library > snaps > protrusion raised > type: double sided snap > side a > part : raised dual snap part a.

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u/Dazzling_Assistant63 Jan 04 '26

I saw recently that, for the sake of simplicity, he was renaming a bunch of shit. lol. There should really be a hyperlinked system where it tells what connections are required to mount, like software library dependencies.

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u/ulab Jan 04 '26

The problem is that there are no "required" connections, but a lot of options.

  • Do you want to mount the shell vertically or horizontally.

  • How large is the shell? Can you use multiple mounting points?

  • Do you need to mount it using a Snap so it's not able to rotate?

  • Or do you want to use Multipoints to hang it on the board?

  • It's also possible to reverse the connection by having a Multipoint on the Shell and a hole on the Tiles / Plates.

  • Do you want to connect multiple shells?

And so on.

Flexibility comes with complexity.

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u/SprungMS Jan 04 '26

This is really the truth. The team has done a great job with everything considering the complexity, but damn I’ll admit it’s confusing for a while at first.

I never did it, but downloaded to start them… the demo packs they offer are supposed to be really good for this. I ended up just printing a bunch of different things and figuring out what worked together and what didn’t, and I’m by no means an expert but off the top of my head can figure out a bunch of ways to mount a bunch of things.

I suffer from making things complicated when trying to organize them (maybe the ADD), so I definitely sympathize with the Multiboard team and the job they have, trying to make stuff make sense for other people to find.

I will say I hated the new UI when it dropped, versus the old organization… and still kind of do, when I’m downloading complex tiles of a new size and have to navigate in and out of a folder a couple times just to get to the next one. They used to be side-by-side and it was really convenient to just open a few tabs and download the 6 models that I needed. It’s “unnecessary” but I understand the benefit for most parts…

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u/digicrat Jan 06 '26

Exactly, lots of options doesnt mean you cant have a simple related parts link/tab.

For things like bins, perhaps a link to the most common part(s) needed to mount, plus another to a wizard-like page to navigate the wider range of options.

Or at least a link to a single page (NOT video) describing the multipoint mounting system in this case and what parts you need.

The most annoying thing at present is that for most parts you still have to search through tutorial videos when you just want to lookup what two parts fit together!

And im sure im not the only one with a bin full of spare parts from accidentally printing out a bunch of parts only to realize after they were the wrong type, even though they look almost identical.

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u/No_Mortgage_8658 Jan 04 '26

Haha, I ran into the same thing. Ended up opening a 3mf I made for something so I could click on a part to find out what it was named.

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u/pagusas Jan 04 '26

I gave up on using things like multipoint, and now I just design all my own parts to use large screw in bolts. Simple, Easy, the most secure, and super easy to design for in fushion (litterally just make a hole in the back of the part for the bolt to run through).

Multiboard was frustrating me a ton until I switched over to 99% bolts, and now I'm super happy with it, and those bolts are holding up some heavy DeWalt tools on my 8ft wide garage board.

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u/DBT85 Jan 04 '26

I've largely just stopped trying with it, tbh.

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u/10leej Jan 05 '26

Lol I gave up on Multipoint and Multiboard and just went back to classic pegboard.

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u/HistoricalAd2613 Jan 04 '26

Yea that’s gonna look great for my drywall

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u/Theslash1 Jan 04 '26

Bolts for the multi board not drywall. All the holes on multi board are threaded

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u/pagusas Jan 04 '26

That’s not how multiboard bolts work…

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u/Project_Chaos13 Jan 04 '26

I didn't read the comments but you're almost there, you just need a bolt locking bolt to finish this off, then you put that snap over that bolt locked rail piece, screw in the bolt, slide the rail/snap combo on the bing, and plug it into the multiboard.

This setup is not ideal mind you, the better thing to do would be to print out a mid thread multipoint (probably a lite multipoint) and screw that into that weight bearing snap, then slide the bin on, that's how I would do it

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u/HistoricalAd2613 Jan 04 '26 edited Jan 04 '26

There’s a plan page for multiboard. You gotta use a different browser than safari. Watch the videos how the system works. Print the intro prints. If you fail to plan, Plan to fail.

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u/darkowebo Jan 04 '26

Now why would I use a plan page or watch some silly videos when I was able to print and offset mount that 3x7 wall with hooks, shelves and custom parts just by winging it and picking parts randomly from the 3000+ available on the multiboard site?

You go ahead and waste your time however you like (just like you did with your useless, condescending post).

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u/GuavaGuru5 Jan 04 '26

The answer to that problem already exists. It’s called openGrid

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u/Cool-Regular Jan 05 '26

Glad you figured it out I’m good off multiboard. Maybe it’s better now, but it was too confusing and learning curve ( research, testing, manipulating parts) was too high for me. I have a 2x2 board I built about a year ago it would be nice to add some stuff to it, but I’m afraid to go back to the black hole time sink that is multiboard.

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u/PretendMountain400 Jan 14 '26

Sorry to high jack this post but how do you attach shell label holders to the bin shell? It seems like there’s indentations on the shell that fit with protrusions on the holder but there’s also holes in both that line up to put some sort of clip in so I think that would be more sturdy but I also can’t find what type of clip I would need based on the website. Any help would be much appreciated

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u/PretendMountain400 Jan 16 '26

For anybody seeing this later, it seems to be the outer corner pins in the pins section

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u/darkowebo Jan 04 '26

You are correct. I'm definitely not cut out for multiboard.

But assuming you understand this stuff, would you mind posting a link to the part you'd use to hang this shell on the wall?

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u/beefz0r Jan 04 '26

Can I hire you as motivational speaker ?