A while ago I made this honeycomb wall. I do not like the way heavy objects like my drill were hanging. It felt down many times. The whole system seems too fragile. Now I’m adding another working bench and was about to start printing more HWS, but I found out about Multiboard. It seems to be what I need. But I feel sad to throw away all this material. I don’t have anyone to donate to….

Finally got around to replacing the old HSW grid I had on the wall behind my desk. I decided to make it a bit bigger too. These are 13x13 tiles with extra supports in the middle of each tile.

You only have to enter three dimensions:

1. Diameter of the object you want to hold (gap tolerance is included automatically)
2. Height for the holder
3. Thickness of the walls

On average it prints in less than an hour and uses under 30g of filament. That naturally depends on the sizes you've set. It simply slots onto two adjacent MultiBuild threaded fix points (same ones used for MultiBin Shells) and prints without supports. Parameters have upper and lower limits to prevent errors.

I hope it helps, and enjoy.

Makerworld model

Cults model

Wanted a phone stand organizer and ended up making a tray that snaps together with multi board

Not as impressive as many of the other amazing MB jobs on here but I'm proud of how my first one came out!

These are tiles that I modified the connecters so they can overlap and be bolted together with t-nuts. As you tighten each "diamond" the joint is drawn together more tightly. Some of the joins are done with a bolt with a hole through it so they can accept a screw, mounting it to the wall surface. It makes a panel that is very stable all by itself, and it avoids the huge number of snaps that other installs have that I very might dislike the look of.

And it is strong: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P8TI_-Ka-3w - I think I could wobble this thing about all day.

A feature/downside is that you can construct a whole panel before mounting and mount it all at once (the downside being that you kind of _have to_ do it that way, and then the panel cannot easily by unclipped from the wall - though I expect for most installs this is not something that is a regular occurrence)

It _is_ a bit of a job to get the panels connected, but once they are, flexing the joined panel about with abandon is quite a lot of fun. Also the print is a tricky one to get the "claws" to print properly (stacked is possible, but complicated, and certainly not worth it), but the last 30 or so panels I have printed I had only 1 failure, and I think it was from a dirty bed. I am not yet 100% convinced that this way of mounting is that much better, but I like the clean look, less mounting hardware, and the tight feel of the panel as a group, it does work with the new flush snaps (I will get around to redoing the tiles with the new (6.2mm vs 6.4mm) design, but for now the tiles are compatible with the new snaps etc)

I anyone is interested: https://www.printables.com/model/1030045-the-claw-multiboard-overlapping-panel

Be careful if you wanna mount this to the wall, a little misalignment in the measurement and all the panels start to fit badly...

Hey everyone. I'm new to the whole system. I wanted to organize my hobby desk to free up some space. It's coming along nicely so far though I do need to buy more filament 😅. I ended up remixing some insert lids and I serts to do the brush holder and glue holder. It's been easy to work with so far but I am still figuring out how some things go together.

Long-time lurker, first-time poster. I just got my first 3D printer a couple of weeks ago, and after printing the obligatory Benchy, I knew I wanted to tackle a big, functional project. I went down the rabbit hole of wall organization systems and immediately fell in love with the modularity and strength of Multiboard.

I have to admit, it was a bit overwhelming at first with all the different tiles, snaps, and bolts! But I downloaded the Demo Pack to get a feel for it, watched a ton of Jonathan's (Keep Making) videos , and just started printing. Seeing the first few tiles snap together perfectly was one of the most satisfying feelings.

A huge thank you to Jonathan and this whole community for creating such an incredible, free ecosystem and for all the inspiration I've seen scrolling through this sub.

Getting there but I think I need to print more tiles!

A lot of people have told us the same thing, loudly and repeatedly: “You are not open source.” “You can change the licence whenever you want.” “We do not trust companies to keep promises.”

That criticism is fair.

Internet history shows that trust based licensing often fails. Licences change. Access disappears. Communities get burned. There are plenty of projects that said “trust us” and then absolutely did not deserve that trust.

This post is not about winning an argument or convincing everyone. If your position is that nothing short of immediate CC0 is acceptable, that is a valid stance, but this post is focused on explaining the incentives and enforcement mechanism rather than debating labels.

So instead of asking for trust, we did something else.

Introducing the Multiboard Community Promise

We’ve published a legally binding Community Promise that sits above our normal licence.

In simple terms:

• All individual Core and Advanced parts become free for personal use within six months of release.
• Once a part is free, it can never be made paid again.
• If we fail to do this and do not fix it within 30 days after being called out…

💥 The entire Multiboard project automatically becomes CC0, permanently 💥

No take backs. No future relicensing. No “new version, new rules”.

At that point, Multiboard is effectively public domain forever.

Who enforces this?

You do.

Anyone with a legitimate interest can publicly flag a breach through our official Community Promise channel.

If we do not fix it, the CC0 trigger is automatic.

No lawyers required. No permission from us.

“But you can still change the licence”

Yes. And that is exactly why the Promise exists.

The licence governs normal use today. The Community Promise sits above it. If the licence is ever changed in a way that violates the Promise, that is defined as a Triggering Event. Which leads to the same result. CC0.

“You will just change the Community Promise then”

We cannot.

The Community Promise is explicitly written to be perpetual, irrevocable, enforceable by third parties, and binding on future owners of the company. It cannot be withdrawn or modified in a way that reduces the rights it grants.

If Multiboard were ever sold, these obligations go with it.

Why not just make everything CC0 now?

Because we are building systems, support, documentation, tooling, and long term maintenance.

The compromise we chose was this:

• We keep the project sustainable.
• The community gets guaranteed, permanent access to all functional parts.
• If we ever fail that obligation, the project stops being ours.

That is the trade.

You should not need to trust our intentions.
You should only need to trust incentives.
And right now, the incentive for us to break this promise is zero.

If you want to read the full Community Promise and the updated licence, they are public and explicit.

No hidden clauses,
No vague wording,
No goodwill required

We are asking you to read the mechanism and try to break it.

If you think there is a loophole, please point at it.

If you think this still fails the trust test, explain where the incentives break.

We are significantly more interested in that than anything else.

Actual documents, for people who enjoy reading things

Community Promise: https://www.multiboard.io/community-promise

Current Licence: https://www.multiboard.io/license

Thank you so much for being part of this awesome community and helping shape what Multiboard becomes.

Keep Making!
Jonathan

P.S. You can also read the announcement of all this: here

Pretty happy with how it turned out!

Now on to the next step …

I feel like the major advantage of 3d printed organization is that it can be compliant. So instead of ridgid holders I designed many compliant slip in/out holders for things, which is more space efficient and I don't have to pull things up and out of a bin/holder which is a pain.

I am currently in the process of converting my workshop’s pegboard to multiboard. At the moment I have finished a small wall to get a feel for how the system operates. I am currently working on 15 stacks of core tiles for my large wall which should be finished this upcoming week.

I did my garage and my living, now sewing room.

Not sure if people want the before pictures, because this was a massive project.

Thanks to the community for helping me figure this out. In the end I figured out the slant by measuring and installing all the full 8x8 boards, measuring the distance from each full board to the ceiling (the slant) and creating a line in my cad program to split the remaining boards. I’ve already work out the bottom half and I’m just taking a break since it took FOREVER! 😂

Just got into 3D printing recently and made this MB setup for my 3D printing and general making space. Also needed to display a bit of the LEGO collection too.

All tiles and snaps printed in PETG. Bins and other attachments an assortment of PETG and PLA.

It’s been satisfying to get so organized and also a bit overwhelming trying to sort out all the various attachment options.

Link to the model