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Gridfinity: The modular, open-source grid storage system

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Re: Gridfinity: The modular, open-source grid storage system

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Post by gavmor »

VBprogrammer wrote: post #35
ffsm8 wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why do people want to reuse toilet paper rolls? Paper is not a hygienic material, and these are used in a place that's rife with bacteria...

If you are worried about this you might want to consider whether you have a healthy degree of concern about hygiene and bacteria. It could be worth speaking with a therapist.

I am not personally turned off by the hygiene of toilet paper rolls, but I think any rational adult's Overton Window should accommodate those who are. Your condescension is grossly unwarranted.

You don't have to be Adrian Monk to recognize that toilets are unsanitary.

Re: Gridfinity: The modular, open-source grid storage system

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Post by joshmarinacci »

WillAdams wrote: post #80

Resisted this for a long while, instead using a series of plastic organizers in various sizes, eventually settling on the Storehouse 10 Tray Organizer Utility Box from Harbor Freight which organizer size matches that used for selling a fair range of hardware on Amazon --- then, when I dropped one, breaking the dividers/separators in the box and went to look for a replacement discovered it was out of stock locally and…

This. Every commercial system I've used changes or is discontinued. I now take my storage into my own hands, even if it takes longer.

Re: Gridfinity: The modular, open-source grid storage system

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Post by yapyap »

speedbird wrote: post #85
hobofan wrote: post #63

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For anyone looking to get into those storage systems I can also highly recommend "Hands on Katie"'s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@handsonkatie - There are a few videos that go into different storage systems and how to combine them to cover different storage needs and vertical/horizontal surfaces. Her Discord is also quite active with people interested in the space, and Underware (under the desk cable mana…

She’s quite a card

a card?

Re: Gridfinity: The modular, open-source grid storage system

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Post by Faaak »

diggan wrote: post #115
cassianoleal wrote: post #71

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You go through a roll in a couple days?

I'm not sure if you're trying to say that's a lot or little? But yeah, each roll might survive 3-4 days at most I'd guess, but honestly can't say I've ever measured. We're two people (me and my wife) in the household fwiw.

It las us (household of two also) at least a week. I've found out in the past that I used way too much out of habit. Also for some reason triple ply needs less paper

Re: Gridfinity: The modular, open-source grid storage system

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Post by ffsm8 »

gavmor wrote: post #121
VBprogrammer wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you are worried about this you might want to consider whether you have a healthy degree of concern about hygiene and bacteria. It could be worth speaking with a therapist.

I am not personally turned off by the hygiene of toilet paper rolls, but I think any rational adult's Overton Window should accommodate those who are. Your condescension is grossly unwarranted. You don't have to be Adrian Monk to recognize that toilets are unsanitary.

Eh, it got a chuckle and eye roll outta me so I didn't mind.

And fwiw, I don't really care either wherever people use them for whatever they want, I am just still confused why people would want to use paper (sourced from leftover toilet utensils), which is notorious for being basically un-cleanable... as food storage, but to each their own.

I'm surprised how many people hate me for such (imo) mellow statement though

Re: Gridfinity: The modular, open-source grid storage system

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Post by seltzered_ »

bjackman wrote: post #39
ffsm8 wrote: post #30

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Why do people want to reuse toilet paper rolls? Paper is not a hygienic material, and these are used in a place that's rife with bacteria...

IIUC this is also true of most 3D-print materials. You should not be using Gridfinity to store food! This is also why you usually shouldn't 3D print a dildo. This would be true even if the materials were food safe to be honest, I don't see how you can keep something like this clean. It's for storing stuff like capacitors and screws and electrical tape.

Im not sure how food safe it is yet, but there is PHA which promises more compostability into the soil.

https://reddit.com/r/3dprinting_pha is a start.

Re: Gridfinity: The modular, open-source grid storage system

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Post by VBprogrammer »

gavmor wrote: post #121
VBprogrammer wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you are worried about this you might want to consider whether you have a healthy degree of concern about hygiene and bacteria. It could be worth speaking with a therapist.

I am not personally turned off by the hygiene of toilet paper rolls, but I think any rational adult's Overton Window should accommodate those who are. Your condescension is grossly unwarranted. You don't have to be Adrian Monk to recognize that toilets are unsanitary.

I'm not sure where you got condescension from - I was going for genuine concern. Being irrationality concerned about hygiene is a warning sign for conditions like obsessive compulsive disorder.

Re: Gridfinity: The modular, open-source grid storage system

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Post by progman32 »

phoronixrly wrote: post #104
idiotsecant wrote: post #99

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You can make it reasonably food safe with an acetone mist bath, though. It melts all the irregularities into a smooth surface.

While theoretically you can get certified food-safe blend of PLA, the rest of the extrusion path must also be food-safe... I personally am not fond of eating hot degraded PTFE... Or the trace remains of charred ASA/ABS I printed last week through the same nozzle... Or in fact any of the various coatings of the heated bed or leftover trace amounts of previous prints... It's just a black hole that I choose not to get i…

There's also the issue of lead in the brass nozzle, so you'd probably want to switch to a safer material there.

Re: Gridfinity: The modular, open-source grid storage system

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Post by Rebelgecko »

stevenpetryk wrote: post #2

It’s such a nice project. But boy do I think it would benefit from mass production. People spend a lot of time printing generic bins and baseplates that would be better spent just printing custom bins.

Especially for baseplates, since I have some drawers that are larger than my print area. It'd be awesome to just buy an injection molded 8x7 on Amazon or whatever for $5 instead of fiddling with glue and interlocking puzzle pieces.
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