This concept should be much more common.
It is already super common, this is the basics of DIY projects
I looked for it several times online and DIY stores but never seen anything like this (at least not for constructing objects of that size).
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#22I mean, it's cute but I'm pretty sure most DIYers own a drill. Or wood glue.
"A bunch of holes in a matrix" is useful if say you're designing a wall where you want to attach different things at different positions, but for anything else permanent you can just... buy the raw stock and drill them at exact spot you need
My experience with something smaller scale (Makerbeam, screws used to press fit instead of holes so it can be screwed together at near-any position, not just at hole position) is that in the end it's nice to prototype but there will be inevitably either too short or too long piece and when you need to start cutting them the benefits go out of the window
Having holes everywhere isn't also great from furniture perspective, harder to clean and might not exactly be aesthetically pleasing
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#23This concept should be much more common.
I desperately hope something like this gets popular. I see one off ideas every now and then but there's not one big system that's easily purchasable yet.
They kinda are but they are also quite pricy compared to raw materials. And there is not that much market for "DIY but overpay for materials instead of getting actual drill and some fasteners"
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#24Reminds me of the V-slot and T-slot aluminium extrusion that’s often used to build light duty equipment like 3D printers.
This is kinda... worse version of it
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#25I mean, it's cute but I'm pretty sure most DIYers own a drill. Or wood glue. "A bunch of holes in a matrix" is useful if say you're designing a wall where you want to attach different things at different positions, but for anything else permanent you can just... buy the raw stock and drill them at exact spot you need My experience with something smaller scale (Makerbeam, screws used to press fit instead of holes so i…
I'm not a DIYer and I don't own a drill. Having something like this be widely available and affordable would be a game changer for me.
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#26Reminds me of Fischertechnik: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischertechnik
Or Merkur (Constructo, Build-O, Tecc): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkur_(toy)
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#27I mean, it's cute but I'm pretty sure most DIYers own a drill. Or wood glue. "A bunch of holes in a matrix" is useful if say you're designing a wall where you want to attach different things at different positions, but for anything else permanent you can just... buy the raw stock and drill them at exact spot you need My experience with something smaller scale (Makerbeam, screws used to press fit instead of holes so i…
I'm not a DIYer and I don't own a drill. Having something like this be widely available and affordable would be a game changer for me.
>don't own a drill
Power drill is $50 and would serve you at least 10 years and is a must for any home. Hand saw is enough.
>affordable
Pre-drilled set can't be cheap, that's the catch. $15 for a meter of beam? Ridiculous.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not a DIYer and I don't own a drill. Having something like this be widely available and affordable would be a game changer for me.
>don't own a drill Power drill is $50 and would serve you at least 10 years and is a must for any home. Hand saw is enough. >affordable Pre-drilled set can't be cheap, that's the catch. $15 for a meter of beam? Ridiculous.
I borrowed a friend's drill for a week when I moved in and had to use it like twice. I haven't missed it since. What you consider a must is just stuff taking up space for me. I'll buy one when I need it.
And I'm not going to start building my own furniture with a saw and a drill. I wish I had that kind of time or energy, there's a thousand things I'd do if I had.
I'm pretty sure pre drilled sets could be cheap with the right economy of scale. I doubt it'll get there, though.
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#29So, what's interesting here?
It's not new, it's something like scaled Meccano from 1901. In its scale it's useless cause of reliability of fastenings over time, dust and ugly appearance. DIY is (typically) quite the opposite. Let it be, but you have to lose your childhood to buy something like that.
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#30Ken Isaacs - How to Build Your Living Structures
https://archive.org/details/How.To.Build.Your.Own.Living.Str...