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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 cassianoleal »

diggan wrote: post #58
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...

> Why do people want to reuse toilet paper rolls? Because some of us have like 200 cables, and toilet paper rolls is a cheap but effective way of getting some control over these :) And besides, I'm sure that my fingers and feet are more dirty when I touch/move any of the cables, than the toilet paper rolls that spent a couple of days in a bathroom.

You go through a roll in a couple days?

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

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Post by yapyap »

Nullabillity wrote: post #48
Gigachad wrote: post #47

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If the bacteria on toilet rolls was an actual problem, toothbrushes would be a much bigger issue than storage tubs.

Usually you don't use your toothbrush while fondling your genitals...

… do you.. use a toilet paper roll for that?

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

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Post by pragma_x »

slau wrote: post #18

Zach Freedman, the creator of the original Gridfinity, is also an amazing writer and wordsmith. His videos are full of amazing tongue twisters, alliterations and incredible puns. I wish he’d write books. Highly recommended: https://m.youtube.com/@ZackFreedman

> full of amazing tongue twisters

You mean, always amazingly augmented, aspiring to alienate all other audible aspirations? Zach is always a treat.

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

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Post by WillAdams »

Gigachad wrote: post #8

I’ve been trying this out. The biggest problem I’m experiencing is that your draws won’t be a perfect multiple of the grid size. Which means you are always going to be left with gaps on the side which are wasted space which could be up to 40mm. There is kind of a solution to this where you can use non standard grid sizes to perfectly fit your draws, and there are generators which will create the baseplates and bins f…

I am actually beginning work on a fork which uses 21mm (half normal size) as the basis grid) --- a lot of my work (and attendant hardware) is smaller scale, so hoping that will work out well.

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

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Post by malfist »

yapyap wrote: post #73
Nullabillity wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Usually you don't use your toothbrush while fondling your genitals...

… do you.. use a toilet paper roll for that?

Modified wooden toilet roller? Wow. Just wow.

I think maybe I've been on fark too long. https://m.fark.com/comments/6611712/Woman-discovers-boyfrien...

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

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Post by WillAdams »

SOLAR_FIELDS wrote: post #16

An old colleague of mine went through the process of doing gridfinity. One of his main struggles was getting boxes that fit his power tools perfectly. He was looking for a way to easily get a shape of the tool into CAD. What’s the most straightforward and effective way to get a CAD representation of a solid these days? Of course there are expensive solutions but is there anything reasonably achievable in the DIY spac…

If you just need an outline, this nascent AI site tries to address that need:

https://www.tooltrace.ai/

(and for the Europeans/Rest of the World, there's an A4 configuration option)

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

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Post by WillAdams »

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 was being discontinued.

On that basis, a DIY/roll-your-own solution became far more attractive.

- no waiting on shipping

- no worry about whether or no there is an SKU which meets my needs (I had to modify the 10-tray compartments into 5-tray front--back organizers for endmills)

The thing which finally pushed me over was the development of a matching Systainer system:

https://old.reddit.com/r/gridfinity/comments/1lnkt93/wip_upd...

which hopefully will be ready by the time my order of a new/larger 3D printer than my current (tiny) Ordbot Quantum arrives.

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