I need to organize my messy office. And this might just be the secret. I made this cabinet in my office
to hold all my tech gear, and the storage down
below has been awesome. But when we did that,
I only had one 3D printer. But now I have four. So this nicely organized station
that I made last year has basically
just become a dumping ground. And honestly, it is just visual clutter
that just stresses me out. So I have got to take care of it
and find a good solution. Now, those other two printers
are going in another room in the house and I'm going to have those
for my kids to use. But I want to try to keep this open
so I can have a little maker station here and do electronics or whatever
I want. But what I'm really excited
is this big blank wall, because there is no storage on here at all. You guys know I love stories,
so we've got to come up with some for this that's kind of nerdy and super organized
and also that looks cool. So up top, I want to have a shelf
with some task lighting on it. We'll put some LEDs in there to really
light things up here for when I'm working. So I want to go out and start with
a shelf and head to the shop. Hey guys, it's rad from the future. Actually, I already made that shelf
and have released a video on it because as I was designing it
and just started getting more detailed and I wanted to have a whole video to show
you exactly how it was done. And it turned out amazing. And I've got the task lighting there so I can see everything on the countertop
as well as the ambient LED lights. So it is a really cool project
and now I can really start focusing on the wall
underneath that for the organization. I really want it to look around in my shop
because my shop is really already hyper organized and see what I can take
from here and apply it into the office. So this was one of the first things that I built for my shop,
and this is the garage workbench with a nice pegboard
hutch on the top of it. And this has been awesome. And I love the idea of just having a place for everything
and everything in its place. And I even did a lot of labeling on these
so that you can see exactly what goes there. So when I take things away,
I know where to put them back. My machine is square, is out gallivanting somewhere,
not sure where that exactly is. And of course, every good shop needs a flyswatter. But I'm sorry. I love the adjustability
and the function of the pegboard. I just don't think
it looks like a great pegboard. This has this connotation of, like,
being in an old garage for me. So I wanted something that looked a bit
better, and I went out on the hunt. I started with the usual suspects, and I checked out the wall control panels
and I checked out the IKEA status system. And both of those are great. But the main problem is that
those systems are made for the masses, and so they only have
a few different sizes in each of them. And so you have to use multiple of those
to make it fit your area. And when I looked at what I had,
it just didn't work out. I needed something custom and then it hit me like a
Will Smith on a bad night at the Oscars, why not use my 3-D printer to make something custom for my 3-D
printing station? I know most of you don't have 3-D printers
because I did a poll, even though over half of you do want to get one. At some point, I held off on getting a 3D printer
for a while because I didn't really know
what I would do with it. And all I saw were people making trinkets
and putting the rocks head on things. Although the octopus is pretty cool,
it was when I was putting together the minor small station here
when it really clicked in my head how I could start using some 3D
printing in the shop. And this was because of the dust
collection back here. I designed this now,
so this is a little 3D printed part I have in it's wrapped in electrical tape
and that was just for a good fit. But basically what this does is it
just goes from the dust part on the back of the saw to the inside of
this little flexible hose that I'm using. And there are no fittings out there
that would do this. So I modeled it myself. And that allows me to put the saw as close
as possible to the back wall. Now, since then, I've printed other adapters like this one
that goes on the end of my fine desktops here,
and that's actually an amazing fit. And so it won't come off. But 3D printing is perfect
for making a part that you just can't find and I showed a few different ways that I use that in the shop
in my eight ways to organize drawers. And during my search
for the Wall organization, I found this. I don't even know what that is. This is a grid piece
for the honeycomb storage wall system. I found this on prison walls for my user name, Rasta P
and it is a very popular model. I will leave a link down
below in the description, but this is the base for the system
and how it works is really cool. Let me show you all the details. So this is basically a modular storage system
and you can print them in different colors and then match them up
any which way you want and you can make whatever size grid
you want, which accomplishes the goal I was looking for. But the really cool part is how the little
inserts interact with the walls. So if you look at the back, you can see
that there is a little part here that is cut out and that allows
for little pieces to be locked into it. So this is a little insert
and it has some little tabs on it. And so if I push it in, it will snap right
in is locked in place there. So with that insert
and then you have the mating pieces, this is probably one of
the simplest things, is just a little hook and you can just insert
that right in there and then you can just hang your favorite
mustache bottle opener on it. And you can also use different holes
in different combinations. So I put in these little red inserts
for a little garish Christmas theme. And this little shelf here, that raspy also provides
so you can use multiple holes or go as far out as you want
and put whatever you want in there. And the cool thing about it
is that there are tons of remixes and the community
has made all of their own little personalized designs
and uploaded them to perennials as well. So you can download things to hold tape or to hold screwdrivers or earbuds
or even an iPhone. And I'm going to using a lot of those
designs to hang up things in the office. But I know there are also some custom designs that I want to do,
so I'm going to have to figure that out a little bit later. So I went out and started
printing and I printed a lot. This is a stack of 24 of these grids and they're about nine
inches by ten inches. And when I stack them all together,
they're going to completely fill up this area under the shelf. And that is the great thing about 3D
printing. It's going to fit it
just the way that I want it to. So if you're wondering about time and cost, each one of these is 116
grams and I printed 24, so that's about 2800 grams
plus the connectors and different things. I got them all out of three
rolls of filament, which are one kilogram apiece, and these run
for about $25 shipped after tax for me. So just in the wall grids,
I had about 75 bucks, which is way cheaper than what it would take to fill that out
with any of the other options. Now, the price you pay for these being inexpensive
is that they take a long time to print. And this guy right here, each one of them took me about 3 hours to print,
and if I pushed it to the limits, I could get it down
to about two and a half. Now, that's actually a pretty good speed
because I was using my newest printer, the Bamboo Lab X1 Carbon,
which is a fantastic machine. I reached out to Bamboo Lab and they sent one of these over a big
thank you to them. But this machine is way faster than what the standard machines are
and what I started off with. But if I tried to print these
on a smaller format machine, that would take about the same 3 hours,
but I'd have to print 50% more of them to cover my space. So at 3 hours each,
if you're doing the math, that would be a solid
three days of nonstop 3D printing. Really. It took me about three weeks off
and on to print them. So I started laying out the panels
to see how they would fit. I think this is going to work out
really nicely. I don't really love, though, here
how it's kind of jagged at the edge. My inner perfectionist
wants a nice straight line. I think I can fix that now. The original files my across
the AP were kind of you get what you get but he did have the measurements on there
like I mentioned and a user named Whitehead Arts made a parametric design
in this program called Open SCAD. So I was able to open it up in there
and make whatever size I wanted. And he also has this a really cool feature
where you can just click buttons and add in a left edge or a top. So if you plan ahead, you could print pieces of borders
already on them, but I didn't. So I'm just going to print the borders and after a little 3D printing,
I got some edge pieces and these can go right up there
and it looks awesome. So much better. I also put in some corners here
and these are going to work. Awesome. But if you plan ahead and you could just print them all
in one piece, here's
how I'm going to attach these to the wall. I'm just gonna be using these little drywall anchors
and you could attach them to the studs. But honestly, I was looking at it and I could
not do it because it would be all off centered in that really hurt my soul
deep down inside. So instead,
I'm going to use these in them. There's going to be a ton of them
on the wall, so it should be fine. And I'll be using these connectors
to connect grids together and then going with the counter charcoal layer
to attach it into the drywall. Anchor So let's get started. Just going to put these up here,
and I do have the trim now. Get everything centered
the way I want it, right? So I actually have four pieces
that are coming together right here. So I'm going to use a little three piece,
which I hope to get to the bottom of this grid
and that grid right here. And then to connect the rest of this
to this bottom trim over here. I will just do it just like this. And it will kind of have this cool little
V shape, which really makes me happy. I'm to
use one of these little single inserts which I cut my tabs off of it
so it won't lock in place and I'll put that in place
and then use a little scratch off to position
where the drywall anchor will go. Then I can drill it out and put everything
back in place and lock it in. All right. That worked out really well. Now I want the middle to be the tightest,
so I'm actually going to work all the way up to the top
and then work my way out. And that way things won't get pulled and
then there will be a gap in the middle. We can't have. This is looking awesome. I am loving this. It's all nice and level and now I can just
expand out to either side. And you'll notice I did not actually screw
in these two locations here. And that's because I want to see
if when I lock them in on the next row, if it kind of tightens everything up just so I don't have to put
as many holes in the wall because I'll have to patch them
eventually, some time later. So a fair warning about this project. The hardest thing
is going to be the planning and you will hear the 3D printer
going right now because I messed up in calculating the part. So I had these corner pieces,
but when I put them up on the wall, then the top of this would not be attached
because I made the other piece too long. I just didn't calculate it outright. So before you do anything,
make sure you have all your intersections all laid out. I was just kind of winging it
because I just kept printing grids and not really thinking about what
I was going to do around the outside. So I got the replacement
pieces printed out. I had the same issue down here
in this corner, so I'll show you how I fixed it
and what I'm attaching it with. So when I have one solid piece,
I was missing the connector right here. So I turn that into a bottom piece
and a side piece. This one's already locked in,
and then this guy can go right here. I'll be using a little triangle connector, and I've already got the anchor in there. Now, I can finish up these last few pieces
in this corner, and I'll be ready to put some attachments on here
and get this thing organized. This looks absolutely amazing. I love it. Some people do use different colored inserts,
but I don't like the whole black look. And yeah,
everything is so nicely symmetric. It just warms my heart. Now I'm going to cover it
all up with a red holder. So I've laid out some things
I want to put up on the wall. Of course, we have the 3D
printing tools in the middle here. I've got some camera gear on in here,
just some electronics and repair items. Now, like I mentioned, there are a ton
of things you can just download. And as you would imagine,
a lot of those are for 3D printing. So I was able to print some things
like this, a little nozzle holder so you can keep a little extra spares
or different sizes In here. We'll spot four tweezers,
which are always handy for 3D printing. But my favorite thing that I downloaded was this guy,
and it was probably the most complex too. And this is a custom holder for my little
I fix it case. It's got all of my bits in here. This thing is just amazing. And when I printed this out, it looked
like something out of Stranger Things. But those are actually just tree supports
because you can't print in thin air. And so they come up and support the print
as it comes out, but they are so satisfying to pull off. And there are also a lot of general items
that can serve multiple purposes like this little hexagonal cup and little
shelves like I showed you earlier. Now, unfortunately, there are not models for everything,
and I have this little D burning thing. I don't want it to fit in this cup because I just don't have a model
that I could download. But what I do have is a very particular
set of skills and calendars. Good luck. So I didn't put my design skills to work
and I went into Fusion 360 and modeled up some of my own things like this
little holder for my aperture light. And it's just a really basic shape
with some rectangular cutouts. I also made a nice little spot
for the remote controls for the LED shelf I just made, and I may have gone a little bit overboard
and made a specific holder for my d boring tool with a slot
for all ten of the little extra parts that I have for it. So now
we get all these hung up on the wall, but I will have links to everything
that I use here, whether it was my design
or designs that I downloaded. I'm going to try to upload
all my designs to animals and you can find them all there. I'm absolutely loving this wallet. I feel like it's missing one little thing,
but I really think this is just going to evolve over time and it is going
to be so cool to have all the adjustable. But oh, I remember now. It's perfect. If you want to see how I made this
floating shelf with LEDs,
you can check the video out right there. A big thank you to FTB D Builders Club. Until next time, guys,
get out there and build something awesome.
