3D Printed Shelving - Printy Panels!

3D Printed shelving system with snap together parts.
All the required files to make your own are available to download.
3dprinty.xyz/project/114
Happy printing!
== Featured Printy ==
Mechanical Counter - PrintABlock Core Attachment Remix by Oriles based on @3dpprofessor 's PrintABlock System
www.printables.com/model/734136
== Materials ==
- Duramic3D PLA+
- Jessie PLA Soul Black Glitter
== Credits ==
Intro Music By
Slogra
Other Music and SFX From
artlist.io/

[@Lordrocky24]

I didn’t even realize that those shelves were printed, despite spending tons of time at your booth! Totally going to make some of those.

[@3DPrinty]

They're easy to miss with all the other prints they were holding up :)

[@suburbansamurai3560]

Solving a lack of space for your 3D prints with MORE 3D prints, that's how 3D Printy does it! I love the design of the shelves, so sleek looking, so modular! Best of the best!

[@veritanuda]

Very nice. Now a couple supporting side clips and drawers here we come. Thanks for sharing!

[@makeit4less]

I got to meet you at RMRRF and see a bunch of your awesome prints! The shelves looked so professional I didn't even realize they were 3d printed

[@3DPrinty]

Thank you for stopping by the table! Yes, I enjoyed surprising people with that when the occasion would arise :)

[@ScytheNoire]

Another factor that can cause prints to curl up from the build plate is if it cools too quickly after printing. This is more known when dealing with higher temp materials such as ABS and ASA. So having gcode to keep the bed at temperature post-print, and having it more slowly lower temperatures can also help stop curling/deformation. Also, when it comes to corners, OrcaSlicer has mouse ears, far less of an annoyance and easier to remove than brims.

[@3DPrinty]

Excellent tips! The panels I let sit as the bed cooled did seem to curl a little less than the ones I pulled immediately.

[@ScytheNoire]

@@3DPrinty No problem, learned that from the Voron community, which does a lot of ABS/ASA printing. These higher temp prints are very fussy, especially when it comes to chamber temperature and cooling too quickly.

[@Geoff_W]

Unless I'm mistaken Zack has released Gridfinity for commercial sale now

[@3DPrinty]

That’s great! I just double checked the license on one of his Gridfinity models on Thangs and it looks like you’re right! I must have missed when that switch happened.

[@thereaintnojusti]

Updated to MIT license on April 24 2023.

[@Geoff_W]

@@3DPrinty Should make everything nice and tidy, I'm looking forward to it all 😁

[@Elephant454]

@@3DPrinty It was announced during his 2023 April Fools video where he teased the release of Gridfinity 2.0 (now known as Hextraction). :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZesY4J5psSEp6M It's this video around the 5:20 mark :)

[@mikemelroy1424]

This would be great for locker shelves, whether at school or at work.👍

[@landonbrewer9135]

this is a great use of 3dprinting.

[@frostbiteminus2799]

Great idea! Looking forward to seeing all the different designs to come 👊🏻❄️

[@johnguynn5212]

I had been working on a modular shelf idea for a while and recently abandoned it as impractical for several reasons. The Printy Panels are an amazing idea and far better than what I had done.

[@3DPrinty]

I hope they work well for you. If you find ways to improve them to fit your needs, I hope you consider remixing them :)

[@johnguynn5212]

@@3DPrinty Absolutely, just have to find time to print some and figure out what I can add to the project.

[@deanaduffey1260]

OMG you are a genius. I have been looking and looking for something exactly like this. Thank you so much, you just made my day!

[@JeanYvesHudon]

This is such a great idea! Looking forward to see what the future holds. Maybe drawer slides? Or attachments to anchor objects in place so they do not move, while traveling in a RV per example.

[@3DPrinty]

Excellent ideas :)

[@deankq4adj125]

Well Done! Love this design and idea. Endless possibilities.

[@lmaoroflcopter]

Absolutely brilliant!! Will definitely be checking this out.

[@moustick2025]

one more amazing product you design, combining with the infinity storage that is just an another lever. Keep the good work.

[@tenchuu007]

It's nice to see some simple low complexity and low filament options for this kind of thing compared to the others that have come out.

[@3DPrinty]

Thank you! If you're willing to have fewer ports, it could be optimized even further - the window panels are sort of the extreme version of that :)

[@FilamentStories]

Oh wow, these are great!!

[@Elephant454]

YES! Oh my gosh I'm so excited! Thank you so much! :D This is gonna be such a huge, huge game changer for me. :) This is so much better than my wildest hopes of a hypothetical "Printy Pipes for Heavy Loads". If I could make a small suggestion/request, it would be incredibly cool to have a variant of the GridFinity pannels that are GridFinity baseplate on top and a grid of Printy Panel ports on the bottom, rather than having the Printy Panel ports on the bezel around the edge. While this would block being able to connect the ports from either side of the panel, it would allow the GridFinity baseplates to tesselate to form a larger whole. This would make for continuous shelving for larger GridFinity blocks than can fit into a single panel. Not only that, but it would also make this an utterly fantastic fully 3d-printed, quick snap-together GridFinity baseplate solution even when the panels are sitting flat on the desk just by connecting them with the various flat clips. Again, thank you so much for this. It brightens up my whole week every time you post. You really embody everything that excites me most about 3D printing and the larger 3D printing community.

[@3DPrinty]

Some excellent ideas - I'll try them out :)

[@blakeasullivan18]

Awesome, looking forward to seeing the updates!

[@CraftyEnelrad]

Bravo! I love how this community works so well together. Thank you for another great print idea. Your consideration of other creators is commendable and sets a great example of how things should work. 👍👍Thanks for sharing.👍👍

[@3DPrinty]

Thank you! Since the printers we use are the result of years of collaboration, I think the things we make with them should continue in that spirit :)

[@sidmiller8840]

Great work! Very slick solution. Really using the strengths of 3D printing

[@spencerlove5855]

I can't wait to see how this grows as a system!

[@cursedvoid]

I legit started working on this project 3 days ago and you have made a better design and im not even sad to say it.

[@3DPrinty]

I've had to scrap quite a few projects for the same reason - I'm glad to hear this'll work for you :)

[@DXXDmente]

Nice, lots of ideas comes when creating and testing, as a designer I can tell you, man you are doing a great work

[@getbent57]

Super awesome. Going to make a few to display my finished models.

[@ChristopherKlepel]

Impressive work yet again so glad I found you a while back and am subscribed.

[@3DPrinty]

Thank you for following along with my random projects :)

[@Jaatinen3D]

Very cool! I love modular organizer projects!

[@3DPrinty]

Gotta keep the piles of 3D printed things organized!

[@PaulDominguez]

Very awesome design.

[@ew0lff]

this is such a good idea and a great sollution!I wonder how you can have such a hight output on creative models and still manage to get such an ellegant sollution. it's impressive, every single time

[@3DPrinty]

Thanks so much! Some projects are secretly in the works for months before they're ready to share - this is one of those.

[@dennisgignac5103]

Very well done once again !!!

[@AlyxEsson]

The first idea i had once getting into 3D printing was to try and come up with a modular shelf concept to organise my bits and pieces without custom designing the models. (which i believe quite a number of people would have thought of too) but i gave up eventually as i dont have much designing background. This pretty much targets it.

[@3DPrinty]

Happy to provide a solution :)

[@Codex_of_Wisdom]

I was going to come to the comments to mention Gridfinity. Glad you're way ahead of me! That said, I already have a few other ideas I'm going to bash together this week!

[@3DPrinty]

Awesome! I love remixes and I'm sure there are more possibilities to expand this project than I can ever cover myself :)

[@cathyomalley2772]

That's great thanks mate.

[@WhyplayGaming]

This is a great idea I have not had a chance to check out the files yet but I'm gonna post a question/idear above. But wanted to say thank you for sharing Engagement 😊

[@3DPrinty]

Appreciation 😊

[@VampireOnline]

OMG How did I miss your table! There was so much I was overwhelmed, but I didn't want to miss yours!

[@3DPrinty]

I know the feeling - there was to much to see in only 2 days!

[@navb0tactual]

I was thinking of designing my own shelving system like this, but it looks like you just saved me from launching yet another project that I would have unhealthily obsessed over lol This channel is super awesome.

[@3DPrinty]

Glad to hear my unhealthy obsession helped you :)

[@lull_the_un]

Oh, wow. This is nice.

[@RaisingtheBARdesigns]

Those are awesome, wondering about a 7 by 7, going to print the 6 and the 8 to see, but I think a 7 would be perfect. Thank you for sharing!

[@3DPrinty]

Glad you like it! Yes, let me know how it works out. If 7x7 ends up being a sweet spot, you can slice an 8x8 panel into quadrants and move the sections inward by 32mm. That should give you a perfect 7x7 using nothing but the tools found in your slicer software :)

[@v4lgrind]

Zack changed the license of his Gridfinity stuff to MIT, there is no non-commercial license limitation any more.

[@3DPrinty]

Thank you! I wasn't aware the it had changed at the time of recording, but I've learned that that's now the case :)

[@brisance]

Awesome!!!

[@WhyplayGaming]

It would be great to make a stackable option that can be printed in one go. Or maybe print them vertically with maybe a small breakable connection between them so they are supported as they go up. But either way would be great to be able to print multiple layers of them in one print job. Either way can't wait to print and mess around with them

[@3DPrinty]

I like the idea! The parts that are printed vertically would be a little weaker due to layer orientation, but in many cases that won't matter :)

[@WhyplayGaming]

Yeah good point

[@holly_hacker]

Damn, I'm using gridfinity and I was wondering how to use this idea in there. Then you showed your gridfinity design :D

[@3DPrinty]

Combining the projects was inevitable!

[@WillYork]

You could design connectors that adapt to multiboard.

[@-Hippo-]

Such a cool idea! I'd love to see a panel size that uses the 180mm³ print volume of the Bambu Lab A1 mini better though. Currently there are only "way too large" and "lots of unused bed size" options. :)

[@3DPrinty]

Glad you like it! I believe a 5x5 panel (157x157mm) would fit, although it wouldn't go entirely to the edge.

[@lucasthompson1650]

In the immortal words of Anthony Jeselnik, “It’s time to panel!”

[@3DPrinty]

A solid call to action!

[@radish6691]

Don’t forget about ASA filament, like ABS but better!

[@lucainmacdonald5141]

Is there going to be an 8x8 box connector? You gained a new subscriber, this is so epic

[@3DPrinty]

Welcome! Yup, I'm working on box connectors for every standard panel size - all the way up to 8x8 :)

[@exodous02]

Problem with making something the size of an ikea shelf is when you add up the cost of the filament it costs more than the ikea equivalent. However, it is probably more stable and can be broken down to a manageable size to move.

[@3DPrinty]

There are definitely tradeoffs to consider - this is just another option :)

[@branthyre3401]

This is a game changer for myself. I've been wanting a shelving system for a display stand I've been working on for some of my favorite designs. May I suggest a varying angular system? 45 degrees or even rounded or circular pannels?

[@3DPrinty]

Great idea! I'll explore both of those.

[@mistimpsmusings]

Well, this is exactly what I need. Unfortunately I’m at that magic stage where I can’t sacrifice a printer to make it, as I’m already in a crunch to have enough stuff for a big event coming up.

[@3DPrinty]

Oh no! But good luck with the big event :)

[@darknessblades]

This would be great if you have a BELT 3d printer. then you can print massive plates in one go

[@luke_fabis]

I feel like this would make a lot of sense as a laser cutting or wood routing project. Any plans to release 2D DXF/DWG files?

[@3DPrinty]

I'm sorry to say that the panels require a 45 degree chamfer for the connectors to lock in - so it's not ideal for laser cutting. The right routing bit could probably pull it off, if you don't mind flipping the work piece over to get both sides. I've included the Fusion files for the panels, if that'll help set up the CAM work.

[@randomsimpson]

Gridfinity for tabletops, Multiboard for walls, Printy Panels to make shelves, plus more tabletops and walls for more Gridfinity and Multiboard. My printer is about to get stuck in a loop.

[@3DPrinty]

Just need some sort of hanging storage system for ceilings :)

[@bartz0rt928]

The Grid... a digital frontier

[@3DPrinty]

Now I want some pure black panels with bright cyan outlines.

[@JaldaboathIrghen]

Didn't Zack update the gridfinity license a while back to make it commercial? Anyways, thanks a lot for these. I have an expo coming up and these are going to be perfect for my reduced table space!

[@3DPrinty]

Yes! I learned recently that the license was updated to an MIT license. (Technically re-learned, because after I was told it was in his 2023 April Fool's video, I'm certain I had seen it) Good luck at the expo!

[@iamlana_p]

Can you add something like "Modular 3d printed cube storage" to your keywords? it took me almost a whole week to find this video again

[@3DPrinty]

Sure thing - I've added in some keywords to help. Unfortunately, my channel name isn't the best for searching.

[@thoperSought]

didn't Zack open it for commercial use?

[@Gimpah]

Are you planning on a wall fixture for this?

[@3DPrinty]

Keyhole style mounts for hanging on a wall are definitely something I'm considering :)

[@mikeyflies44]

Is there a trick to keeping these together? My panels keep sliding off the clips and box frames :/

[@3DPrinty]

For the regular clips, I suggest printing some test clips at slightly larger scales (starting at 101%) until you find the perfect fit. The box clips are trickier because you can’t scale them much before they become completely incompatible with the panels. You could possibly add a slight fuzzy skin to give those clips more grip without messing up the overall dimensions. Increasing your extrusion multiplier could also help. In any case, keep the panels the same and alter only the clips as you dial in a good fit.

[@mikeyflies44]

@@3DPrinty Fuzzy skin was the setting I ended up trying and it worked pretty much perfectly :) For the box clips I went with fuzzy skin modifier cubes just for the little tabs. Thanks for the reply and good to know this wasn't a totally crazy idea. I will experiment with the extrusion modifier next. Thank you for the fantastic creations!

[@AM-ob7yi]

Would it be bad if I printed it like I'm printing multiple lithophanes?

[@3DPrinty]

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean. Unlike a lithophanes, which usually have very thin layers, this will work best if you print with much thicker 0.25 or even 0.3mm layers.

[@AM-ob7yi]

@@3DPrinty i was wondering if it can be printed upright so i would be able to print a few at a time but still have similar strength. i was thinking .28 or .3 using petg.

[@3DPrinty]

@@AM-ob7yi Oh, I see! That wouldn't be the strongest orientation and it would require supports around the port holes. So you COULD do it, but I wouldn't recommend it, sorry. On a more positive note, the panels probably print faster flat because a few of the center-most layers can be infill.

[@ExplodingWaffle101]

Are the panels lasercuttable?

[@3DPrinty]

Unfortunately, the ports require a 45 degree cut (on both side of the panel) for the clips to grab. It might be a good project for CNC, but I don't believe most laser cutters are designed for that sort of cut in mind.

[@StePhillips]

​@@3DPrinty That's a shame. Laser cutting the flat panels would be so much quicker than printing.

[@3DPrinty]

@@StePhillips Absolutely. This sort of design COULD be adapted for laser cutting, but it would require a complete rework of the clamp design - and I don't believe it would be possible to get the clamps to sit flush, the way they do here.

[@TheShadowpheonix]

How much weight can these shelves hold?

[@3DPrinty]

There are a LOT of factors: filament used, panel size, shelf size, wall mounted vs table top, clip type, overall construction, etc. I just dropped 8 1kg boxes of filament on top of a 3x3 desktop shelf and it seems fine with it. The shelf is using 6x6 panels (PLA+) and non-reinforced offset box clips. If needed, it could be much stronger than that by adding 6x1 ribs below each shelf and reinforced box clips.

[@youforgotthelinkinthedescr6798]

Quick send this to zach friedmen

[@allysonazulay1302]

I love your ingenuity. I wish however we could see you instead watching your hands talk.

[@3DPrinty]

Thanks so much! A format change is alway possible, but the top-down camera saves a LOT of boring editing time which I'd rather spend on making fun designs. I also like that it puts the focus (literally and figuratively) on the projects :)

[@MistofMystery]

Are you giving the stl files?

[@3DPrinty]

I am, all my designs are free to download and print! Check the video description for the link :)

[@aaronking1750]

Try to copy This Old Tony or Lockpicking Lawyer much?

[@3DPrinty]

I could never hope to replicate the stylish expertise of ToT, Lockpicking Lawyer, Mr. Puzzle, or any of the other famous talking hands of KZbin... but I can save myself hours of tedious editing with an easy camera setup. That gives me more time to design models :)

[@TheTwilightStorm]

I have been thinking about how I can make multi-story Gridfinity layouts, and as I'm trying to figure out CAD this video pops up in my feed. Thank you based Google for spying on me, because now I'm gonna be printing these all week.

[@3DPrinty]

Perfect timing! I plan to release the Gridfinity compatible panels in about a week.

[@StumblingBumblingIdiot]

Really neat. I will have to check it out and see how much time/filament it uses! One thing I though of when watching was to have some of those connectors with hanging hooks so you could hang things on the outside of the box shapes or whatever shapes.