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Gridfinity is a strange one as on the whole it would make more sense for much of it to be mass produced injection moulding. Everyone is printing the same 42mm grid and buckets!

But hobby gonna hobby.

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Everyone I know who uses the system likes to print different little specialized containers for their different things.

I don’t know anyone who just prints a lot of identical 42mm buckets.

Shhhh! Some of us need to convince our significant others that a 3d printer is actually useful, and not just a toy/waste of space.

On this tangent I can recommend 3D printing jewellery and RC toys as well as repairing broken stuff around the house. Kids like custom fidget spinners.

Printing RC toys gets expensive fast. Before you know it you're buying castle motors and a flysky remote.

Oh fidget spinner is a good idea. I bought some good will with an articulated dragon that my daughter likes that is pretty cool.

Have you got any links/suggestions for the RC stuff? I've not looked into that yet.

Boats and gliders are cool. You can mod non-RC stuff to be RC, that's the fastest/cheapest method.

Hey i 3d printed the toilet paper holder that had been broken since I was born more or less

Honestly the fact that the kids are so into it after I got it has made my wife come around.

Her main argument was, is this just going to sit around gathering dust?

and I’m about to go on a gridfinity spree in the next few weeks so she’s going to enjoy the OCD organizing.

Is there something mass-produced that's flexible and consistent like gridfinity? As a non 3d printer owner, I've been looking for something I can just buy that would work.

Yes these

https://share.temu.com/m885rYiehMB

Also on Amazon. Search tool box organiser or drawer organiser

Asshole design makes it hard to see what product that is. Any other links?

Have you tried it in a private window? Search temu, amazon, aliexpress etc for the term I mentioned above. There are several Chinese vendors, so I won't give a brand. They are a set of boxes, a small square, one twice as long etc

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