@haydesigner I picked up one of the cheaper SLA printers off Amazon (The Orange10), and it is quite fun indeed! Good enough to learn all the ins-and-outs of designing for printing. Not a large print bed by any means, but certainly large enough for DnD figures, small part prototyping, and small mold making.
@Stumpy91 I mostly print functional parts for around the house. I’ve found a few things on thingiverse, but other parts I designed on my own since they fit some custom purpose. I mostly use OpenSCAD for designing stuff like that.
@Stumpy91 I agree it’s definitely a little weird to use scripts to make CAD drawings; but I’m a software developer so that process is more intuitive to me. I tried using Fusion360 but it took me multiple weeks to just make a little case for one of my arduinos
@haydesigner Please let’s not make this another toothbrush thing. I think the good folks at Meh are now 100% aware you want a 3D printer. Let’s leave it at that.
@metageist@Stumpy91 Ooh, nice, I didn’t know there was a scripting option. I found it way easier to make 3D shapes using POVScript back in the day than I ever found any of the 3D graphical tools.
I came to the comments to say I would be tempted by a 3D printer, but with that revelation now I’d be really tempted by a 3D printer!
@borisgoodenough that’s a great idea! Are the horizontal dividers sturdy enough to hold bottles in the upper 2 “quadrants”? Can you stack the 2 small ones on top of each other if the top one is full of wine (without it crushing the one on bottom)?
@TimW Can’t be 100% sure, because these aren’t identical to the ones in our cellar, which have slightly thicker horizontal boards. Buy me one and I’ll check it out!
@richrauch I got nothing to do with any of this, but for the product and the price, what are you expecting? You may be on the wrong site and consider heading on over to “pure mahogany” for your storage needs.
I just got these and I gotta say, for what I paid, I was expecting a lot less. One nice thing is that the inserts don’t just rest in the cubes, they attach with Velcro “rails”. It makes it a little tricky to get in (hint: slide them in slightly folded from square, then slip the edges onto the Velcro from the side), and it’s not suitable for anything truly weighty, but if you want say, just one insert to make a double shelf for stacks of papers it’s great.
Second thing that took me a minute to figure out is, the instructions are a little wrong for the two-foot unit. They show the base insert as a single long panel. It’s actually three long panels joined and folded together. Unfold it and slide it in with the Velcro rails to the inside. (On mine, this leaves the annoying bright white labels visible on the inside. Cut them off or cover them up if it’ll bother you.) Then the instructions show you inserting a solid foot-square divider like the base plate of the cubes to divide the unit into two cubes, but what you actually get is a two-foot-long double panel with three cutout slots for the short inserts to mate with. Insert it with the slots facing out.
I would love something like this if I could use it in my bathroom. All I have is a sink, medicine cabinet, toilet, tub, and shower - no countertop. Ideally, it would be for my Waterpik on the highest shelf instead of balancing it inside my medicine cabinet (main reason I don’t use it).
@JT954 Get some shelves to put over the toilet. I have the same problem. I don’t even have a tub. Just a shower. I also have a container on top of the toilet tank.
@OnionSoup Actually, I could use a new storage shed for the back yard. Maybe they will have a grand total of two of those to offer in the next mehrathon (April fool’s day in a few hours, now. ?? )
@goldnectar Have you ever tried to put together cheap cardboard boxes and attach cheap fabric to them? I value my time at 45 cents/hour and still think this is a bargain.
@goldnectar Ha! Sadly I think you are right. I had never heard of Daiso’s before. A quick search found some online versions (no doubt not the same experience as a brick & mortar in Japan), but they got some pretty fun looking stuff.
@elfunkman Calm your cheap box buying heart. They have brick and mortar stores in the states (probably elsewhere in the world). I frequented Daiso often in Irvine, Ca. It’s so nice in there (and clean) that you don’t have to feel the American dollar store shame.
@haydesigner I tried the little giphy thing a few times, and didn’t get an image I liked. First time I’ve tried anything but plain text. I should have kept experimenting with the buttons, but I didn’t want to edit my trash comment a dozen times.
These will be great for storing the drawer organizers from a couple days ago.
I want a 3D printer.
/giphy 3D printer
@haydesigner Me too!
@haydesigner I’ve had one for about a month and it’s so much fun!
@haydesigner @metageist do you design your own stuff or use existing designs?
@haydesigner I picked up one of the cheaper SLA printers off Amazon (The Orange10), and it is quite fun indeed! Good enough to learn all the ins-and-outs of designing for printing. Not a large print bed by any means, but certainly large enough for DnD figures, small part prototyping, and small mold making.
@Stumpy91 I mostly print functional parts for around the house. I’ve found a few things on thingiverse, but other parts I designed on my own since they fit some custom purpose. I mostly use OpenSCAD for designing stuff like that.
@metageist looking at OpenSCAD, it looks like it uses scripts. Quite a bit different from Solidworks which I am familiar with from work.
@Stumpy91 I agree it’s definitely a little weird to use scripts to make CAD drawings; but I’m a software developer so that process is more intuitive to me. I tried using Fusion360 but it took me multiple weeks to just make a little case for one of my arduinos
@haydesigner Please let’s not make this another toothbrush thing. I think the good folks at Meh are now 100% aware you want a 3D printer. Let’s leave it at that.
@metageist @Stumpy91 Ooh, nice, I didn’t know there was a scripting option. I found it way easier to make 3D shapes using POVScript back in the day than I ever found any of the 3D graphical tools.
I came to the comments to say I would be tempted by a 3D printer, but with that revelation now I’d be really tempted by a 3D printer!
I’ve collapsed and I can’t get up!
@yakkoTDI They make a pill for that.
@PhoenyxWolfe I said collapsed not I got poor blood flow to the eleventh digit.
Boxes? Without an Amazon logo on them? Didn’t realize that was possible…
These are actually great for storing a bunch of wine bottles on their side. Meh folks missed a great opportunity to do a tie-in promo with Casemates.
@borisgoodenough that’s a great idea! Are the horizontal dividers sturdy enough to hold bottles in the upper 2 “quadrants”? Can you stack the 2 small ones on top of each other if the top one is full of wine (without it crushing the one on bottom)?
@TimW Can’t be 100% sure, because these aren’t identical to the ones in our cellar, which have slightly thicker horizontal boards. Buy me one and I’ll check it out!
LOL. Check out those bowed sides! GLWS
@richrauch I got nothing to do with any of this, but for the product and the price, what are you expecting? You may be on the wrong site and consider heading on over to “pure mahogany” for your storage needs.
OH MY GOD THEY STORED GLEN!!!
@shahnm THOSE BASTARDS!
Shoot. I just bought a set of these at dollar tree. There goes $6 down the drain.
I just got these and I gotta say, for what I paid, I was expecting a lot less. One nice thing is that the inserts don’t just rest in the cubes, they attach with Velcro “rails”. It makes it a little tricky to get in (hint: slide them in slightly folded from square, then slip the edges onto the Velcro from the side), and it’s not suitable for anything truly weighty, but if you want say, just one insert to make a double shelf for stacks of papers it’s great.
Second thing that took me a minute to figure out is, the instructions are a little wrong for the two-foot unit. They show the base insert as a single long panel. It’s actually three long panels joined and folded together. Unfold it and slide it in with the Velcro rails to the inside. (On mine, this leaves the annoying bright white labels visible on the inside. Cut them off or cover them up if it’ll bother you.) Then the instructions show you inserting a solid foot-square divider like the base plate of the cubes to divide the unit into two cubes, but what you actually get is a two-foot-long double panel with three cutout slots for the short inserts to mate with. Insert it with the slots facing out.
What is the mathematical notation for meh to the power of meh?
@zenzic meh^meh?
STAXible
Collapsible
Versatile
Flexible
Moveable
Customizable
Foldable
Cubicle
Purchasable
Sellable?
I would love something like this if I could use it in my bathroom. All I have is a sink, medicine cabinet, toilet, tub, and shower - no countertop. Ideally, it would be for my Waterpik on the highest shelf instead of balancing it inside my medicine cabinet (main reason I don’t use it).
@JT954 Get some shelves to put over the toilet. I have the same problem. I don’t even have a tub. Just a shower. I also have a container on top of the toilet tank.
Kinda hoping the mention of the 3D printer was a hint of a future Meh deal to come.
I know it’s not…but there’s a decent chance I’d impulse buy one of there was.
Are you purposely enabling my hoarder addiction?
But – what can we store these things in? Is there a bigger one to hold these?
@phendrick maybe two days from now it will be plastic outside storage boxes on meh. You can store these in those.
@OnionSoup Actually, I could use a new storage shed for the back yard. Maybe they will have a grand total of two of those to offer in the next mehrathon (April fool’s day in a few hours, now. ?? )
Seems expensive for cardboard boxes wrapped in cheap fabric.
@goldnectar Have you ever tried to put together cheap cardboard boxes and attach cheap fabric to them? I value my time at 45 cents/hour and still think this is a bargain.
@elfunkman then you would go nuts in a Daiso (Japanese dollar store).
@goldnectar Ha! Sadly I think you are right. I had never heard of Daiso’s before. A quick search found some online versions (no doubt not the same experience as a brick & mortar in Japan), but they got some pretty fun looking stuff.
@elfunkman Calm your cheap box buying heart. They have brick and mortar stores in the states (probably elsewhere in the world). I frequented Daiso often in Irvine, Ca. It’s so nice in there (and clean) that you don’t have to feel the American dollar store shame.
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What’s in the Box?
Price Comparison
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Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Apr 12 - Tuesday, Apr 13
Meh
Yes, but are they made with real MDF?
http://gph.is/1sFsP7G
@BethanyAnne, you forgot a / there…
@haydesigner I tried the little giphy thing a few times, and didn’t get an image I liked. First time I’ve tried anything but plain text. I should have kept experimenting with the buttons, but I didn’t want to edit my trash comment a dozen times.
What’s the 3rd dimension? That is, how deep are these? Also 12 inches?
@shahnm I assume it would be 12" since it is a cube.
@drmarble I guess it does say cube in there. I missed it the first go around… Thanks.
Finally a decent model number!
I could use this in my new house. But where was the MDF made, and of what? Could be toxic. Why look for trouble.
@Snowshoe Lol, yes, it’s probably toxic. BTW, do you know of all the materials used to make your “new house”?
How many inserts are included with these?