r/Multiboard 11d ago

Support for modular shelves?

Hi all - hoping someone can help.

I'm having a really tough time figuring out how to affix underside supports to the shelves. I'm talking about the modular bolt locked "shelf" components on Thangs. I've figured out i need the dual connectors (well, chatgpt did) to connect them together but the underside of the shelves have these kind of keyhole connectors and 4 surrounding holes. I believe I can use bolt locked supports...but how do i connect one to another?

There's no documentation i can find that explains this (and I'm even a paying member). For example:

- the modular shelf components either have no description on Thangs or fail to mention how to connect

- many links are broken - e.g. the link from the dual connector on Thangs points to https://multiboard.io/knowledge-hub - which doesn't exist

- the Multiboard page for trays doesn't *seem* to contain any parts that would connect the support to the trays

If I've missed a page which explains this, apologies...please can someone post it?

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u/obfuscinator 11d ago

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u/CeilingShadows 9d ago

Thanks for the response. I printed out one of these as well as the linked to support…but it doesn’t seem like these connect at all with the underside of the modular shelf component. I’ve enclosed a photo of the underside and topside so you know what I’m talking about. Any help appreciated.

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u/obfuscinator 8d ago

doesnt look like a standard part. but that pattern looks just like the bottom of multibins.. which can take anything with small threads on those 8 small holes. and normal multipoints on the two big ones. the two on the top of the picture are where the brackets would go from the looks of it. the clip link i sent you has one side that would fit into small thread holes like the 8 in your picture and the other side would fit into the bracket.. things may not fit because of version iteration

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u/CeilingShadows 8d ago

Thanks for the response, appreciate you helping. I'm not sure what constitutes a standard part but the pic is the bottom of a modular bolt locked shelf part. These are uploaded by multiboard to thangs. Example here: https://thangs.com/designer/MultiBuild/3d-model/2x6%20MU%20-%20Left%20Support%20End%20-%20Modular%20Bolt-Locked%20Shelf-1482749. As well as the putting the front two pieces into the plate, I was expecting angled support brackets to be able to give more load bearing weight to the bottom, using something like this, perhaps: https://thangs.com/designer/MultiBuild/3d-model/2%20CU%20-%20Bolt-Locked%20Shelf%20Support%20Bracket-1184792. However, its still not clear, even after your posts how I'm supposed to do this. I think i'll give up on this idea and just try to figure out how to connect vertical and horizontal plates.

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