Please don’t limit your future builds to only projects the common maker can achieve. Being shown ideas that are currently out of our reach is a fantastic way to stretch our imaginations, and it provides inspiration to grow our skills and climb out of our comfort zones! Keep it up Zack!

@vlaicud

6 ай бұрын

100% agreed. I would never make this but I still learned a lot

@ajTwist

6 ай бұрын

Also Hard Agree. If I wanted to make this I’ll know what mistakes not to make. But great to see the thought processes. Might find inspiration for other projects

@frederickjones511

6 ай бұрын

​@@ajTwistlol😮😊

@EightNineOne

6 ай бұрын

Came here to say this. Also if a proprietary project gains enough traction, you could decided if you want to dedicate the time to a hobby compatible iteration, or hell, even make something to sell.

@Firehazard159

6 ай бұрын

Hard agree. Do not limit builds. Just don't go exclusively either direction - build what's cool.

While I enjoy seeing you design and make things that I could also print, I love to see your creativity go wild and do your thing. I don’t think you should need to worry if it’s accessible for people/hobbyists to make. You inspire me no matter if I can make the thing you’re making or not.

@grayfaux_

6 ай бұрын

Plus, most people are too stupid to pull it off anyway.

@hellterminator

6 ай бұрын

I'd still appreciate it if he dropped the whole thing as-is when he's done so people can try to figure out if they're interested.

@chublez

6 ай бұрын

This!

@glittalogik

6 ай бұрын

100%, the occasional inspiration for my own projects is great (Gridfinity is the reason I bought my first printer) but mostly I'm here because I just wanna see smart people make cool shit.

@ericlotze7724

6 ай бұрын

@@hellterminatorthis. Even if one thinks their work can’t be of use to others, it can’t hurt to post it! The greatest thing about Open Source is how others can adapt things in really useful ways! (Also can just be used for inspiration/parts of other projects) But TLDR: No you don’t need to limit your projects to other’s needs (within reason, no gilded doorknobs please), but do still Open Source all the things!

"You do not deserve to make progress just because you put in the work." That's a hell of a life lesson in the most straight forward wording, should be taught to everyone doing anything.

@rajangill5801

4 ай бұрын

I literally said "wow" outloud when I heard that. Amazingly well put

@alfarofilms

4 ай бұрын

@@rajangill5801 I've been preaching it to everyone I know ever since lol

@creativesolutionsforeducation

3 ай бұрын

That sums up my entire dissertation process! 😂

I need this in my life, right now! I have no idea where most if my parts are these days... edit "hallucinating ball bearings again" now that's a mood 😫😫

@PTEC3D

6 ай бұрын

I have spreadsheets - item/shelf/row/column/layer/etc(brand, use-by, packs,qty/pk) and have to keep it manually, but it works for both the pantry AND my workshop major parts storage. The Litfinity setup would be great.

@imsambtw

6 ай бұрын

how are you going to know where the bin with the specific label is... that's the point of the project. on a small scale labels are great. imagine an amazon warehouse not logging locations electronically and relied on employees reading every label in the entire place to find one item.@@iWhacko

@Barty.Crowell

5 ай бұрын

@ the ball bearings: I hate that I've been there. I bought some for a spool holder I printed years ago and they've been randomly floating around my workspace(s) through too many moves for years and the 2 times I've gone to look for them I've questioned my memory and my sanity. Then of course they randomly appear on my bench a few weeks after I looked for them and now I can't even remember why I was looking for them in the first place.

It would be nice to have access to the source code and models. Even if there is no documentation it could be useful to someone who wants to make something similar.

@KevinCrouch0

6 ай бұрын

Could be Patreon only or something since it's not as refined as he might want for public

@max585t

6 ай бұрын

I was going to say the same thing. Access to files, even with out documentation can help us, viewers, make our own projects.

@3nertia

6 ай бұрын

@@KevinCrouch0 Then it should be free ...

@flagman3116

6 ай бұрын

Here's another version of this project, but with source code & models: kzread.info/dash/bejne/q2Set9Bsf7e3hMo.html and it doesn't even use the shittiest tech company's shitty software.

@blargghkip

6 ай бұрын

@@flagman3116based oracle hater

Spread your wings and fly Zach honestly most of your projects feel to ambitious for a feline like me but always a great source of inspiration

@PermissiveMoggy

6 ай бұрын

Imagine having your name as your username and people still spelling it wrong. lol. Apparently Zack Freedman and Erik from Internet Comment Etiquette have something in common.

@TheStuartstardust

6 ай бұрын

Also funny to see many of his 99.9% ideas 😁

@alfiegordon9013

6 ай бұрын

​@@PermissiveMoggytbf it could just be autocorrect

@RobertLockhartMakesGames

6 ай бұрын

I came here to say the same. Cannonball!

@theforcefor

6 ай бұрын

I love you, Gus The Cat

“You do not deserve to make progress just because you put in the work” is a great philosophy. So many people confuse working hard with doing good work.

The absolute best maker channel on youtube. Coding? ✅ 3D printing? ✅ Electronics? ✅ Really bad CNC? ✅ Wackadoodle projects? ✅ Bits of wisdom and project philosophy which helped me personally get a new job a few hours ago? ✅ Ranked alliteration? ✅

@xanderplayz3446

4 ай бұрын

Good job on the job!

You know that someone is good at what they do and excited about a project when you watch a thirty minute video about it and it feels like 5 minutes.

@scoutg001

6 ай бұрын

Wait, that was thirty minutes, it flew

@korn6657

6 ай бұрын

Oh my word, it is 30 minutes

@absolarix

6 ай бұрын

Wait, wha- O.O

This is got to be the most ADHD OCD thing I've ever seen and I am absolutely loving it

@mattjax16

6 ай бұрын

We are his core audience I think lol

@hansdegroot652

6 ай бұрын

Lol

@TheNefastor

6 ай бұрын

It speaks to my soul on the deepest level.

@BenCos2018

6 ай бұрын

Facts

@that.dawson

6 ай бұрын

This seems like an ideal way for me to procrastinate

i love that even Zach falls to the trap of turning Prototypes into projects by accident, looking forward to see where Litfinity ends up going

Make the bottom of each shelf on the carousel out of acrylic, then put qr codes on the bottom of each tray. Then you just have a camera at the bottom of the carousel that scans all the trays. And then you use a small projector to light up the trays

@LambdaDriven

6 ай бұрын

This is such a great idea. Keep the bins and trays as simple and cheap as possible.

@janthran

6 ай бұрын

i feel like an idiot for not thinking of this

@ewasteredux

6 ай бұрын

Might be easier to just keep the barcode from the UPC for each item when purchased and use this instead of a QR code. This could then be looked up via an API to see what it is, where to buy it and how much it costs at your favorite jungle web site.

@sanderbuschify

6 ай бұрын

@@ewasteredux True but then you have to peel of the bar code and stick it on the trays. But mabye you could have a scanner were you just scan the barcode from the UPC and the tray, and then components gets linked to the qr code on the tray.

@ewasteredux

6 ай бұрын

@@sanderbuschify , Just looking for a way that would not incur as much work (because I personally am lazy). Not sure creating a whole new code would be worth it, but then again, it isn't for me. Maybe Zack would prefer the QR code. Regardless, great outside-the-box thinking!

All of your projects don't have to be easily re-createable stuff like this is still super inspiring! Granted I have worked on a similar project before, just never got around to finishing it as you've so clearly demonstrated it's a huge heckin' project!

If not having to make it accessible means you can do bigger and cooler projects I'm all for it. The fact of the matter is we don't come to your channel for tutorials. We come for entertainment and inspiration. In my mind part of the fun is figuring out how to do things yourself, so when I see a video that talks about a cool thing you make, and you talk in general terms how you did it, going on my own, researching and learning and adapting it to fit my particular need and making it my own is part of the fun

I am cool with you splashing out at long as you don't stop making stuff we can replicate. I hate when a channel starts out resonating with us small guys and then gets to a point where we can't follow along anymore, but you being happy with what you are producing is important and should take at least some precedence in the projects you take on.

Don't sweat about making sure that your personal projects are community ready. Making these videos is what inspires creators to do what you do! Even if a cool project doesn't have community facing documentation and guides, it's a fun challenge for me to make a concept that I like from a cool video.

I come to watch you kick ass with your own projects. Don't limit the difficulty of your projects just so a build guide can be published. I get the most value from seeing how you overcome difficulties. Keep pushing the limit!

I think it's awesome to do these non-repeatable projects from time to time! It brings out a lot of creativity and might inspire more people to prototype and design solutions to their own problems.

"When you fail, do not try to salvage it. You do not deserve to make progress just because you put in the work. Make it fast. Make it sloppy. Assume it's going right in the trash." Some of the best words of wisdom I've heard in a long time and the ones that need to become widely known these days. For this quote alone I might have to just follow this page. Lol

I love the patron reel at the end of each of these, your dedication to reading them all out no matter how ridiculous makes it amazing.

I really enjoy your videos Zach, and the ones about the f*ck-ups are actually really helpful :) The segment about printing a test piece before printing the entire full-size part is one of the most useful things I've learned the hard-way while 3D printing. I would definitely recommend this for things like cases with openings for USB ports, or pieces that interface with each other.

Nice project but Dude, Oracle? Really!

By not limiting yourself to layman accessibility, you open our eyes to what's possible with a little ambition. Your creativity is invaluable. Please continue being you.

This is awesome! As for accessibility, I'd say keep stuff as accesible as possible, even if it is kind of scuffed or hard to do. You've already designed super complex projects that are made accessible and this is a lot closer to the stuff you've already done. I feel that perfection is the enemy of good in this situation.

I would say it's totally OK to "splash out" sometimes, but some general notes about how we might recreate the concept would be welcome. ie. general pseudocode, STLs (with the understanding that we aren't going to get the same level of strength without god-tier filament)

Mix it up dude, show us what you can do but just don't forget to keep the kids entertained with some new toys too

I think a mix of both is ideal. I love seeing creative ideas that I could potentially do myself. At the same time, you are far more capable than I will ever be and it's a wonderful thing to see. Thanks for all the awesome content Zack!

Absolutely keep making big projects that you have no intention on anyone else ever making. Especially based off project you do plan on others making. It can give others ideas for their own projects

I don't think anybody mind you making projects for yourself (not sharing the files and making it accessable for hobbyists) but do share other stuff like stl files on your other projects like you've been doing

Love seeing these kinds of projects! Can't wait to see an update on how it's working!

I personally enjoy watching people build complex things that are going to make their life easier. I think its great to make large scale projects only for yourself and its cool to see the upper end of someone elses ideas and projects is they didnt have others in mind

I swear I just started planning this EXACT project for my electronics components organization. Of COURSE you'd be the one crazy enough to have done it already. Maybe now I can use this to convince my SO I'm not completely insane!

I think the more advanced projects have a place here. Sure, I do still want to see some that I at least have a chance at making, and arguably I do feel like I personally would prefer it to be the majority (so I can get my moneys worth out of my workbench lmao), but so long as everything is still open source, and more importantly, that you yourself enjoy what you're making, go for it. Full send. You're a brilliant, funny creator, and I don't have any desire to limit you. I'll still get hyped for all your uploads either way.

My dude, make anything you like! Making it accessible to others is just going the extra mile! If you do make it accessible to us, great! Maybe a few of us will build it. But even if you don't, the inspiration is still a massive help! I've started quite a few projects off of yours. If you get even more ambitious, so will our ideas! I say go as far as you can! Being a maker is about pushing yourself further, which is hard to do when you're keeping everything simple. Push yourself! See what you can do, and the rest of us can be inspired by it!

I love that you put so much work into making your projects accessible but I also love to be inspired and been shown cool stuff I can not replicate yet. I think there is a good balance in between so you get the best of both worlds.

Finally been able to print gridfinity for my drawers after getting a printer and as a fellow ADHD OCD maniac it feels so rejuvinating. I love seeing you not just make new projects but also TEACHING us what you did wrong and how to avoid it. Keep up the great work Zack!

it would be really cool if you spun hobbyist grade content as either a second series or keep it to its own channel/playlist so that "flagship design Zack" can shine. I feel like you have equal passion for both.

Descending into madness in the most organized way 🥰

I thought about this but very quickly realized it was way beyond my skill level & I'd end up making all of the same prototyping mistakes & then some. Seeing you did it makes me SUPER happy!

I enjoy seeing the things that we common folk can't even begin to make simply because of how it's presented. It never feels like a "look at my unobtainable invention whelps!" but rather "Hey guys look at this neat thing I made *smile*". (Yes you say you're smiling out loud.) Seeing the cool ideas for things like this I think if nothing else can grant people inspiration to think "How can I do this with a workaround."

I was making the same but with LED for each row and column (unfortunately not for gridfinity) with wireless NFC reader based on esp32 and web based interface to manage it all but then got distracted by other cool projects(you know what i'm talking about) and newer finished it. It will someday 13:09 - This is the thing that I realized few years ago but there are still people that are very confident with what they doing and their work ends up like in 13:08

@Mellow_labs

6 ай бұрын

Have you considered M.I.M.O.S.A It's basically what you've described.

We love seeing your videos regardless of if we can build them ourselves (obviously we like being able to build them but it isn’t mandatory) It would be cool to make the files available for those of us stup… ambitious enough to try. But I understand that isn’t always possible

Love the builds, even if I can't build them myself. You do a great job bringing us along for the ride and giving us inspiration, insights, and intuition on our own builds.

You are great. Just got my first printer this week and came across you. Fantastic information and the dry humor legit cracks me up

It's ok. Use whatever tools you like, and open-source the part you did. Let your hacker audience figure out how to do it with stone knives and bearskins. Database geeks can figure out how to replace Oracle in the project with PostgreSQL or something. And all the hackers are good at figuring out some material to substitute for the unobtainium.

@Linuxdirk

6 ай бұрын

I am 100% sure that sqlite or even a simple key-value pairs list is absolutely fine.

I think it's ok to ball out every once in a while like this, but I think most of your videos should be something we can all build

I want you to know I appreciate all the work you put into this. You created your own headache but for a good cause. Thank you for 28 minutes of pure entertainment

The tone shift in this video is palpable. I really get the impression you're pushing the boundaries of both your technical knowledge & your methods/best practices. Providing testimony and exposition on unnecessary inefficiencies from within the trenches of a project with so much complexity (along with lessons learned) are exactly what I want to see from someone as passionate and engaged as you. Sorry, but I love to see you struggle and suffer! Please make more videos like this. This one was inspirational. I also can't wait to see this goliath become a seamlessly integrated into your workflow :)

In my opinion, everzone who would acctually get a noticeable efficentcy boost out of this can or should be able to build this with enough time without u limiting yourself, so my point go all out if u want to please exactly those people

I would say that projects hobbyists could do is great, but I love to see larger than life projects as well. A mix of the two would be wonderful, even if the larger projects only came once a year or even less often.

12:16 "excuse my profanity but what the heck" really hit me out of nowhere 12:32 "these are really small magnets. you can tell because it says small magnets on the box" and that knocked me out cold

I love everything about this. The chaos, the organization, more chaos. It sings to me.

Sooooooo we should totally add Alexa or Google home to this…

Man, I love your content, however you really need to reduce the "productivity or die" mentality. Take this advice as constructively as possible, none of what im about to say is an attack on your character, just what im noticing watching your content. You make so much of a big deal about saving time, productivity this, and productivity that. I get that you are highly focused on that, but it detracts from your videos. I want to hear your experience, but you put way too much emphasis on how you do things only to throw it away, or you over engineer and then bludgeon yourself with the regret. You contradict yourself with the way you view learning moments. Often you will talk about how doing the thing is super important to learning, but then you beat yourself up about spending an extra hour designing functional cable management. "I did this thing, but it was a waste of time" is a running beat in your videos... over and over and over. I understand that some things need to be optimized, we only have so many weekends in life for these sorts of things, but life is not meant to be speedran at 1000mph. At the very least we as viewers don't need to endure the workflow that works best for you at such a fine detail.

@eponinesg

6 ай бұрын

As Zack's wife, thanks for backing up like everything I say all the time. I'll be reading him this comment while looking at him pointedly.

I like the wisdom about prototyping. maybe I'll apply it whenever I quit this first job I've ever had

Seeing ideas like this actually get made inspires me to push myself in the things that I do! I love this

Your videos make me feel seen. They also make me laugh, feel stupid, smart, joyous, overwhelmed, and inspired. All at once. You are awesome so i will watch regardless of whether the project is accessible or not.

This vid rocks!!! Not the project exactly, but your general process, both good and bad, was a serious smack in the head I needed. I've got a sorting project for both my shop bits and my minis, and you've put me in the right direction BIG THANKS!!!

Thanks for sharing all those fails through the “prototyping” (project). It helps a lot to relate that other go through the same for having more understanding with myself.

I love to see both hobby level projects and bigger projects like this. This may be above hobby level for most people but it is entertaining and informative. We can still learn from what went right and wrong or what solutions you use.

Zack your content, humor, and way of thinking is what stands out. I mean think about what every other KZreadr does. They attract people based off their content/personality. Your videos are amazing and what you've done for the community is amazing (and a plus that wasn't required). I think seeing you go gung-ho with what your imagination could do would inspire greatly.

I would personally love to see your most ambitious projects. Most people are going to have a hard time doing anything you make anyway. But the inspiration of seeing you do amazing work and the creative atmosphere you generate here are what keeps me coming back. Maybe in the future you can try to do both community and personal projects but I definitely would love to see some big builds.

I'm glad you had so much trouble with magnets, I'm expecting some cheap hall-effect sensors in a few days for a magnet-based prototype and now I can come back here when I don't understand what fails! Awesome project, and I must say your print speed is quite impressive

I dont mind builds that i cant make, its a treat to have stuff i can put together but i can get just as inspired watching you make something one of a kind

Your wisdom on prototyping helped me today. Build sloppy, build fast, fail fast, iterate fast! I was spending FAR too long on some ridiculous details… thanks 😄

This project is so over the top that I cannot help but adore it. Keep it rocking voidstar

Very happy to watch any mix of accessibility of project replication! I love inspiration for things I can do as well as living vicariously through the skills and tools (etc) accessible to others

What a great project !!! Dude, I love your projects, I also love the content and videos, amazing, they're actually really fun to watch, but also extremely educational at once !! Keep up the amazing work !!

This is SO SICK. Keep up the awesome work!

This is amazing, got me hyped for a new project!

The vertical conveyor storage solution is shop storage perfection! Great idea - looking forward to following this project!

Great to see the stretch projects. Accessible is cool, but seeing what is possible is epic!

I can confirm vertical carousels are the best. Love this idea!

@Zack, I can't build 90% of your normal projects, but your methodology is why I am here... and your videos are fun. Use what you can to make what you can. I will watch the videos if they are still Freedmanesque.

grtz on 500k! well deserved

My god, it's full of stars... I say go with the preposterous envelope-pushing projects. Even if I or other viewers can't do exactly what you do with what we have, it's still inspiration and we can work to do as similar as we can manage. The way I see it, if you keep your designs open, we all win. I'm sure your designs would be remixed and modified to print on a toaster if somebody needed them to.

Great video and awesome project! Can't wait to see the next parts! I love how the "normal" names trip you up sometimes but you nail the tongue twisters!

I loved this one. Incredible. I appreciate that you share the failures. It’s both reassuring and educational.

Missed you Zach! Thank you for the update and video!

airing to the spirit of prototyping design things so that you can build and test them (bonus points if you just source things that are easy for other people to source, that helps in the first place) and then refine it, publish it, so that you or someone else can refine it/change it for other people to use. We are all nerds of course. Someone somewhere, will fork it, and change it.

I really like how much of this video focused on 'its a prototype, not a project, and here's what I did wrong.' Its a good mindset to teach

So much wisdom in this video, thank you for being so transparent about your mistakes!

awesome seeing you work on this, been thinking about a neat way of storing away my small parts clutter lately. There is nothing I hate more than spending ages looking for stuff

Your videos are so entertaining and fun to watch. Love the idea of your new project. I'll be starting to print some gridfinity boxes soon, as I revamp my work area.

Always so fascinated at your creativity. In awe of your creations. In stitches of your comedy. You rock 🎉

Such a cool project! Can't wait for more!

Working in the conveyor industry and adjacent to the warehouse storage solution business, the idea of not only searching, but retrieving the desired items automatically is extremely exciting to think about.

You are truly one of the makers of all time. Amazing. Much wow!

I feel like your mass production mindset is enough that with enough ambition most people crazy enough to follow will definitely get more than inspired by whatever you build

Honestly these higher-level projects are great. I probably won’t be building something like this BUT it has given me a great idea how to solve my wife’s enormous book inventory issue. So even if a lot of this is above my level there’s still something to take away.

Definitely will use oracle database to create something similar like this. Thanks for showing all of the work!

this is awesome man! love it!

I know a lot are just saying go wild but personally I feel projects are at their best when they are as simple, elegant and universal as possible. Also a suggestion, if magnets are going in the base plate and bins, I'd try wiring them up and using contact/continuity sensing. If it works well, then it'd cut down on part count and you won't have to solder to a ton of read switches.

Go ham, Zach! Even if a project is a bit out of reach the ideas and concepts will still be useful, and will certainly still be entertaining.

This is the coolest thing I've ever seen. Zack, you are freaking amazing.

That is hilarious as I am assembling this in a cabinet configuration right now. This is going me extra ideas!

Dude, don't limit yourself to only what you think we can build. This is YOUR channel, bro. You do you. If anyone else wants to emulate, let them level up their own skills.

I love seeing the "halo builds" that I'll ever do for myself. It's really cool to see the capabilities of this technology and it helps me understand what is beyond the "just because you can, doesn't mean you should" line.

I like this type of project where you don't have to worry about what other people can do. It's just you and a goal.

Thanks for sharing this. It gave me a path for a project I am working on with lighting up something to identify what I am looking for.