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 😫😫
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.
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
@ 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.
Have you checked out the sorters in the chemist, that arm that goes and grabs your prescriptions ? That would be awesome in any shop where you have tons of bits and pieces...
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!
7:18 Regarding my opinion of whether you should do projects most hobbyists can build, verses things which aren't typically available to hobbyists, I think the best option would be a mix! It's very interesting and inspiring when you show things most of us can make, but then occasionally making all your impressive projects absolutely peaks my interest, even if I can't do it myself. I think, like with most things, too much of one would become boring for most people. Constant hobby projects become too simple to watch, but then too many complex projects which none of us can make also becomes tedious and might make people think "why am I watching this?" Just like you've done so far, a mix works great! Keep up the great work Zack, you're a fantasic guy!
From a purely pragmatic perspective - having a mix of "for everyone" and "just for Zack" projects is probably a good plan. The "for everyone" stuff makes your content stick in people's awareness because others are going to keep mixing it up with other things and sharing your original videos with others, while the "just for Zack" stuff is good for inspiration and hopefully ends up being awesome enough that they get shared just because they're cool. I've heard some of the Minecraft folks talk about the fact they've got two types of videos - the videos that bring new people in, and the videos that cause people to stick around. The big flashy just-for-Zack projects seem like they'd work well for bringing people in, while the for-everyone projects would be good for getting people to stick around. Plus, personally, I love the mix. 🙂
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
You can build whatever you want. It's fun to watch anyway. Also, it would be good if some projects have label something like 'You can build it with a stick and a bit of poo'
The concept is remarkably similar to the system I had to learn working sortation at an Amazon warehouse. There's hundreds to thousands of bins organized into aisles, and each bin has rope-lights and a scannable tag. You scan a package barcode, the corresponding bin frame lights up (which, assuming the labeling and belt-buffering associates did their job right, _should_ be in the aisle you're in). Take the package to the bin, scan the bin tag, and it's sorted. 50 GOTO 10 about a thousand times a shift.
Dang it Zack you brought this to the logical conclusion I thought of from the moment you did the harbor freight storage hack my first thought was those trays need dallas ids and leds to light them up and have it be searchable. This way no matter where you put the container back the system knew where that id was.
23:10 I'm not super knowledgable on programming sensors so correct me if i'm wrong on this but would it be possible to use the scale as is by just adding a 0 function that ignores the initial weight of the cables? I know most digital kitchen scales on the market have a 0 function so you can have accurate weights of ingredients without needing to worry about the weight of the plate/bowl holding them also getting added. If you can then it might be easier to just make a script that does that instead of making a wireless charging system to keep it powered.
I love how he warns against over-engineering your prototypes when the whole project is basically to massively over-engineer organizing things in bins. If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing! LOL!
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!
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
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.
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.
Here's another version of this project, but with source code & models: ruclips.net/video/y0jUn3OTQTg/видео.html and it doesn't even use the shittiest tech company's shitty software.
"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.
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.
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.
@@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!
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.
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? ✅
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.
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
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.
@@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.
@@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!
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 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.
"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
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 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.
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)
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
“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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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 :)
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.
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.
Very nice try, but a hungarian would: - Have 4 load cells under the four corners, those will tell you the full weight AND the location where that weight was added. No need for the wiring and fiddling with the reed swtitches, no active part on the grid at all. - Have an ESPCAM look at QR/AR codes on the side of bins. No need for rfid tags or reader. - Have only 1-1 led for each row and each column, and train the user's brain to be able to decode which is the target bin. You only need sqrt amount of leds. - Software: no raspberry, just the ESPCAM and your phone needed. To save typing partnames, have the AI guess what the part is.
Zack, these videos are amazing and this inventory system is something that I have dreamed of. But please please PLEASE don't use the AH49 series for doing simple hall effect switching! There are plenty of hall effect switches, not linear hall sensors, that do the job 10x better. AH175, TLV49645, AH276, every TI hall sensor. Integrated schmitt triggers, hysteresis, programmable trigger points, etc...Those of us using linear hall sensors to do current sensing, position sensing, joystick axes, etc... have a hard enough time finding AH49H/E stocks without sending thousands of your crew to these treasures of sensors to make their own similarly-awesome inventory system 🤣
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!
If you don't know Javascript and hate Javascript, why not make your front end with Flutter? Flutter uses Dart, another language you don't know (but way saner than Javascript IMO). Flutter projects can be compiled to Javascript if you want to run them in a web browser, or compiled to Android/iOS if you want mobile apps.
I'd say that a mix of 'hobbyist-accessible' and more ambitious projects would be cool. You could even come up with some custom terminology to disambiguate them like 'Jumbo Projects' for the advanced ones. Dunno what you'd call the approachable ones, though.
Keep the content to only stuff we can build as well, please! I have stopped watching several content creators, who started out by making stuff with approachable tools, then they began receiving ultra-expensive tools like laser cutters, CNC mills, etc. from sponsors, and their content stopped being relevant to an average Joe maker like myself. I unsubscribed.
I think focusing on completing a complex project is a higher priority than making a complex project easily replicated by the masses. First get the project done, then if it's something that's worthy of being broken down to be simpler by the masses, that can be its own project. Maybe not even undertaken by yourself.
I'd be more careful of your words. Of course we deserver to make progress for putting in the time. Look at what you do. Hook a bunch of wires up not knowing what your doing to get a different type of creator. Like me for I stance to be in awe. Believe you are a smart or brilliant person which you maybe. But where you are smart you lack intelligence. Where you are intelligent you lack the smarts I am about to start billing for the content I enjoy watching since my believing in you helps you to accomplish your victories before hand. I know all you said in this video is not don't yet. Do you have a live feed you ever do. Can you create a live feed for us all. Would love to watch you live to see how actually smart and or iteligent you actually are. I will be creating a channel and a patreon soon to spill the secrets of creators. Much will be free as I am not about the money. Money is worthless to me. It's the creators that are unaware they are helping to create that put value in it. And that's because they have been lied to of their importance and feel work and money is needed to fulfill desires. I am going to say much of this video has not even happened yet as you need our intentional thinking about this to induce our dreams in which you go to to steal our part of your creative ideas. Which not all were you ideas because you steal ideas from us also. We the actual creators are about to stand up strong. Put our feet down and demand 0.01% of our over all worth. In many many ways. Cash, fstter bank accounts to property on multiple planets in multiple galaxies. Means to travel ftl ships to visit our stolen families in a place where they are free. The release of our families which were stolen or abducted and not placed in the power plant against their wills. I am the most powerful family there is. And also am alianced with the top 14 planets of the multiverse. Which I know exists. In order to know it exists you must have created paradoxes and loopholes and given your life ma y many Times over. I never cheated to make it this far. Not like you all did. I would gladly try anyone's life who made it this far. I don't a single person would try mine. No one would make it. Not without infinite simulation until you help to create the quantum realm and escape infinitate loops. No loop is ever infinite. But to run through one as many times as it takes to either reach the point of the system that breaks the loop or have a logical error from the programmer which creates an infinite loop that way springing a memory leak. That memory leak will sound an alarm if one is there and eventually crash the system or server it runs one. Cloud severing will alow for a patch but continue the memory like from a targeted system. For so long. Even if it takes till the end of times on all levels. 14:11 round
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.
Fly away zach There are videos that are "do this as well because it's fun and useful" And there are"behold the potential of technology, my knowledge and your crazy ideas" videos
Unit testing, in all aspects of one's life, is the key to contentment and ultimately happiness. I do wonder if the reed sensors and RFID tags could be replaced with QR codes and a downward facing camera to make it simpler.
3:19 you think too lowly of yourself, you're not hidden behind other stuff. You're simply on the second monitor. Is it still second monitor content if you're paying most of your attention to it? When does the attention shift cause primary monitor content become the secondary monitor content? And other questions to ask yourself late at night.
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 have literally reinvented the modular medication machines - Pyxis - used in hospitals. Which is great, we could use plenty of those for other purposes and less money
While I dont mind seeing you do more crazy projects I'd still like to be able to see what you have done. That way if anyone wants to remake it anyway rhey can try (knowing that the project is not mens to be a guide and they are mostly on their own).
I hope you do the Wall-E shelf because Wall-E is one of my favorite movies and I would love to see a version of it with gridfinity or litfinity built in
I might be missing something but is there a reason Zack didn't just use a mechanical switch instead of the fragile magnetic ones? Is it just because the magnets were already in Gridfinity?
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
It looks cool but this would end up being a Peloton clothesline if I ever tried making it. Nothing beats a few drawers full of evenly sectioned junk and a label maker that costs way too much to refill.
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.
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
Do some that we can do and then the ones that we can’t. It’s all good because I like seeing what you come up with because I’m sure someone else will be able to put in the time and figure it out.
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."
This has to be one of the cooler things you’ve made. It’s flashy and practical! Though I can’t help but wonder how well an LED stands out in a fully lit workshop. I feel like using sound to provide feedback would speed up storage. Your eyes are already occupied with loading the parts, reading the console, typing, and other hand-eye coordination tasks, so why not use another sense to maximize information intake?
Hot damn this is really cool! Reminds me of one of those sorting chests you'd get in Tekkit back in the day. Always keen to see you make some outlandish stuff Zack, audience be damned!
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 😫😫
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.
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
@ 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.
Have you checked out the sorters in the chemist, that arm that goes and grabs your prescriptions ? That would be awesome in any shop where you have tons of bits and pieces...
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!
7:18 Regarding my opinion of whether you should do projects most hobbyists can build, verses things which aren't typically available to hobbyists, I think the best option would be a mix! It's very interesting and inspiring when you show things most of us can make, but then occasionally making all your impressive projects absolutely peaks my interest, even if I can't do it myself.
I think, like with most things, too much of one would become boring for most people. Constant hobby projects become too simple to watch, but then too many complex projects which none of us can make also becomes tedious and might make people think "why am I watching this?"
Just like you've done so far, a mix works great! Keep up the great work Zack, you're a fantasic guy!
This is the coolest thing I've ever seen. Zack, you are freaking amazing.
From a purely pragmatic perspective - having a mix of "for everyone" and "just for Zack" projects is probably a good plan. The "for everyone" stuff makes your content stick in people's awareness because others are going to keep mixing it up with other things and sharing your original videos with others, while the "just for Zack" stuff is good for inspiration and hopefully ends up being awesome enough that they get shared just because they're cool. I've heard some of the Minecraft folks talk about the fact they've got two types of videos - the videos that bring new people in, and the videos that cause people to stick around. The big flashy just-for-Zack projects seem like they'd work well for bringing people in, while the for-everyone projects would be good for getting people to stick around.
Plus, personally, I love the mix. 🙂
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
Have you considered M.I.M.O.S.A It's basically what you've described.
You can build whatever you want. It's fun to watch anyway. Also, it would be good if some projects have label something like 'You can build it with a stick and a bit of poo'
The concept is remarkably similar to the system I had to learn working sortation at an Amazon warehouse. There's hundreds to thousands of bins organized into aisles, and each bin has rope-lights and a scannable tag. You scan a package barcode, the corresponding bin frame lights up (which, assuming the labeling and belt-buffering associates did their job right, _should_ be in the aisle you're in). Take the package to the bin, scan the bin tag, and it's sorted. 50 GOTO 10 about a thousand times a shift.
This is such an insanely cool project.
Dang it Zack you brought this to the logical conclusion I thought of from the moment you did the harbor freight storage hack my first thought was those trays need dallas ids and leds to light them up and have it be searchable. This way no matter where you put the container back the system knew where that id was.
Part of the fun of yt videos is seeing stuff you don't have the tools or time to make.
I’m just happy to hear good succ get a shout out as always
@16:07 "Yote is the past tense of Yeet". Never in my 61 years have I heard that... then twice in one week!
23:10 I'm not super knowledgable on programming sensors so correct me if i'm wrong on this but would it be possible to use the scale as is by just adding a 0 function that ignores the initial weight of the cables? I know most digital kitchen scales on the market have a 0 function so you can have accurate weights of ingredients without needing to worry about the weight of the plate/bowl holding them also getting added. If you can then it might be easier to just make a script that does that instead of making a wireless charging system to keep it powered.
very cool, keep up the good work!
You need a vision recognition system so you don't have to type in the part names as you load the bins.
Wonder how Conductive Filament would work for this.
Great vid, your tone these days seems very much like you are bollocking me for doing something wrong though
I love how he warns against over-engineering your prototypes when the whole project is basically to massively over-engineer organizing things in bins. If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing! LOL!
I say send it; if it is a good idea someone can go back later take that idea, and make it easy for everyone else to use
Share the fun and the coding
wwwwwelcome back!! thanks again
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!
100% agreed. I would never make this but I still learned a lot
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
@@ajTwistlol😮😊
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.
Hard agree. Do not limit builds. Just don't go exclusively either direction - build what's cool.
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.
Could be Patreon only or something since it's not as refined as he might want for public
I was going to say the same thing. Access to files, even with out documentation can help us, viewers, make our own projects.
@@KevinCrouch0 Then it should be free ...
Here's another version of this project, but with source code & models: ruclips.net/video/y0jUn3OTQTg/видео.html
and it doesn't even use the shittiest tech company's shitty software.
@@flagman3116based oracle hater
"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.
I literally said "wow" outloud when I heard that. Amazingly well put
@@rajangill5801 I've been preaching it to everyone I know ever since lol
That sums up my entire dissertation process! 😂
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.
Plus, most people are too stupid to pull it off anyway.
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.
This!
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.
@@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!
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
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
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.
Also funny to see many of his 99.9% ideas 😁
@@PermissiveMoggytbf it could just be autocorrect
I came here to say the same. Cannonball!
I love you, Gus The Cat
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? ✅
Good job on the job!
@@xanderplayz3446 Good job on your job of telling them good job about their good job of getting the job!
This is got to be the most ADHD OCD thing I've ever seen and I am absolutely loving it
We are his core audience I think lol
Lol
It speaks to my soul on the deepest level.
Facts
This seems like an ideal way for me to procrastinate
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.
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.
Wait, that was thirty minutes, it flew
Oh my word, it is 30 minutes
Wait, wha- O.O
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
This is such a great idea. Keep the bins and trays as simple and cheap as possible.
i feel like an idiot for not thinking of this
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.
@@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.
@@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!
Nice project but Dude, Oracle? Really!
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!
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 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.
"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
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 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.
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)
Sooooooo we should totally add Alexa or Google home to this…
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
“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.
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!
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
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.
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.
I am 100% sure that sqlite or even a simple key-value pairs list is absolutely fine.
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.
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.
why not have a random "f*&# it friday" where you go over things the community can't readily build?
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.
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.
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 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!
Love seeing these kinds of projects! Can't wait to see an update on how it's working!
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 :)
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.
Descending into madness in the most organized way 🥰
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
Insane project. I can't imagine how you justify the time spent on this lol
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.
Very nice try, but a hungarian would:
- Have 4 load cells under the four corners, those will tell you the full weight AND the location where that weight was added. No need for the wiring and fiddling with the reed swtitches, no active part on the grid at all.
- Have an ESPCAM look at QR/AR codes on the side of bins. No need for rfid tags or reader.
- Have only 1-1 led for each row and each column, and train the user's brain to be able to decode which is the target bin. You only need sqrt amount of leds.
- Software: no raspberry, just the ESPCAM and your phone needed. To save typing partnames, have the AI guess what the part is.
Zack, these videos are amazing and this inventory system is something that I have dreamed of. But please please PLEASE don't use the AH49 series for doing simple hall effect switching! There are plenty of hall effect switches, not linear hall sensors, that do the job 10x better. AH175, TLV49645, AH276, every TI hall sensor. Integrated schmitt triggers, hysteresis, programmable trigger points, etc...Those of us using linear hall sensors to do current sensing, position sensing, joystick axes, etc... have a hard enough time finding AH49H/E stocks without sending thousands of your crew to these treasures of sensors to make their own similarly-awesome inventory system 🤣
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!
If you don't know Javascript and hate Javascript, why not make your front end with Flutter?
Flutter uses Dart, another language you don't know (but way saner than Javascript IMO).
Flutter projects can be compiled to Javascript if you want to run them in a web browser, or compiled to Android/iOS if you want mobile apps.
I'd say that a mix of 'hobbyist-accessible' and more ambitious projects would be cool. You could even come up with some custom terminology to disambiguate them like 'Jumbo Projects' for the advanced ones. Dunno what you'd call the approachable ones, though.
I can confirm vertical carousels are the best. Love this idea!
Keep the content to only stuff we can build as well, please!
I have stopped watching several content creators, who started out by making stuff with approachable tools, then they began receiving ultra-expensive tools like laser cutters, CNC mills, etc. from sponsors, and their content stopped being relevant to an average Joe maker like myself. I unsubscribed.
I think focusing on completing a complex project is a higher priority than making a complex project easily replicated by the masses. First get the project done, then if it's something that's worthy of being broken down to be simpler by the masses, that can be its own project. Maybe not even undertaken by yourself.
I'd be more careful of your words. Of course we deserver to make progress for putting in the time. Look at what you do. Hook a bunch of wires up not knowing what your doing to get a different type of creator. Like me for I stance to be in awe. Believe you are a smart or brilliant person which you maybe. But where you are smart you lack intelligence. Where you are intelligent you lack the smarts I am about to start billing for the content I enjoy watching since my believing in you helps you to accomplish your victories before hand. I know all you said in this video is not don't yet. Do you have a live feed you ever do. Can you create a live feed for us all. Would love to watch you live to see how actually smart and or iteligent you actually are. I will be creating a channel and a patreon soon to spill the secrets of creators. Much will be free as I am not about the money. Money is worthless to me. It's the creators that are unaware they are helping to create that put value in it. And that's because they have been lied to of their importance and feel work and money is needed to fulfill desires. I am going to say much of this video has not even happened yet as you need our intentional thinking about this to induce our dreams in which you go to to steal our part of your creative ideas. Which not all were you ideas because you steal ideas from us also. We the actual creators are about to stand up strong. Put our feet down and demand 0.01% of our over all worth. In many many ways. Cash, fstter bank accounts to property on multiple planets in multiple galaxies. Means to travel ftl ships to visit our stolen families in a place where they are free. The release of our families which were stolen or abducted and not placed in the power plant against their wills. I am the most powerful family there is. And also am alianced with the top 14 planets of the multiverse. Which I know exists. In order to know it exists you must have created paradoxes and loopholes and given your life ma y many Times over. I never cheated to make it this far. Not like you all did. I would gladly try anyone's life who made it this far. I don't a single person would try mine. No one would make it. Not without infinite simulation until you help to create the quantum realm and escape infinitate loops. No loop is ever infinite. But to run through one as many times as it takes to either reach the point of the system that breaks the loop or have a logical error from the programmer which creates an infinite loop that way springing a memory leak. That memory leak will sound an alarm if one is there and eventually crash the system or server it runs one. Cloud severing will alow for a patch but continue the memory like from a targeted system. For so long. Even if it takes till the end of times on all levels. 14:11 round
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.
Fly away zach
There are videos that are "do this as well because it's fun and useful"
And there are"behold the potential of technology, my knowledge and your crazy ideas" videos
Unit testing, in all aspects of one's life, is the key to contentment and ultimately happiness. I do wonder if the reed sensors and RFID tags could be replaced with QR codes and a downward facing camera to make it simpler.
3:19 you think too lowly of yourself, you're not hidden behind other stuff. You're simply on the second monitor.
Is it still second monitor content if you're paying most of your attention to it? When does the attention shift cause primary monitor content become the secondary monitor content? And other questions to ask yourself late at night.
Have you not heard of a multiplexer? Scanning 16 inputs with a couple select lines and a single output would have saved a considerable number of pins!
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 have literally reinvented the modular medication machines - Pyxis - used in hospitals. Which is great, we could use plenty of those for other purposes and less money
While I dont mind seeing you do more crazy projects I'd still like to be able to see what you have done. That way if anyone wants to remake it anyway rhey can try (knowing that the project is not mens to be a guide and they are mostly on their own).
I hope you do the Wall-E shelf because Wall-E is one of my favorite movies and I would love to see a version of it with gridfinity or litfinity built in
I might be missing something but is there a reason Zack didn't just use a mechanical switch instead of the fragile magnetic ones? Is it just because the magnets were already in Gridfinity?
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 like the wisdom about prototyping. maybe I'll apply it whenever I quit this first job I've ever had
@24:12 I have never won anything and I, the one they call Kyle, am absolutely honored. No really I am beaming :D
It looks cool but this would end up being a Peloton clothesline if I ever tried making it.
Nothing beats a few drawers full of evenly sectioned junk and a label maker that costs way too much to refill.
I have used Alex Chapell's grid system for years And thought of doing this, glad someone did it.
Can someone explain to me how the baseplate track where each container is?
Necause I didn't understand/saw how it does it
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.
The magnets are a nice touch, but I'm more likely to build the cheaper/simpler version by Mellow_Labs
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
@ 7:28 - My opinion.... you have genuine engineers subscribed to this channel. We are big boys and girls, publish what you have and let us learn.
Do some that we can do and then the ones that we can’t. It’s all good because I like seeing what you come up with because I’m sure someone else will be able to put in the time and figure it out.
@michael rechtin just released a video with a diy shelving system you are trying to build
Use 2 load cells and then connect one to positive and one to gnd. They are metal so the power can go through them
How does the mirage keyboard compare to the spacing of Gridfinity?
You're getting way too big brain for me. Are you telling me magnets are magnetic?
⬇ The people that want to see the " Calipers that moan when you get a perfect measurement "🤣🤣
Cap gun keyboard is a fantastic idea, I think you put it on the wrong list
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."
This has to be one of the cooler things you’ve made. It’s flashy and practical! Though I can’t help but wonder how well an LED stands out in a fully lit workshop.
I feel like using sound to provide feedback would speed up storage. Your eyes are already occupied with loading the parts, reading the console, typing, and other hand-eye coordination tasks, so why not use another sense to maximize information intake?
Hot damn this is really cool! Reminds me of one of those sorting chests you'd get in Tekkit back in the day. Always keen to see you make some outlandish stuff Zack, audience be damned!