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by Liftyee 433 days ago
Worth noting that the designer, Zack Freedman, has a popular YouTube channel[0] detailing all sorts of projects in witty videos. They are targeted towards a broad audience so aren't excruciatingly technical, but I think they make for good entertainment and inspiration.

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/zackfreedman

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When Zack burst on the YouTube scene I said, "Who is this rock star we don't deserve?"

Trying to keep up with the digs and jokes he delivers in his rapid-fire narrative is one of the ways he is so entertaining.

His crappy robot, Christopher the Quagsire, was a fave: https://youtu.be/BCNxHGKFiQ0

I have 3D printed a number of the "Gridfinity" storage units that began (and other's have run with). My crafting desk is much more organized now.

Honestly, the witticisms get old. I loved a few of his more technical videos, but his style and jokes feel like he's emulating youtubers like PewDiePie or whoever else does this whole ridiculous exaggerated expression screeching shit. Jacksepticeye? Idk. And that's not great.
And Hextraction was one of his April 1st videos if I remember correctly, where he pitched it as a hexagonal gridfinity variant.
Big fan of Zack - his videos are informative and enjoyable while not being in the “boring tutorial” zone.