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   valhalla (valhalla@social.gl-como.it)'s status on Saturday, 07-Dec-2024 17:39:31 JST valhalla

   Dear european¹ craftingverse,

   I'd like to put a #pegboard in my sewing room.

   The local hardware stores sell the metal ones, and they have holes at an odd distance that I suspect is some absurd amount like one and a half inch or something, sometimes with two additional smaller holes in between.

   Then there is the SKÅDIS line from IKEA, where the holes are at a decent and proper distance of 4 cm, but
   a) they are made of particleboard instead of metal
   b) I'd be afraid of getting stuck into an ikea-only standard

   Are there other places that sell metric-based pegboards?

   Is there something else I should consider?

   Am I overthinking the whole thing?

   ¹ I'd prefer² any product recommendation to be available from a shop in the eurozone
   ² as in, I will just ignore anything else :D

   #crafting (boosts welcome)

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     Vi 💙 (vi@livellosegreto.it)'s status on Saturday, 07-Dec-2024 17:47:16 JST Vi 💙

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     @valhalla I don't know if you have access to a 3d printer, but for the skadis there are LOADS of free files to print to fit all of your needs, I've been waiting to pull that trigger myself, just because i need to organize the whole crafting room before putting something else in it

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     valhalla (valhalla@social.gl-como.it)'s status on Saturday, 07-Dec-2024 17:51:38 JST valhalla

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     • Vi 💙

     @Vi I'm right at the crafting/sewing room reorganization-in-a-new-place stage of a move :D

     (I have access to a 3d printer, not a great one because it's one of the first (home) ones and it's showing its age)

     (but then I guess that I could also adapt the SKADIS files to work with a different distance between holes, since the difference isn't that much.)

     (argh, more things to consider)

     (I'm not complaining :) I like overthinking these things :D )

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     valhalla (valhalla@social.gl-como.it)'s status on Saturday, 07-Dec-2024 18:06:39 JST valhalla

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     • David de Groot

     @david

     drill: check.
     sheet of metal: I guess I could find one
     ruler: check (multiple)
     centre punch: I don't think I have one, but I guess it's not hard to find
     enough time: (tumbleweeds rolling)

     :D

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     David de Groot (david@theblower.au)'s status on Saturday, 07-Dec-2024 18:06:40 JST David de Groot

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     @valhalla Got a drill? Could make one. Just need a sheet of metal of the appropriate size, ruler, centre punch (and hammer), and enough time to drill all the holes.

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     valhalla (valhalla@social.gl-como.it)'s status on Saturday, 07-Dec-2024 18:23:02 JST valhalla

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     • rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua
     • David de Groot

     @GustavinoBevilacqua do you also have a good source for “enough time”? :D

     @david

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     rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua (gustavinobevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org)'s status on Saturday, 07-Dec-2024 18:23:03 JST rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua

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     • David de Groot

     @valhalla @david

     The sides of dead fridges are a good source of sheet metal.

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     valhalla (valhalla@social.gl-como.it)'s status on Saturday, 07-Dec-2024 19:04:24 JST valhalla

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     • rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua
     • David de Groot

     @GustavinoBevilacqua @david

     (and no, I can't use the time I use to handsew garments: that's usually the kind of time when it would be pretty unsafe for me to be around any kind of power tools, be it a drill or a sewing machine)

     (and that's one of the reasons why handsewing is great: it fills that kind of time when want to do stuff, but aren't able to do anything that requires more than a modicum of concentration)