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Tool organization with Gridfinity
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slow-poke
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David,
Thanks for providing the link. Excellent video.
I have started 3D printing holders, and plan to make more. It is interesting how in the end it typically saves space. The curved bottom modular trays are a really great idea.
The 3D scanning is really cool. We live in a fun era. If I live to a hundred I won't have enough time. Back to my mill project.
Thanks for providing the link. Excellent video.
I have started 3D printing holders, and plan to make more. It is interesting how in the end it typically saves space. The curved bottom modular trays are a really great idea.
The 3D scanning is really cool. We live in a fun era. If I live to a hundred I won't have enough time. Back to my mill project.
I have printed a different type of stackable trays I used at work. They were ok, just easier to print then others.
But I am slowly switching to grid finity. So many options. The grid finity master collection is now at 644 files. So pretty much everything you would need. I have pause at layer and changing colors working on my one printer really well. So I am putting colored labels on most of the ones I am printing.
Due to yard work and still moving, I have not printed much in the last while. I am still printing cosplay parts for my mando build and still have to finish out the pip boys for fallout.
But I am slowly switching to grid finity. So many options. The grid finity master collection is now at 644 files. So pretty much everything you would need. I have pause at layer and changing colors working on my one printer really well. So I am putting colored labels on most of the ones I am printing.
Due to yard work and still moving, I have not printed much in the last while. I am still printing cosplay parts for my mando build and still have to finish out the pip boys for fallout.
With my newfound drawer space under the lathe and mill I am definitely going to try this too. I don't have the bed area of a Bambu printer but I can print a 4x4 grid.
Do you do manual colour changes?
Did @skookumrob get back to anyone with info on the end mill holders we saw at the meetup?
Still working on it! The minimum order from the supplier is quite large so I'm figuring out what we can do
@skookumrob - PM sent
I always see folks willing to do 3D printing on FB marketplace. The time consuming part is designing the boxes.
Doggggboy
Ultra Member
Probably cheaper to just spring for a 3D printer.
Definitely more fun.
Doggggboy
Ultra Member
it is shocking how much space you end up saving.
I have done Gridfinity for 2 of the kitchen drawers (utensils) and 4 of the shop drawers (screwdrivers, punches, small bar stock, endmills). Turns out you gain more space in the other drawers just because you can move things to the gridfinity drawers due to the better organization.
If you have a smaller print bed, the gridfinity bins are easy to join together with a bit of crazy glue or you can design a big bin and then use your slicer to split and dovetail the parts together.
Things can take a long time to print but remember, you don't have to sit there and watch them.
Here are some of the printed holders I've done. More are done now, its the sort of thing where the mood hits or it doesn't
3D Printed, Fit Tool Drawer Trays - Metallum
This is probably just some sort of psychological indulgence, but its fun, and I have concocted a rationalization. It takes up less space than leaving tools in their boxes, and makes everything quicker and easier to find. Trying to get away junk drawers and have good visibility on my tools. That...
www.metallum.shop
Love those!Here are some of the printed holders I've done. More are done now, its the sort of thing where the mood hits or it doesn't
3D Printed, Fit Tool Drawer Trays - Metallum
This is probably just some sort of psychological indulgence, but its fun, and I have concocted a rationalization. It takes up less space than leaving tools in their boxes, and makes everything quicker and easier to find. Trying to get away junk drawers and have good visibility on my tools. That...www.metallum.shop
Yes I am doing manual changes. It works but I have to be around for the change.
Those look great! But I don't quite get why you left the adjuster ends & wrench extending external like that (as opposed to encompassing them like a regular box). Is it a camera angle thing or maybe I'm misunderstanding the pic. Another nice touch on some cases is the finger indentation to grab the instrument in preferential spots. Slots for related accessories or calibration standards. Or a relief on back side for instructions...
Coincidentally I bought a used Mitutoyo indicating mic. great mic, but they all seem to suffer the same fate of 20 year old foam degrading into a crumbly mess which can even migrate into instrument nook & cranny surfaces especially if they have a bit of oil film. As a possibility I have seen these little stick-on foam biscuits which you could integrate into your 3DP design to cushion the instrument strategically here & there. But many cases are just plain hard plastic which cleans nicely or varnished wood for that matter, so plain 3DP should be perfectly fine too.
(not mine just a generic case pic)
Coincidentally I bought a used Mitutoyo indicating mic. great mic, but they all seem to suffer the same fate of 20 year old foam degrading into a crumbly mess which can even migrate into instrument nook & cranny surfaces especially if they have a bit of oil film. As a possibility I have seen these little stick-on foam biscuits which you could integrate into your 3DP design to cushion the instrument strategically here & there. But many cases are just plain hard plastic which cleans nicely or varnished wood for that matter, so plain 3DP should be perfectly fine too.
(not mine just a generic case pic)
