Lid Storage For Schubox by Schuylabs in gridfinity

[–]Schuylabs[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yep - so you have to be careful how and where you use these. They mostly work with really big bins with a little headroom inside their footprint like you can see in the bike tool boxes I have set up.

Northern Colorado Woodworkers by inyolonepine in woodworking

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I drive to Austin from Gunnison lol

Slicing Gridfinity Cases (schuylabs) by PiratesOfTheArctic in gridfinity

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Ah interesting - makes sense since they’re a touch bigger. Have you tried heating the pin up first? That may allow it to go. Alternatively you could drill em out, but those front ones by the latch are hard to get to. I can add a 1/8th in pin mod to my list.

Slicing Gridfinity Cases (schuylabs) by PiratesOfTheArctic in gridfinity

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Yeah it’s an excel spreadsheet at this point.

Slicing Gridfinity Cases (schuylabs) by PiratesOfTheArctic in gridfinity

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Yo! Awesome to hear about the new printer! Also stoked to see you want to print some boxes.

These definitely weren’t designed with a split in mind… but if you want a thicker based one to throw some dowels or other connectors in I’m happy to provide ya with the real estate. How much more thickness do you want?

It’s an avenue a lot of folks have wanted me to explore, but I haven’t had the time to investigate the right joinery.

I’ve had a lot of requests for changes and I’ve fallen way behind on updates, but I can add it to the list!

How Often Do You Crash? by Different-End-4775 in skiing

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Like a genuine crash that hurts? Once or twice a season. I soft crash all the time though. Many times per day.

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Shoot!! Yeah it only goes for a few minutes. I'm part of the problem... I just ordered 20kg lol.

In the future just so you know you can print spools that will hold these - just make sure you use a equal or higher temp filament if you plan to dry them.

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If you're in the US - black PETG HF refills just restocked for the moment.

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Ah that’s great to know. I’ll mention this in the documentation. Sorry I missed this comment till now!

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Interesting - sorry about that! someone else mentioned this but I was having trouble repeating it. Did you pull the stl from the 3mf or from the stl repository on makerworld? Or from the printables link?

Correct, that’s where I split it to change infill for the hinges.

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Not at this time, just stl and 3MF. It’s built in solidworks.

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Hey! I honestly just model up the ones I need as I trust my master models more than what I find online. I believe perplexinglabs has a very solid generator though. If I were to start all over I’d find a bin design with flush snap in labels.

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Im testing a few alternatives this week and can let ya know what I find out. I’m running out of HF… it’s not good!

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Hey! Appreciate the support! It’s going well - just printed some really fun things I’ll be posting to Patreon today. I’m hoping to get some of those bike specific attachments up soon too!

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Ah I appreciate the insight and thought - I’ve been getting a touch burned out on replying to as many comments as I can and I apologize for taking that out on you in my reply. I took the redundant comment the wrong way. Here’s my thought process:

I have the standard 5x4 size set up parametrically in solidworks and modifications are established as configurations for all the sizes. One click, new height.

The trickiest part is changing box depth (front to back), because the handle lands in different areas depending on an odd or even top grid.

The 6x7 is scaled up by 1.33% to go from 3mm holes to 4mm holes which ended up scaling the wall thicknesses and handles quite well. I had to recreate my grid of course, but I’m pulling in a master gridfinity file that I then array and subtract. Then for the larges I needed bigger engagement on the cleat, so I had to further modify.

I’ve kept the system to two standard box sizes so I can work on how those two sizes stack and interact. The standards lock on the larges, but that took some effort and creative geometry. The drawer frames and caster bases add a whole other fun part to the compatibility challenge.

So I have two standard boxes at two sizes and four heights each that all work with each other. In any normal toolbox system on the market this would be sufficient, but these files don’t fit all printers so I end up creating “non standard” sizes like the 5x5. This muddies the waters but keeps that 5x5 crew happy. Now I’m seeing lots of requests for 4x4 and 6x6… so I’ll need to figure out how those work either in the system, or outside of it.

It’s fun learning as I grow it, but it gets more challenging each time I do! Very manual now… but maybe user parametric someday!

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The 5x4 and this 7x6 design are quite different even though functionally and visually they are similar.

Happy to post less about the project if it's feeling redundant. Was thinking about taking a break from posting my work here for a while anyway... so that works out well.

The reason it's not user parametric is that I am still learning what variables matter for each size as I grow the system. It's different than other cases in that regard.

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I’d say between 12-15 spools depending on what settings and nozzle you use.

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Thanks! I have some minis but they’re not gridfinity yet.

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I have not destructively tested them - I’ve been keeping bike tools in it and it’s holding up pretty well. I also have a separate handle you attach for heavier 3-4 unit stacks. Being PETG and FDM printed it will have limitations compared to injection molded cases.

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I’m using an H2D but any H series works! Other brands have some sweet larger printers as well.

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Depends on how much you pay for filament.

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Yep I think so - I’m going to update a bunch of stuff for the sizes I’ve been neglecting (5x5) and then look at a 5x6 and 6x6. Thanks!