I'm trying to work on an insert to put in a drawer for my fridge, but the dimensions for the section are 746.125 mm by 450.85 mm, which I want to split into 47.625 mm squares, but i cannot do it without rounding the numbers to full numbers with the gridfinity generator im using. What can I do?
I really want to print the 7x6 Schubox system but only have a P2S, has anyone had success printing them on a smaller build plate? If so what was your strategy for breaking the pieces into smaller parts?
Edit: It's disappointing that it doesn't seem possible but I appreciate the feedback.
Over the last year I have been designing and tweaking all my boxes and now that I am happy with the designs I finally took the time to start uploading and verifying the print profiles and step files. The collection can be found here and I should be updating it in the next few days with more models. So far:
I think that's around it, if you're interested I can make a photo of the entire Toolbox, but you would be surprised how unorganized it still looks, haha.
Hey everyone,
I’m designing a 3D-printed modular desk drawer organizer, loosely inspired by Gridfinity.
Because my drawer height is limited, I’m skipping the base grid/baseplate. The modules are basically open-bottom boxes with rounded corners and 2–3 mm walls.
I first planned to connect them with magnets in the side walls, but that would need around 300 magnets, which feels too expensive and annoying to assemble. So now I’m looking for a printed clip/sliding connector between the side walls instead. Ideally, the modules should connect directly to each other by clipping or sliding one side wall into the next, without any separate baseplate or extra connector parts.
Has anyone designed something similar?
Main questions:
Any advice or examples would be appreciated.
I have a few IKEA Alex drawers, so about as basic as it comes, and would like to get started with some gridfinity storage containers. I don’t have a 3d printer but am willing to pay. Any suggestions on where I should start looking? I keep seeing Etsy as an option, but not sure if that’s the best place to start.
I am currently building a coffee station on a 12x6 grid. I want all the various custom holders that I'm designing to sit on top of four 3x6 drawers (less deep is OK, I'll just put blanks in the back).
There's lots of great-looking drawers out there, but they all seem to be designed to stack one above the other, as one would expect. But I want four shelves side by side, not stacked, and that poses a problem with every design I've found so far - the sides of the drawer's enclosure box add enough width that two of them cannot fit side-by-side and stay lined up with the grid.
I guess I just need a design that uses very thin walls for the sides of the box so that when two are next to each other those walls together equal one inter grid-square's width. If I had a clue how to use proper CAD software I could modify an existing design pretty easily I suspect, but my skill level would require I try to make this happen in Tinkercad - probably doable, but with any luck there's a design out there where this is done properly.
Anyone seen something like what I'm looking for?
I want to try it but that company name puts me off.
What do people store their gridfinity setups in?
I've just got my printer, loving it, printed out a 2x4 holder for the tools it came with, which unfortunately now just sit on my desk and I'd like to find a light on plastic storage holder to put it in. I've seen big stackable storage boxes just wondering what people use.
Hi folks.
I recently printed some bins for fishing tackle box with the help of perplexinglab.
The storage containers are store bought containers in the dimensions of 360mm x 280mm x 80mm.
These containers taking 2 layers of bins with a height of 4U each layer.
After completing the full print job, I realized that the weight of bins exceeding actually the weight of the lures stored in them.
Since the generator is based on OpenSCAD code I got the following idea:
Why not having the opportunity to print the (selectively) bottom and walls not as solid unit but as a lighter hexpanels made by the OpenSCAD library module hexpanel from theBOSL2 library?
Before digging into the OpenSCAD code to modify it for myself, I'm asking the community whether perhaps someone has done something similar or joining me to support a change request to the author of the solution for this purpose?
I am curious to hear some feedback about this idea.
Thank you
Bookfinity lets you store all your stuff in books nicely on a shelf. It's fully compatible with Gridfinity and now it's even easier to customise your own. You can edit the text, SVG, or create your own design entirely. The last 3 photos are other peoples unique take on Bookfinity and they're awesome).
To make this easier, I've made new new versions which let's you edit this inside Bambu Studio (or other slicers). One with magnets, the other with Latches.
Bookfinity with Latches - Easy Edit
Bookfinity (magnets) - Easy Edit
Please share your remixes, always love to see them.
I printed these gridfinity storage boxes by Pred and put all of my playing card games in the three boxes so now it’s time to play best guess on what games are what when you look inside of the box. I’m looking for a way to label these that’s durable and looks good.
I have a wide variety of small hardware (M2–M4 screws, heatset inserts, etc.) that I'd like to print bins for. I've done some initial testing to see what might work better than the cheap plastic bins this hardware typically ships in.
I'm running into a bit of a paradox: the hardware is small and varied, which makes 1-cell bins a natural fit — unless the length or volume of a particular piece necessitates more space. The problem is that with a label shelf on the bin, accessing small parts feels less effortless than I'd like, even with a 14mm finger ramp.
At 6U it often feels like you're fishing parts out by poking at them rather than grabbing them naturally. (For reference, the cheap plastic bins are closer to 5U.)
I think I have a design that works now! It's a bin with roller lid where the height isn't dependent on the size of the lid. The roller lid now goes into a pocket under the bin. To print this, you need to have good bridging. Mainly, dry filament, bridge flow of 1.5 and bridge speed of 10mm/s.
Here are the print profiles
I'v tried to make a first drawer, but I guess I did something wrong, the baseplate was to small. My drawer is 485mm x 374mm. I've put the values in again and hope things are correct this time but I'm a bit confused about the "padding". It looks like I have a padding on the left and right side of 11.5mm and 38mm on the top side of the baseplate, but visually I don't see any padding on the top side?
And then there is that message in orange telling me "Reducing left/right padding by 8mm would save 2 piece(s)", what pieces are meant? (sorry I'm new with this tool)
Any help would be appreciated! 😅
I'm going a little crazy here. I'm trying to print a larger Gridfinity bin, and I'm having two (seemingly) separate problems that I can't seem to solve. I've done the print multiple times and get nearly identical results even after careful plate cleaning, drying the filament, etc.
I've got a Bambu A1, Biqu Cryogrip Frostbite plate, SUNLU PLA+ 2.0, and I'm printing at 0.4mm. Relevant (modified) print settings are in screenshots; I was trying to go slow to address the warping. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Hi everyone!
I'm looking to organize my miniature painting workflow even more and have printed gridfinity bases for all my desk drawers.
Now I need the full force of the miniature painting community to hit med with your best gridfinity models/hacks! 😄You may fire when ready!
I’ve run out of room for my oil bottles and couldn’t find an easy system for organizing them in my Alex drawers. Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated.
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i’m a bit confused on the magnets, is there a preferred orientation for them to e placed in the grid?