Hey! This thing is still a Work in Progress.
Files, instructions, and other stuff might change!
Parametric Compartment tray
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Published on October 8, 2011
Description
I needed a tray of compartments to put screws in when taking laptops apart and the like so I printed one. I designed it with a noddy little OpenSCAD script so I can make one with long and thin compartments for airbrush needles or whatever.
I'll probably update this at some point to allow different thickness walls between compartments and for the outer walls and maybe for rounded bottom compartments.
I'll probably update this at some point to allow different thickness walls between compartments and for the outer walls and maybe for rounded bottom compartments.
Instructions
The variables in the .scad file should be fairly self explanatory, compx and compy are the size of each compartment in mm; wall is the wall thickness (again in mm); nox and noy are the number of compartments in x and y and deep is the depth of each compartment.
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nycdesigner
on
October 10, 2011
said:
I love this design. You can make a tight-fitting lid by adding up the values (including the spacers, and use that for the dimensions of the lid. It fits tight and "locks" because of the ridges of the layers.
jimcook
on
October 9, 2011
said:
In my second picture I show a cover I made for the 5 X 2 tray. I used Openscad to modify the original file for my tray. I modified the original tray file so the cover is slightly larger than the tray, it has one compartment and the sides are a little less than the height of the tray it covers. I'll use an elastic to hold the cover on.
This project will give you an excuse to rummage around in the .scad file.
Auzze
on
October 8, 2011
said:
Great stuff, thanks.. I needed some more storage trays. This will save me heaps of cash.
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Parametric Compartment tray by hippiegunnut is licensed under the Attribution - Share Alike - Creative Commons license.
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Isn't it cheaper to buy these lol