Anyone else get carried away with 3d printed tool storage?

[DavidR8]

What do you mean with that explanation? It seems that you would cut (or extrude) the sketch and you would be done.
Are you tracing around an image that you insert into the sketch?

I can't be bothered to make a model of the thing I'm trying to store to extrude it out of the bin.
I just make a sketch of the major features and then extrude them to fit. Means I don't have half-round bottoms for things like dial indicator stems and such but the speed of design is more important to me than a glove-like fit of the tool.
This is what I made for my back button indicator set.

 

[GeneT45]

What do you mean with that explanation? It seems that you would cut (or extrude) the sketch and you would be done.
Are you tracing around an image that you insert into the sketch?

I think he's referring to a Boolean subtract. That's the way I do "fitted" trays - make a (crude) model of the thing, scale it if necessary, then 'subtract' it from a block / tray / whatever.

GsT

 

[PNW_Guy]

What do you mean with that explanation? It seems that you would cut (or extrude) the sketch and you would be done.
Are you tracing around an image that you insert into the sketch?

Yes - generally I make a base plate, then trace (or model) the tool as a new component. "Merge" the two of them, and cut away the intersection tool, leaving an indentation. This makes a drawer size plate, with specific places for tools.

edit for clarity.

 

[PNW_Guy]

I can't be bothered to make a model of the thing I'm trying to store to extrude it out of the bin.
I just make a sketch of the major features and then extrude them to fit. Means I don't have half-round bottoms for things like dial indicator stems and such but the speed of design is more important to me than a glove-like fit of the tool.
This is what I made for my back button indicator set.
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This, exactly. The cutout doesn't have to be perfect, it has to be close enough.

 

[7milesup]

I just make a sketch of the major features and then extrude them to fit. Means I don't have half-round bottoms for things like dial indicator stems

Ya know, Dave, you can add a fillet to the bottom of the cutout, and that will provide your half-round bottoms. It is very easy to do.

 

[DavidR8]

Ya know, Dave, you can add a fillet to the bottom of the cutout, and that will provide your half-round bottoms. It is very easy to do.

Good thinking, I'll try that!

 

[Just for fun]

 

[Just for fun]

Since I made one for my 1/4" set, I thought I might as well make one for my 3/8" set as well.

 

[Just for fun]

I need to work on the purging part, but I'm happy with the way the hinges and the latch worked out.

 

[JustBen]

Received an old depth indicator and in shipping the fragile plastic mold disintegrated. I took it as an opportunity to make a new organizer for the box it sits in.