Anyone 3D print drawer organizers?

[dnet]

I have a new to me snapon box (KRA-377D) that I want to get some organizers for for sockets and wrenches. Another hobby I have is 3D printing. Has anyone done some 3D prints for drawer organizers? if so, share your cool designs!

 

[AmericanMechanic]

I'm not sure how much cheaper you can 3D print trays and the like as compared to buying the bins from Schaller. But of course anything custom makes sense.

 

[dnet]

I'm not sure how much cheaper you can 3D print trays and the like as compared to buying the bins from Schaller. But of course anything custom makes sense.

I looked those up and bins aren't really the route I want to go, despite they would be simple to print.

I'm looking for wrench organizers that will hold them in order in the drawer and a socket organizer. Thought it would be cool to see if anyone has designed on they like here

 

[ihateminimumwage]

I printed these out for organizing screwdrivers

Modular Wrench / Tool Organizer by ack154

NOTE: New upload of something I had already added back in December. It wasn't showing up in search and wasn't showing up in My Designs. Hopefully this new version fixes that. This is a set of modules for custom, interlocking, magnetic, tool organizers for wrenches, screwdrivers, and other tools...

www.thingiverse.com

 

[speed bump]

I've done a few. There are several ideas in the everything 3d printer thread as well

 

[Kscardsfan]

Had several socket organizers printed up by a friend of mine for weird sized or oddly specific sockets that aren’t commonly available. Never tried for wrench racks or anything more specific than that.

 

[WAID]

I printed some pliers racks for my pliers drawer recently. It made for a pretty big improvement and now I have room for more pliers, for now.

 

[ArkTinkerer]

With regard to the magnets in the holders--the "cupped" magnets with the steel surrounding three sides hold MUCH better and are worth paying a bit more for. Also they usually have chamfered screw holes thru the center to make sure they don't come out of the plastic.

 

[dnet]

With regard to the magnets in the holders--the "cupped" magnets with the steel surrounding three sides hold MUCH better and are worth paying a bit more for. Also they usually have chamfered screw holes thru the center to make sure they don't come out of the plastic.

What kind of magnets? do you have a link?

 

[speed bump]

What kind of magnets? do you have a link?

probably something like this or this



The magnets were one of my favorite things I did in my extension holders. They aren't strong magnets, I went with something just strong enough to keep the holder from moving through a drawer liner but not strong enough to hold filings on top of the extension holder.

I chose the magnets I used for a couple of reasons.
I didn't need a lot of strength so while I dropped some epoxy on the backside of the magnets they are a press fit.

The open cup collects filings and while my design case is the placing them on drawer liners I don't want a magnet that is hard to clean that may be placed on a painted surface.

Not that other magnets wouldn't work but they weren't appropriate for my application.

 

[EZ_Garage]

I have printed socket rail organizers, plier racks and wrench racks as well as other things. The wrench and plier racks are really decent but I moved away from the socket organizers because I wasn't happy with their durability. I still use them in my lesser used tool boxes (house, auto, etc.)

 

[Ryan]

Gonna leave this here:

 

[JMToolCo]

Gonna leave this here:

first person I thought of as well

 

[EZ_Garage]

Although, his system is nice, there is no way I would pay for it. That type of system can easily be designed and/or sourced for free. Again, this is just for me, part of the 3d printing lure is the ability to design custom things and print them for almost nothing.

 

[mr.lemons]

Spotted a couple of sliding designs on reddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Tools/comments/of04r1
https://www.reddit.com/r/Tools/comments/lqke1r

 

[ArkTinkerer]

probably something like this or this



The magnets were one of my favorite things I did in my extension holders. They aren't strong magnets, I went with something just strong enough to keep the holder from moving through a drawer liner but not strong enough to hold filings on top of the extension holder.

I chose the magnets I used for a couple of reasons.
I didn't need a lot of strength so while I dropped some epoxy on the backside of the magnets they are a press fit.

The open cup collects filings and while my design case is the placing them on drawer liners I don't want a magnet that is hard to clean that may be placed on a painted surface.

Not that other magnets wouldn't work but they weren't appropriate for my application.

The first of the two or something like this:

9.19US $ |10pcs Window Fixing Magnets D16mm M6 M4 Male Thread Round Magnet Furniture Magnetic Latch Cabinet Door N52 Rear Earthmaterial - Magnetic Materials - AliExpress

Smarter Shopping, Better Living! Aliexpress.com

www.aliexpress.com

Threaded stud not required.

The metal outside acts to direct the magnetic flux and sort of "complete the circuit". (Sorry, I tend to think electrical.) You'll notice the magnetic tool bars from Harbor Freight have a metal U channel around them and the pull is much weaker on the metal channel side. It pulls harder on the side where the tool or other metal object is required to complete the "circuit".

 

[ArkTinkerer]

I moved away from the socket organizers because I wasn't happy with their durability. I still use them in my lesser used tool boxes (house, auto, etc.)

I printed some individual socket holders with magnets. Lets me shuffle the sockets as I add and remove. Also having a few extra lets me stick holders to my portable box or even the vehicle so I am less likely to have them drop. Need to play with the designs some though since they are a little weak in one size. Can't really used the cupped units mentioned above since I need them to hold both the socket and the surface below.