Cake Decorating Piping Tip Organizer Case

myminifactory

I bought this cake decorating set for my girlfriend on Valentine's Day. It comes with a case for the tips, but it's set up in such a way that two tips go into each divided section. When you turn the case upside down or tilt it slightly, the tips go every which way. To fix this issue, I thought maybe putting each tip into its own section would solve the problem, and it did. This led to another problem, though - we couldn't get our fingers down into the sections to grab hold of the tips. Well, that wasn't going to work. I had added cones for the tip to sit on in the original design, and I noticed that the tips weren't really going anywhere anyway. I cut the walls down and sure enough, the tips stayed put even when the case was turned upside down. I've included all three designs here - full dividers, half-height dividers, and no dividers. For the intended purpose of holding piping tips, I suggest either the low-divider or the no-divider version. If you need a storage case for other small objects, you could modify the tall-divider model to eliminate the cones. For the hinge, I used a coat hanger that I straightened out and slid through the holes. The one I used is a snug fit and stays put while allowing the lid to move freely, but I found another coat hanger that was a little more loose and was liable to slip out more easily. You may want to print the hinge test file first to see the size wire you'll need.