cardboard shelves

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<p>cardboard shelves from up-cycled cardboard boxes.<br/> organize your stuff with up-cycled cardboard boxes in a construction similar to dexion.</p> <h3>assembling time, approximately 1h30m (for 3 shelves)</h3><p><b>what you will need to buy (approximately 3€) </b></p> <p><b>bolts</b><br/> 24 x M3x15mm<br/> 24 x M3x10mm</p> <p><b>nuts</b></p> <h3>48 x M3</h3> <p><b>what tools to use</b></p> <p>Allen key #2.5mm<br/> cutter blade<br/> drill driver</p> <h3>drill #2.5mm</h3> <p><b>3d printed parts</b></p> <p>12 x inside-column.stl<br/> 8 x outside-column.stl<br/> 4 x outside-end-column-1.stl</p> <h3>4 x outside-end-column-2.stl</h3> <p>first the cuts<br/> cut the top covers from the rest of the boxes with a blade cutter.</p> <p>then begin assembling your shelves from lower to higher layer.<br/> the columns you are going to print have two different sides. place the wide bottom side of the outside-end-column with the wide side of the cardboard box (see attached picture).<br/> hold it steady and make a hole with the drill driver. place the inside column with the square side facing down (see attached picture).<br/> the box has 4 sides. 2 of them are thicker than the others.<br/> use the longer bolts (15mm) for thicker sides and shorter bolts (10mm) for thinner sides.<br/> screw with the appropriate bolt each side holding the nut with your other hand.<br/> tighten the bolts alternately, left 1mm space for each bolt.<br/> so the steps are the following:</p> <ol> <li>place the outside 3d printed part to the appropriate side</li> <li>make the first hole to the thinner wall</li> <li>place the inside 3d printed part</li> <li>screw (but not tight) with the short bolt (10mm) and place the nut</li> <li>make the second hole to the thicker wall</li> <li>screw (but not tight) with the longer bolt (15mm) and place the nut</li> <li>tighten them alternately</li> </ol><p>for the other half of the box you will follow the same steps ignoring the step "place the inside 3d printed part" because you already have it.</p> <ol> <li> place the outside 3d printed part to the appropriate side</li> <li> make the first hole to the thinner wall</li> <li> screw (but not tight) with the short bolt (10mm) and place the nut</li> <li> make the second hole to the thicker wall</li> <li> screw (but not tight) with the longer bolt (15mm) and place the nut</li> <li> tighten them alternately</li> </ol><p><b>optional</b><br/> you could separate the box(es) into smaller sections with or without printing divider holders stls (see attached photos).<br/> if you decide to print them (it is more stable) you must print the following:</p> <p>3 x divider holder small.stl<br/> 1 x divider holder large.stl</p> <p>the large piece goes to the side with the hexagon hole.</p> <p>mark, depending the number and the size of the smaller boxes you want to create and cut the cardboard with the cutter.<br/> (see attached file dividers for cardboard holders.dxf)</p> <h3>Print instructions</h3><p>nozzle temperature: 210<br/> filament: Prusa PLA<br/> bed temperature: 50<br/> layer height: 0,2mm<br/> perimeters: 3<br/> infill: 100%<br/> infill speed: 150%<br/> solid infill: 150%</p> <p>you could start from 2 shelves and go as high as the cardboard boxes you have.</p> <p>for shelves with 3 cardboard boxes (like in the attached pictures) you will need to print the following files:</p> <p>12 x inside-column.stl<br/> 8 x outside-column.stl<br/> 4 x outside-end-column-1.stl<br/> 4 x outside-end-column-2.stl</p> <p>if you have mk3s you could use the gcode I have included twice</p> <p><b>optional</b></p> <p>if you want to place the dividers you could print the following files:</p> <p>3 x divider holder small.stl<br/> 1 x divider holder large.stl</p> <p>for divider dimensions you can check the following file:</p> <p>dividers for cardboard holders.dxf</p>