Customizable Tool Holder

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<center><h3><u> Good to go now...No longer Work in Progress. The CAD file has been totally redone to allow you to edit only one sketch and extrude through all the trays to have the cutouts you need. MAJOR improvement!!<br><br>Of the many tool holders available here in Thingiverse...I could not find one that met my needs of customization, not taking days to print, and futureproofing. </h3></center Meaning, our needs for at-hand tools and supplies change over time and it would be painful to print an entirely new holder when that moment is upon us...Thus this design uses a set shell with customizable trays that you can easily change with your needs. Obviously inspired by the amazing design of https://cults3d.com/en/users/imakina , but I was unable to utilize his Fusion 360 files due to "interesting" modeling idiosyncrasies, thus I designed one myself, offered here for your use. I would consider this a remix without the assistance of base files and for most intents and purposes is a new design. Print the shell, then design your own trays to meet your specific needs. From a printing POV, I used PETG for the shell and it wants to warp to the moon, YMMV but I used inner AND outer brims with corner "mouse ears" in and attempt to hold the darn thing to the build plate, and even then it wants to warp! Place for your tools, 3 front cups for misc. items, a couple of side pins to hold things, (add more if you wish), easy alteration, looks cool. A labor of necessity. No choice for Ender 5 plus in the print settings, but obviously that is what I used. Of note: Walls optimized for a 0.4 nozzle so there is no infill (reduces print time by ~8 hours!) <h3>What I use:</h3> * The Harbor Freight ball end T-wrench set at ~$17 is a steal even though it has many wrenches you won't be using: https://www.harborfreight.com/sae-metric-t-handle-ball-end-hex-key-set-18-pc-63167.html * Alcohol for bed cleaning prior to every print! And I check bed temps for consistency out to the edges prior to starting a print...thus my ancient IR temp sensor in the rack. L-Handle hex wrenches are held over the edge with angled indents.