Parametric Box for everything

youmagine

## Moved Over from Takerbot's Thingiverse... For pencils, glasses, tools, pills, toys, milling bits, phones, components, insects, USB-sticks, Tesa, sewing cotton, batteries, dust, TEK 7000 plugins, eggs, nerf darts, butter cookies, drills, motors, transistors, toy cars, cables, in-ear phones, plugs, brains, bass strings, knobs, spoons, small vise collections, watches, chewing gum, lenses, tapes, magnets, fingers, and many more things... ---LOAD Open the provided "PencilBox_Vxy.scad" file with OpenSCAD and set the first four parameters like this: PRINTBOT = 1; // turn bottom part off/on PRINTTOP = 1; // turn top part (lid) off/on PRINTPOS = 0; // move lid in printing position SHOWOFFPOS = 1; // nice looking off/on This will show the box with the lid open. MODIFY Tune all parameters until the box matches your needs. Hints: - If the lid suddenly "leaves" the box, check "hiHeight". - "hiDia" is the diameter of the hinge hole. Make sure it's a little larger than your filament diameter. - Ensure you enter the right magnet size settings. - Pay attention to the grip parameters too. These are not absolute values but relative scaling factors. EXPORT If you're happy with the results, set: PRINTBOT = 1; // turn bottom part off/on PRINTTOP = 0; // turn top part (lid) off/on PRINTPOS = 1; // move lid in printing position SHOWOFFPOS = 0; // nice looking off/on Export the bottom part. To save the lid, set: PRINTBOT = 0; // turn bottom part off/on PRINTTOP = 1; // turn top part (lid) off/on PRINT Print warp-free ;-) PREPARE You'll need: - both printed parts, bottom and top (lid) - 2 x a bit of filament as hinge pins - 4 x magnet Put a little glue into the four magnet slots and check the orientation of the magnets. After checking, press them into the slots and wait until the glue has dried. Align the bottom and top part and insert a bit of filament into the hinge holes on each side. Cut away the excess filament down to ~0.5mm and use a soldering iron to fix the hinge pin. USE - Pack all your stuff in the box. - Move the box to another place. - Flip the box over. - Open it. - Blame it on your children. ---CHANGES V1.2: added missing grip size modifiers