Stackable Resistor Storage Box [Customizable]

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Organize and store your resistors in this neat stackable drawer box. Each drawer contains three compartments with a length of six centimeters that fit standard through-hole resistors perfectly. Stack as many boxes as you need using the connectors, and they won't fall out when opened. Everything prints easily without supports, but to make it fit nicely, you'll need a decent printer, and the standard handle on the drawers might require some bridging from your printer (turn part cooling fan on for PLA). The Thin Handle does not require bridging. It was designed specifically to be printed at a layer height of 0.2 millimeters and a layer width of 0.48 millimeters (standard for 0.4-millimeter nozzles). Although it will probably print okay in other settings. I also included a word document that you can print, containing labels of the correct sizes for E-12 resistor values from 10 ohms to 1 megaohm. Feel free to edit them. A glue stick is suggested for keeping the labels in place, although it's not strictly necessary. For stacking, you need to print the right versions of the boxes. The names of the STL files should speak for themselves and tell you where in the array that box will fit. If you're unsure about the final stacking, consider using BoxMiddleMiddle.stl, which can connect on all sides. Need to refill your resistor boxes? Check here for cheap resistors: https://www.banggood.com/custlink/DKDKZi0yE9 or https://www.banggood.com/custlink/GGmK2jyf2o. Many thanks to these user-created contributors: - Extended resistor value labels: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-vT3-qBiB0uqimmxt45ho5Z8fbF7_hk-/view (by benawhite) - Drawer with 2 compartments: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3409863 - Drawer with 4 compartments: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3406151 - Drawer with 6 compartments: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3461663 - Box with 8 drawers: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3187612 - Extra tolerant connector: https://www.thingiverse.com/asset:141144 (by penright14) - Electro Box, multiple sizes: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3515360 (by sierramike) - A 'lock' that keeps the drawers in place when traveling: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3710407 (by HansSomers) If you've created derivatives that you think are useful to other makers, please send me a link and description! For any requests or comments, please post a message. UPDATE 1: This thing is now fully customizable. Make storage boxes of your own specifications using the Thingiverse Customizer, or by editing the .scad file. Have fun! UPDATE 2: - Added an 'empty drawer' on request (STL). - These empty drawers, and other custom drawers, can also be created using the customizer. - Fixed issue with handles on very small drawers. UPDATE 3: - Fixed an issue where the customizer rendered correctly but would give an error when trying to create a derived thing. UPDATE 4: - Added 'custom sized box' to the customizer. Create resistor boxes with a specified final size! UPDATE 5: - Check out this nice label generator for these boxes created by ArnieO (https://www.thingiverse.com/ArnieO/about). Download the excel file here: https://www.thingiverse.com/asset:132138. See example here: https://www.thingiverse.com/make:596786. UPDATE 6: - Fixed an issue with the drawers being made out of several shells, they are single shell now, easier for slicers. All drawer STL files have been re-uploaded. - Recreated 'drawer shrink' tolerance setting. The TOLERANT drawers use 0.2 millimeters on this setting. Also changed the behavior on this setting, will no longer shrink the front of the drawer. - Fixed the width of the labels in the word files. UPDATE 7: - Added affiliate links for cheap resistors. Thanks to oliver_midbrink (https://www.thingiverse.com/oliver_midbrink/about) for the idea! UPDATE 8: - Added some links to useful user-created derivatives and extended label document. UPDATE 9: - Fixed custom box size so the height will be exactly as specified. This may slightly increase the vertical spacing between drawers in some cases.