Vase For Holding 3D Printed Hex Key T-Handles

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I recently picked up a set of super handy T-handles for hex keys by Kezat. They're really convenient. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:951909 I printed each one in a different color to easily distinguish between the various sizes. I stored them all in a 3D printed Heart Vase, which worked out okay. I'd been wanting to try my hand at designing a vase but I'm not very artistic. So I came up with an idea to create a vase specifically designed for holding these handles by the little square on the retaining nut. The vase is based on the long hex keys that came with my Creality Ender 3 and is intended to be printed in vase mode. Depending on how thick you print the base, you might want to scale up the Z dimension a few percentage points. I printed at .2mm with five bottom layers and the longest hex key just touches the bottom of the vase. Because the little square retaining nuts tighten down on the short end shaft of the hex key, they each stop at a different orientation depending on the size of the hex key. So I remixed the retaining nuts so that the height of the nut is shortened by the size of the minus the size of the smallest key. This way, they all tighten up in the same orientation and when they fit into their slots in the vase, they're oriented the same direction relative to the center of the vase. In the middle of the array of hex keys, there's a 50mm round container for various other tools. On mine, I put some small test cubes that I previously printed in the bottom of the container for extra weight and to hold other tools in place. The vase model above is printed in Inland natural color PLA. The T-handles were printed in Inland PETG or PLA in varying colors: red PETG 4mm, green PETG 3mm, blue PLA 2.5mm, black PETG 2mm, and white PLA 1.5mm.