These are truly the best solution I've found so far. Well done.
Some questions. What are the grooves/cutouts on the top of the bins used for? Will a parametric file be made available? Are you looking for contributors?
1. Grooves/cutouts: Normally the gridfinity inserts have no lid, so you can grab them from the inside to pick them up from the big container box. But if you pack a box full of these inserts they would be difficult to pick up individually. This way you can easily pick the front one on the rear edge right side where the back one has a cutout, and the back one on the left side, where the front one has the cutout.
2. I work in Solidworks so everything is modeled in there. The models are configurable to the last bit, in fact all the 1 x 1 inserts can be saved from the same model file. I'm not sure though how I can share that to others who do not necessarily have a working copy of Solidworks. I'm open to suggestions.
1. Oh, that's brilliant. Seriously fantastic idea, no compromise. I love it. 2. Hm, I don't work in Solidworks, but I might be interested in porting this over to Fusion or openscad so more people can get their hands on parametric files for it.
I've been dying for something with lids that don't take up extra space as, like many of you, I have a billion of those little parts kits for ferrules, various sized connectors, microscopic diodes and the like. I'm terrified of spilling them. This system is the answer plain and simple. All the way down to the cutouts on the rim and the little notches in the lids. Very thoughtful. (edited)
@TobiasLasco_728825@mhejjas_547474 I'm super interested in these bins and I love the design! I have been standardizing myself on 2x2 bin increments so I was/am interested in a 2x2 or parametric model.
To that end, I took a shot at reimplementing these in OpenSCAD using gridfinity-rebuilt-openscad and I think I've got the basics down. As of this moment this is untested/not yet printed, but feel free to check it out!
@TobiasLasco_728825 I made some tweaks and test prints, and I'm now happy with the sizing. I'll publish this as a remix on Printables after I print a few more bins!
These are truly the best solution I've found so far. Well done.
Some questions. What are the grooves/cutouts on the top of the bins used for? Will a parametric file be made available? Are you looking for contributors?
@TobiasLasco_728825 Hi there,
1. Grooves/cutouts: Normally the gridfinity inserts have no lid, so you can grab them from the inside to pick them up from the big container box. But if you pack a box full of these inserts they would be difficult to pick up individually. This way you can easily pick the front one on the rear edge right side where the back one has a cutout, and the back one on the left side, where the front one has the cutout.
2. I work in Solidworks so everything is modeled in there. The models are configurable to the last bit, in fact all the 1 x 1 inserts can be saved from the same model file. I'm not sure though how I can share that to others who do not necessarily have a working copy of Solidworks. I'm open to suggestions.
@mhejjas_547474
1. Oh, that's brilliant. Seriously fantastic idea, no compromise. I love it.
2. Hm, I don't work in Solidworks, but I might be interested in porting this over to Fusion or openscad so more people can get their hands on parametric files for it.
I've been dying for something with lids that don't take up extra space as, like many of you, I have a billion of those little parts kits for ferrules, various sized connectors, microscopic diodes and the like. I'm terrified of spilling them. This system is the answer plain and simple. All the way down to the cutouts on the rim and the little notches in the lids. Very thoughtful. (edited)
@mhejjas_547474 Hi, Solidworks would be fine! I use the "cheap" Makers Edition and could use the model.
@TobiasLasco_728825 @mhejjas_547474 I'm super interested in these bins and I love the design! I have been standardizing myself on 2x2 bin increments so I was/am interested in a 2x2 or parametric model.
To that end, I took a shot at reimplementing these in OpenSCAD using gridfinity-rebuilt-openscad and I think I've got the basics down. As of this moment this is untested/not yet printed, but feel free to check it out!
https://github.com/smkent/monoscad/tree/main/gridfinity/covered-bins
@bulbasaur0 My word, you're the GOAT. I hadn't gotten around to even attempting this, and you've just done it.
@TobiasLasco_728825 I made some tweaks and test prints, and I'm now happy with the sizing. I'll publish this as a remix on Printables after I print a few more bins!
@TobiasLasco_728825 @mhejjas_547474 I published my OpenSCAD model reimplementation as a remix!
https://www.printables.com/model/751715-gridfinity-bins-with-lids-parametric-remix
The source code directory has also been renamed and is now here: https://github.com/smkent/monoscad/tree/main/gridfinity/lid-bins