Not specifically a mill topic, but I figured I’d share a couple of bins for organizing mill tooling that I 3d printed for anyone who might find them useful. Fans of the Gridfinity system will be dismayed to hear that I’ve never found it useful, once I stack bins next to each other I never have a need to move them with any frequency and I’ve found the grids are a pain to print.
The parallel holder a friend designed, the model for it can be found here.
What lovely models you’ve provided @nkowalczyk, right when I am in the organizing mood!! Thank you SO very much.
I used f360 and sunk a couple of holes into the back of the 1-2-3 block holder. I printed in ABS (it was all I had) and press-fit two 3/8" dia. x 3/16" thick magnets (kjmagnetics # D63-N52) per model. This will allow me to stash them right in front of my face while taking up as little room as possible on the side of my 770M.
Yeah, be careful, steel chips may become permanently attracted to the collet.
I need a degausser for drill bits and other tools.
Still haven’t figured out how they get magnetized.
Here’s a few more gridfinity bins for ER collets. These are taller to allow for stacking. Each take up the same footprint (2x4 grid) to allow for interchangeability.
I really need to get on something like this. I’ve gotten as far as downloading the gridfinity grid but that’s it. Meanwhile I have collets EVERYWHERE in my tool box, and on my shelf, and on my workbench, and on another shelf…
The grid itself is the most annoying part for me, I’ve given up on printing them and have gone with a few varieties of laser cut grids. I did see James of Clough42’s idea of stacking the grids recently and that looked promising, I may try that at some point.
In the never-ending effort to keep things organized in the shop. I made a Haimer Probe holder for Gridfinity over the weekend. Sits in a 2x3 grid and has spots for probe tips.
And still, I haven’t even started printing the grids yet.
Someday I will properly tackle organizing my workspace rather than just throwing more stuff in the way and hoping the organizing fairy will visit me in my sleep.
