Workshop Uses for 3D Printing

[SamQ aka Ah! Q!]

There aren't too many arguers here, though, luckily.

I made the mistake of letting my heart rule my head yesterday when I dropped in to "t'other place" and got entangled with our old friend(?) Jacob and his disciples - all pronouncing "Tosh!", "never did me any harm!" and generally just being t1ts. Thank God they don't frequent over here; I'd be tempted to investigate printing an offensive weapon...

 

[Mike G]

.....Thank God they don't frequent over here ...

Yeah, this place is for grown-ups.

 

[Dr.Al]

I printed this a couple of days ago, but thought I'd wait for the forum update before posting the photos...

A very simple PETG measuring jug with a small lip at the height to which it should be filled.



I made this for mixing up Mike's Magic Mix: I use a litre bottle to hold it (although I've just ordered some StopLoss bags, so I'll probably switch to them when they arrive), so I figured that a 300 ml measuring jug would be handy for mixing it up (the extra 100 ml in the litre bottle allows for a bit leftover from the last batch).



I tested it by zeroing the scales with the jug on and then filling it with water to the line. 299 g - that's good enough for me!

I made it with fairly thick (3 mm) walls as I have a habit of dropping things in the workshop and I figured it might make it more likely to survive.

 

[Dr.Al]

A little holder for a side-rebate plane:



... and a little stand to hold my phone upright and out-of-the-way:



One of the reasons I like hand-tool woodwork is I can have music on in the background while I plane stuff (no ear defenders needed!) and it's nice to have the phone out so I can see what's playing:

 

[Dr.Al]

The 3D-printer has been working overtime for the last few days making me a new little drawer unit that looks like this:



It's screwed into the shelf above. The bottom drawer has lots of screwdriver bits:



The middle one has hex-shank drills:



The top one has miscellaneous related clutter:



What's slightly unusual about it (and which took a bit of thinking about) is that the drawers are captive but able to tilt, so when they're fully open, they look like this:



That means I can use that long 3D-printed strip at the top for storing screwdrivers in a more compact way than before but still see what's in the drawers when they're open:



The design wasn't perfect: I needed to tweak the height of the drawers slightly, but it was close enough that I just did that with a block plane rather than bothering reprinting!

 

[Mike G]

I don't know why you just don't go the whole hog, and 3D print the Tardis. With far more kit than me, and far less space, Tardis is about your only hope!

 

[Weekend_Woodworker]

The 3D-printer has been working overtime for the last few days making me a new little drawer unit that looks like this:

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It's screwed into the shelf above. The bottom drawer has lots of screwdriver bits:

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The middle one has hex-shank drills:

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The top one has miscellaneous related clutter:

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What's slightly unusual about it (and which took a bit of thinking about) is that the drawers are captive but able to tilt, so when they're fully open, they look like this:

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That means I can use that long 3D-printed strip at the top for storing screwdrivers in a more compact way than before but still see what's in the drawers when they're open:

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The design wasn't perfect: I needed to tweak the height of the drawers slightly, but it was close enough that I just did that with a block plane rather than bothering reprinting!

I am impressed with that. I have been wondering what to do with all the screwdriver hex bits I have. I was wondering about seeing if I could do something with gridfinity or the like in one of my drawers, but not got there yet.

 

[Woodbloke]

Impressive but far too organised for me Dr.Al I make do with a. collection of old 'baccy tins and muzak of any sort got kicked into the long grass years ago - Rob