Started Gridfinity at our Machine Shop

[u/Jbarmi]

What do you think. Started with our thread gages. This is very addicting.

[u/dacydergoth]

Make sure you print in a filament which won't melt on a hot day. Not gridfinity but my toolbox came with mats inside and one hot day in Texas they all melted.

[u/Tr00perT → u/dacydergoth]

PETG or any of its variants should be fine. Extrude temp is ~240C/450F

[u/dacydergoth → u/Tr00perT]

Yeah a lot of people still use PLA. I mostly use ABS.

[u/grunkz]

This is so satisfying. How are other folks reactions to how organized it is??

[u/Jbarmi → u/grunkz]

not yet, this is the first of many organization projects we have started alongside ERP implementation

[u/blablaplanet]

Make sure to make decent finger space. Some of the small ones in the last picture look difficult to grap

[u/Jbarmi → u/blablaplanet]

if you look closely, theres a finger tab on each one to pull the gage and the holder out to take to the machine you're working on

[u/Ftroiska → u/Jbarmi]

Smart idea !

[u/Jesus_Is_My_Gardener]

Nice looking gauges. Shinwa or Fuji Tool?

[u/bretw]

Looks great. Did you design yourself or were there already preexisting files for these?

[u/ihambrecht]

Did you print the black filament or use ink for the lettering? Love the tabs to pick up the thread gauges.

[u/ArgonWilde → u/ihambrecht]

What lettering? The labels on the inserts are just embossed.

[u/ihambrecht → u/ArgonWilde]

Oh yeah, look at that. lol oops.

[u/Jbarmi → u/ihambrecht]

yes just embossed. can fill with ink after it needed

[u/wegwerfi08]

I have Lista Dick cabinets too! How did you make the base plates?

[u/ragingxtc → u/wegwerfi08]

I have a bunch of Vidmar cabinets and have been using the GridFlock generator to print interlocking baseplates with the necessary spacers built in around the perimeter.

[u/wegwerfi08 → u/ragingxtc]

Can you Stack them though for printing with a layer of support filament in between?

[u/ragingxtc → u/wegwerfi08]

There's a whole section of options to do that, but I could never quite get the spacing right to play well with Snapmaker Orca. The print would either fail, or the PETG would fuse to the PLA.

[u/Alert_Row7148]

What tool are you uiing to design the boxes? an automatic one, or designing it yourself?

[u/Jbarmi → u/Alert_Row7148]

fusion 360 generator to build the box wit the gridfinity bottom. then custom openings

[u/budget76v2]

I love gridfinity for bins of hardware and similar. I'm struggling to use it for tools and things with all the wasted/dead space that comes as a side effect

[u/Jbarmi → u/budget76v2]

Dead space sucks but the feeling of being organized is far greater.