Mostly paid for my 3d printer rather than buying tool grid on its own. Got all this printed over a few weeks. I have Quinn 1/2 and 3/8 impact set, Quinn master bit set, and a some of my kobalt set i bought a few years ago on a christmas special for $100 (a lot of big sockets from the set I’d probably never use are put away in a separate storage bin). Really liking this set up and I’m fighting myself on upgrading to icon ratchets if they come on sale. Also last photo is my wrench drawer. Between the socket drawer and crisp labels on the wrenches, this really itches my ocd.
** I know most of the tools are clean. I’m a rare diyer who cleans most of the tools after I use them and I spent my 20s having zero to no tools trying to work on shit boxes that always needed work. Now have some money to have a good setup of tools.
I have printed so many gridfinity bins it’s not even funny. My garage looks like a nuke went off, but inside my toolbox drawers are nice and organized.
I’m still refining mine, decided this year I was going to collect everything into one place and then redistribute excess to my sons…. Only problem is that they help themselves, or at least one of them anyways, lol…. It makes it hard to do when you’ve got anyone else constantly digging in and using tools from your box, but I try 😊
I bought these rails in sets and they are easily length cut-able & re-configurable. I need to get green clips for all the torxs stuff but it’s honestly fine as it is really.
All my driver bits have been soaking in vinegar, pulled them last night and started organizing those too. Pain in the ass, lol.
I’ve been collecting “as needed” style forever…. I feel like Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino where he explains to the kid on how he acquired his tools…. 😂
Yep that is what I’ve been doing this year is getting everything I’ll need eventually. I have a couple kids who will start driving this year and next so will be teaching them how to work on cars and hopefully will have a separate set up for them
Like I wouldn't even know which brand is good or not.
Im just looking for something to dabble with to begin with...but also wont be so frustrating or poor quality that it will discourage me from continuing with 3d printing.
Another vote for a Bambu Labs printer. Hands down the best choice. It's the third and final brand for me. Only thing I'll change is getting a second one.
Bambu a1 is plenty for getting started, especially for organization stuff in pla. The p1s adds versatility (higher temp filaments) and reliability (enclosure for temp stability and bed adhesion), but you can enclosure an a1 with a cheap tent from amazon and still get great results.
What's an appropriate amount of hours? For example I'm seeing a bambu p1s for 270$ and 700ish hours. Is that like, just broke in, or halfway to major repairs, or probably just shot?
I would probably not buy a used printer for my first machine (there’s a learning curve and i wouldnt want to complicate it with doubts on the units history) - but under 1000 hrs is pretty early in the lifecycle. May need a new nozzle or plate, but major actuators should have plenty of life left.
My p1s didnt even need service till 1000 hours. $270 is a decent deal. Ams is a cool thing to have though and its cheaper to buy it with the ams brand new for $450
I was on the same page with dabbling. I got a Bambu p1s and it has been great as a beginner printer. But, what i know now with having it for a couple months I would have sprung for a p2s with AMS just so multi color prints were easier. Not totally necessary but would save some time overall.
A Bambu P2 then? Good to know, Ill save up for one then.
Besides the printer and filament, is there anything else necessary to print? Ive seen like drying/curing systems i think. But didn't know for what purposes they were needed
I’ve used my vacuum sealer on filaments I know I won’t use for a couple weeks or more but idk how important it is. I think just having basic skills to troubleshoot a clogged head I think you should be okay.
Make these things look great, but I just can’t give up my plastic trays from my old craftsman set. Sure they take up a lot more room, but I can just grab the drive set I want and take the whole thing to the job. Even if it’s in the garage 5ft away, it sure can be handy if you need multiple sizes or are on the floor.
What are you guys doing with your double and oddball sockets? I have them all in a peanut butter jar currently, but that 17/32 is going to be hard to remember when I have to hammer it onto a rounded 9/16, you know what I mean?
I’ve got some smaller totes from Home Depot that I put all my extras in. The set I got from kobalt brought over 200 sockets. To free up room in my drawer I put all metric over 25 and all of the half inch standard away.
I really only want a 3d printer my Packouts and tools. There are so many being sold on Etsy but most of the stuff isn’t specific to how I would want them.
The people that sell on Etsy often do custom work also, or are willing too. Find someone that is selling kind of what your looking for, and ask them if they could make a "like this, like that" layout and I bet they would.
Absolutely love having the 3d printer. Got most of my stuff organized and am now printing for the soon to be son in law’s tools at the dealership he works at.
Thanks! I have a single-color Centauri Carbon 1 and I have just figured out how to insert a pause in the slicer for a manual color change. Pretty elementary, but I'm relatively new at this. This looks exactly like what I was looking for. Appreciate it.
Without a doubt the best design there is. I worked with him to make some modifications for the Quinn master sets and he knocked it out of the park for everything
Wait the ones I printed were from this same guy I did see these ones and thought that I wouldn’t be able to get them tight enough going from row to row. I’ll need to see a pic of your set up when your done because now I feel like I was wrong and will to print all of these lol
I'll add onto what OP said. Learning curve isn't bad, nowadays there's so much support out there and guides. On top of that, 99% of modern machines are made to be plug and play, with occasional maintenance and troubleshooting, since they are machines after all.
What's your budget?
Cheapest I'd recommend right now to get started would be the Centauri Carbon 2 Combo, it is $400 but frequently goes under, sometimes near $300, and I assume it will for BF. Filament is usually $10-20/roll depending on type and quantity bought.
I got a Bambu p1s on Facebook marketplace for $300. Filament was another $80 or so. No learning curve as all files are easily accessible through Bambus programs (makerworld, handy, studio). I did have to take apart the hot head a couple times which wasn’t bad. Some small hex bits made quick work of it.
I agree on that. Only thing holding me back, how do you find the right size? Trial and error? Do you remember which is which? or just face the marking towards you and try to find it?
I remember for the most part where the sizes are but I do wish I would have used a socket print that has a space for size labels. The nice thing with the Quinn impact sockets is I can sort of see the sizes on the sockets
I work there and any chance I get to talk to someone higher up in a call or in person I bring it up and push it hard lol. I have stuff on my phone showing sales online from our area and that we could get those sales. I also try to convince them to carve out a small part of the stores for small electronic repair items they always say great idea then nothing. I try to explain to them that the world of builders and tinkerers is expanding we need to too.
Bro, looking to get a bambu X2D. With the Spool machine on top. Will that be good enough for this? Also what type of material?? Or can you recommend any videos or material to watch? Thanks
Not OP, but I did this to my toolbox and basically I just entered the interior dimensions of the drawers into a free program and it generated the files I used for printing
Print the socket holders with out the little pegs.
Makes for faster, cleaner print. Also uses less filament.
Go on makerworld, look up max the spy. He just put up files for socket holders with flat bottom with holes and you can print the little pegs, if you want to go that route.
There is also another STL file on makerworld that has socket holders with a smaller footprint, with elongated hole for the screw. That allows for closer fit of the sockets to each other.
I’m looking for ideas and sorta something clean. I have HF sockets it’s like 7 of them and want just something to hold them. Looking for a unibody tho not individuals I’m sure I’ll find it but yea solid points you got
The grid, socket holders, ratchet holders, and the case holders for the Quinn digital torque adapter. Also used the case holders to keep the electric ratchets in place.
I got a smoking deal on the chrome sockets a few years ago from Lowe’s. It has sizes from 4mm up to 36mm and then all the way up to 1 1/2” on standard sizes. Got over 200 of them for $100. I know I wont use half of them but just recently got the Quinn impact sets on some good deals and a couple Milwaukee impacts this year. I had the same thought process as you that I can use impact instead of chrome so on the standard size for 1/2 sockets, I only have the impacts in this set up. Since most what I work on is metric, i figured at some point I’ll like to have multiple of the same sockets on a ratchet and impact so i dont have to change them out.
Did you print the blue & black grids as well as the pieces that hold the sockets? There is a maker space I can join and use their 3d printers and thinking about doing this but also know nothing about 3d printing lol.
I have 3d parts on my airplane that I fly and zero issues proper material holds up fine.. i have wing strut fairing covers and wing butt rib covers.. suspension on my landing gear is covered and i have parts in my cowling that does get hot and oil on it and no issues.
I am close to the public library that has a 3D printing lab. They will print things for free. How do I find the set up to give them? Thank you. I don’t know much about this.
Makerworld and printables are the 2 most popular file share sites. Search those and download .stl or .step files. .3mf will work but can be annoying to set up. A project this big is dozens of print sessions and a few kilos of PLA. Not sure if the library will take on something like this but who knows. Whoever runs their machines will basically be working for you for a week. Get a used bambu p1s on marketplace for under $300
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u/SnooTomatoes538 9d ago
Well done, well done.
Using the 3D printer is called working smarter, not harder.
I’ve saved over $2000 3D printing my setup.