Customizable cabinet cutout box

• Author: Ruben Coolen
• Date: February 16th 2021
• Current version: 1.1

Update 1.1 - February 17th 2021

• Added an option fitting type to choose a different fitting type: clamps (snap-fit).
  The clamps may not tighten your box very tightly due to different wood panel thicknesses.
• Added an option add edge to add an extra 5 mm around the edges to cover any imperfections in the jigsaw hole of the wood panel.

Description

This is a box made to extend a part of the back wall of a cabinet.
This can be used for instance to allow for more travel for a heated 3D printer bed.
Normal supports are needed for the 4 screw plates of the box. The lid doesn't need supports.
The photographs shown on this page are from a previous version without an inner shim and without nut catches.

Pre-customized STL's

There's some pre-customized STL's available:

• Width x height: 100mm, depth 50mm, no nut catch
• Width x height: 100mm, depth 50mm, M3 nut catch
• Width x height: 100mm, depth 50mm, M4 nut catch
• Width x height: 100mm, depth 50mm, M5 nut catch
• Width x height: 100mm, depth 50mm, M6 nut catch

Customizable settings

Render settings

1. What part(s) do you want to render?
   • Variable name: parts
   • Default value: Box and lid
   • Options:
   • Box and lid
   • Only box
   • Only lid

Box settings

1. Box outer depth

   • Variable name: box_depth
   • Default value: 50

2. Box outer width/cutout width (required opening + 4x box thickness + 1mm)

   • Variable name: box_width
   • Default value: 90

3. Box outer height/cutout height (required opening + 4x box thickness + 1mm)

   • Variable name: box_height
   • Default value: 90

4. Wall thickness

   • Variable name: box_thickness
   • Default value: 2
   • Options: range of 1 to 5

5. Screw plate thickness

   • Variable name: plate_thickness
   • Extra information: thickness of the 4 screw plates on the box.
   • Default value: 3
   • Options: range of 1 to 5

6. Bore hole diameter

   • Variable name: plate_bore
   • Extra information: diameter of the holes in the 4 screw plates on the box.
   • Default value: 4
   • Options: range of 3 to 10

7. Use a hexagonal nut catch in the screw plate

   • Variable name: nut_type
   • Extra information: this setting adds a nut catch in the 4 screw plates on the box. This allows to insert a nut so that a bolt can be tightened from just the inside of the cabinet.
   • Default value: No nut catch
   • Options:
   • No nut catch
   • M3 nut catch
   • M4 nut catch
   • M5 nut catch
   • M6 nut catch

8. Nut catch depth

   • Variable name: nut_depth
   • Extra information: depth of the hexagonal nut catch. This is added to the screw plate thickness.
   • Default value: 6

9. Fitting type

   • Variable name: fitting_type
   • Extra information: use a snap-fit clamping system or screw plates? Warning: the clamping system might not be entirely tight, depending on your cabinet wall thickness. Warning: the wall thickness will default to 3 when this option is chosen!
   • Default value: Screw plates
   • Options:
   • Screw plates
   • Clamps
10. Add extra edge
    • Variable name: add_edge
    • Extra information: Add an extra 5 mm around the edges to cover the jigsaw hole.
    • Default value: True

Text settings

1. Text to engrave into the back wall

   • Variable name: text_message
   • Default value: Customize me

2. Font size

   • Variable name: text_size
   • Default value: 12

3. Text rotation (degrees)

   • Variable name: text_rotation
   • Default value: 45
   • Options: range of 0 to 360
4. Text depth
   • Variable name: text_depth
   • Extra information: use a larger value than the wall thickness for a through-hole
   • Default value: 1