Resistor Box [Stackable & Customizable] 3D Printer Model

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License: CC BY
File formats: stl,docx,scad
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Summary

Organize and store your resistors in this neat stackable drawer box. Each drawer had 3 compartments with a length of 6 cm (2.45 inch) that are fit for standard trough-hole resistors. You can stack as many boxes as you need using the connectors. The drawers will not fall out if you open them.

Everything is easy to print, without supports, although to make it fit nicely you need a decent printer, and the standard handle on the drawers expect some 'bridging' from your printer (turn part cooling fan on for PLA). The Thin Handle does not require bridging.

It was specifically designed to be printed at layer height of 0.2 mm, and layer width of 0.48 mm (standard for 0.4mm nozzles). Although it will probably print OK in other settings.

I also included a word-document that you can print, containing labels of the correct sizes for the E-12 resistor values from 10 Ohm to 1 M-Ohm. Feel free to edit them :)
A glue stick is suggested for keeping the labels in place, although it is not strictly necessary.

For stacking, you need to print the right versions of the boxes. The names of the STL files should speak for themselves and tell you where in the array that box will fit. If you are unsure about the final stacking, consider using BoxMiddleMiddle.stl, this can connect on all sides.

Need to refill your resistor boxes?

Many thanks for these user created contributions:

If you have created derivatives that you think are useful to other makers, please send me a link and description!

For any requests or comments, please post a message.

UPDATE 1: This thing is now fully customizable. Make storage boxes of your own specifications using the Thingiverse Customizer, or by editing the .scad file. Have fun!

UPDATE 2:

  • Added an 'empty drawer' on request (STL).
  • These empty drawers, and other custom drawers, can also be created using the customizer.
  • Added a new type of handle for the drawers (thin handle).
  • Added word-document with labels for the thin handle drawers.
  • Fixed an issue when the walls in the drawers could get stuck on the drawer stoppers.

UPDATE 3:

  • Fixed the width of the normal handle to correctly adjust for drawer width.

UPDATE 4:

  • Fixed an issue where the customizer rendered correctly, but would give an error when trying to create a derived thing.
  • Fixed issue with handles on very small drawers.

UPDATE 5:

  • Added 'custom sized box' to the customizer. Create resistor boxes with a specified final size!

UPDATE 6:

UPDATE 7:

  • Fixed an issue with the drawers being made out of several shells, they are single shell now, easier for slicers. All drawer STL files have been re-uploaded.
  • Recreated 'drawer shrink' tolerance setting. the TOLERANT drawers use 0.2mm on this setting. Also changed the behavior on this setting, will no longer shrink the front of the drawer.
  • Fixed the width of the labels in the word files.
  • Added affiliate links for cheap resistors. Thanks to oliver_midbrink (https://www.thingiverse.com/oliver_midbrink/about) for the idea!

UPDATE 8:

  • Added some links to useful user created derivatives and extended label document.

UPDATE 9:

  • Fixed custom box size so the height will be exactly as specified. This may slightly increase the vertical spacing between drawers in some cases.
BoxBottomLeft.stl 588.9KB
BoxBottomMiddle.stl 306.2KB
BoxBottomRight.stl 583.2KB
BoxMiddleLeft.stl 603.3KB
BoxMiddleMiddle.stl 319.6KB
BoxMiddleRight.stl 596.6KB
BoxSingle.stl 852.8KB
BoxSingleColumnBottom.stl 865.9KB
BoxSingleColumnMiddle.stl 881.0KB
BoxSingleColumnTop.stl 867.9KB
BoxSingleRowLeft.stl 575.8KB
BoxSingleRowMiddle.stl 293.1KB
BoxSingleRowRight.stl 570.1KB
BoxTopLeft.stl 590.9KB
BoxTopMiddle.stl 307.2KB
BoxTopRight.stl 584.3KB
Connector.stl 21.8KB
Connector_TOLERANT.stl 20.7KB
Drawer.stl 231.1KB
Drawer_ThinHandle.stl 367.7KB
Drawer_ThinHandle_TOLERANT.stl 366.4KB
Drawer_TOLERANT.stl 229.9KB
E12Labels.docx 12.6KB
E12Labels_ThinHandle.docx 12.7KB
EmptyDrawer.stl 120.2KB
EmptyDrawer_ThinHandle.stl 256.7KB
EmptyDrawer_ThinHandle_TOLERANT.stl 255.5KB
EmptyDrawer_TOLERANT.stl 118.9KB
ResistorBoxV6.scad 25.9KB