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Socket Holder #5

Closed earboxer closed 2 years ago

earboxer commented 2 years ago

Inspired by Zack's Socket Holders, parts 1 and 2 might be good replacements for his designs.

My socket set contained 16 metric and 16 imperial sockets, so I created parts 3, 4, 5, and 6, which you see printed. They can be made "stackable", which is handy for carrying or storing tools.

My socket holders, which are similar to the ones this will create

The "stackability" depends on the length of the sockets. In the picture, nothing can be stacked on top of the right side of the "Metric >=7mm" bin. This has been modified in the SCAD file by making that taller.

The measurements of each socket were taken with a NEIKO digital caliper (used as a non-digital caliper due to the batteries being dead. The main issue I fixed in the iterations of this design was tightness for holding the sockets. Because we want to be able to pick out a socket with a single finger (and because openscad underestimates cylinders), I have added 0.6mm to each diameter.

This openscad project automatically spaces the socket holes, and it echos a message about the leftover space (which is spread between the holes). If this leftover space is much less than 0, you should increment the width to use another grid unit.

RussNelson commented 2 years ago

Nice! How did you color in the letters?

earboxer commented 2 years ago

Nice! How did you color in the letters?

I used a blunted sharpie: It wouldn't reach into the letters, but made a nice outline.