There's a new version of the #FreeGrid macro for #FreeCAD which can generate boxes and grids with the exact number and arrangement of grid units. It's pretty sweet! FreeGrid is sort of like Gridfinity but uses round numbers and FreeCAD instead of ~random numbers and Autodesk Fusion360.
https://in3d.ca/freegrid-an-open-grid-based-3d-printed-storage-system/
https://github.com/instancezero/in3dca-freegrid

A trick for #FreeGrid or #Gridfinity: Print just the bottom part of a system bin so that you have just the part that intersects with the grid. Maybe print a few. Then adhere them to the bottom of random stuff that you want to organize. Your deburring bits came in a nice case. A dab of glue and now it's a FreeGrid module! A plastic snack carton is a perfect fit for ball bearings? Sploop. Organized!

@noise Allow me to complicate your life by introducing you to #freegrid https://github.com/instancezero/in3dca-freegrid

I found my 2mm endmill. It has a 4mm shank, and it was hiding in the 4mm R8 collet. 😁

I need to get back at some point to working on #freegrid and building out my organization system so I can find things!

@trevorflowers I ordered 5000 of these magnets for my #freegrid setup: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804464302214.html

I only have a few grids printed so far. I had the usual ID-prints-smaller-than-modeled problem which made me have to press the magnets in hard, and was thinking of fixing that before printing the rest of them.

@mcdanlj @trevorflowers Alas, I have not done much. One of my other personalities is eating up all my time at the moment. 👥​👥​👥​ I'm sure that just before that project is complete, I'll pick #freegrid back up again...

@trevorflowers I prefer #freegrid to gridfinity because it is built entirely on open source software. @in3dca have you had time to keep moving that towards being an actual #FreeCAD workbench yet?

@FreeCAD — @in3dca maintains the #freegrid macros for #FreeCAD which he plans later to update to a workbench as he has time available. Mind helping him connect to folks in the FreeCAD community who might be looking to reconnect to him post-twitter?

@in3dca welcome to Maker Forums. We can collaborate on #freegrid here! 😁

@smellsofbikes example pictures of any of them? ☺

I have now purchased 6200 6mm x 2mm magnets, committing to #freegrid to the tune of about $200 in magnets. Printing grids, boxes, and custom trays will take months though. Just gluing the magnets in place will be substantial time investment!

For the tailstock bracket, I'll get stronger pull if I #machine the bracket out of steel instead of aluminum, but hopefully I don't need to do that.

It helps if you have enough filament on the spool to finish printing the part. 😬

Looks like I'm running low on black PETG, and I like the idea of the grids being black to contrast with colored #freegrid boxes and other friends, so I guess it's time to place another order.

A 5x6 #freegrid base isn't that much plastic, really (though over 100g more than I would have guessed) but even at 150mm/s with a 0.6mm nozzle, it will take over three hours to print.

I have five of them to print before I print five 5x5 bases.

And that's for just one drawer.

I think I need to buy another few 3D printers to solve my storage problem. 🤪

Just discovered that my ER11 tray is 150mm x 160mm — curious whether I can rejigger it to fit in a 3x3 #freegrid system. 🤔

I just became the first outside contributor to the #freegrid macros for #freecad — removing the need to use supports when printing freegrid boxes.

https://github.com/instancezero/in3dca-freegrid