I have an inexpensive socket wrench set at work, and when I bump into my tool cart, all the sockets are thrown from their shallow grove to get mixed around. When I went to the hardware store to buy a socket set organizer, I balked at the price and put it in the back of my mind to come up with a solution. 3D printing seemed the most logical solution.
I planned to mount a couple of vertical bars on my cart and stack a series of printed plastic parts on the posts. Each piece would have four limbs that would accept the sockets and keep them readily accessible.
In OpenSCAD, I designed the first part in 33 lines. I declared parameters to make to change the changeover between different socket sizes an arbitrary matter. Anyone who wanted to make changes through the modeling program or Thingiverse should have little trouble.
The rest of the posts for this project have been arranged by date.
First time here?
Completed projects from year 1
Completed projects from year 2
Completed projects from year 3
Completed projects from year 4
Completed projects from year 5
Completed projects from year 6
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2020-02-02
I planned to mount a couple of vertical bars on my cart and stack a series of printed plastic parts on the posts. Each piece would have four limbs that would accept the sockets and keep them readily accessible.
In OpenSCAD, I designed the first part in 33 lines. I declared parameters to make to change the changeover between different socket sizes an arbitrary matter. Anyone who wanted to make changes through the modeling program or Thingiverse should have little trouble.
First model
The rest of the posts for this project have been arranged by date.
First time here?
Completed projects from year 1
Completed projects from year 2
Completed projects from year 3
Completed projects from year 4
Completed projects from year 5
Completed projects from year 6
Disclaimer for http://24hourengineer.blogspot.com and 24HourEngineer.com
This disclaimer must be intact and whole. This disclaimer must be included if a project is distributed.
All information in this blog, or linked by this blog, is not to be taken as advice or solicitation. Anyone attempting to replicate, in whole or in part, is responsible for the outcome and procedure. Any loss of functionality, money, property, or similar, is the responsibility of those involved in the replication.
All digital communication regarding the email address 24hourengineer@gmail.com becomes the intellectual property of Brian McEvoy. Any information contained within these messages may be distributed or retained at the discretion of Brian McEvoy. Any email sent to this address, or any email account owned by Brian McEvoy, cannot be used to claim property or assets.
Comments to the blog may be utilized or erased at the discretion of the owner. No one posting may claim property or assets based on their post.
This blog, including pictures and text, is copyright to Brian McEvoy.
2020-02-02
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