Designing and 3D Printing Drawer Organisers for a Custom Workshop Workbench | DIY Engineering

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It's finally time to upgrade my garage workshop.
Something I've been avoiding for some time now, just because I know once I start I won't be able to stop.

The main thing that I've been wanting to tackle is designing and 3D printing some drawer organisers so that I can finally get a handle on allllll of the fixings that I have laying around.

But first, to do that, I needed some new drawers - and why not couple them with a nice new workbench?

The containers worked exactly as I wanted to, and I'm already working on a bunch of extra, custom designs to suit a whole range of other items I plan to store in the drawers.

Let me know what you think!

Cabinets: Mechpro Blue (in Black finish) - MPTT9D-46IN
Benchtop: 2440mm x 960mm x 70 mm
Varnish: Feast Watson Clear Satin (approx 750ml used for ~4 complete coats of entire board).

0:00 - Introduction
0:46 - Choosing the Cabinets
2:00 - Cabinet Setup
5:05 - Prep Work
8:43 - CAD Design
9:19 - 3D Printing
10:04 - Organising
11:58 - Conclusion

[tonycosta]

It’s too late now, but I suggest making well rounded corners (3+ mm filets) on the inside bottom of the containers. Mine are square like yours and it is a real pain getting out small screws, nuts, etc. Having them rounded means you can slide the parts up the side to get them out.

[AB-C]

Nice build mate. Just subscribed.
Cheers from London 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[lw]

The 400 grit between penultimate and final coats does do something. It gives you a glassier finish because the surface is smoother. It might not be that noticeable cause you're still only using 400 grit, once, for the final coat, but it does do something.

[thatguythatdoesstuff]

Great video. I am in the middle of an organization crusade of my own. I moved interstate and went from having a dedicated building to a 2 car garage with an extra deep bay. That extra deep section of the bay is all I have now.

I also love watching these types of videos that aren't produced in the States. One of the reasons is I get to see products sold by retailers here that claim to design their products, only to see the exact product sold by "Mechpro" is badged HUSKY and sold by Home Depot. 🤣

[AdityaGarg]

I love the project! Have you checked out the gridfinity project? Its very similar to your grid setup

[helvettefaensatan]

Thank you for splitting it up and only admitting to being obsessive when you're not compulsive.

[cecilomar]

I use Gridfinity everywhere, but I get your preference. Gridfinity uses a 42x42 mm grid space because of a joke. I really liked the way you made you made the label area of your boxes. Do you publish your 3D models?

[TheRodlund]

Are you going to make the 3d files available for download? Looks awesome!

[MinotaurRacing]

Try using WD-40 on the stickers. It’ll help get them off without much effort.

[MrAmcalabrese]

You didn't like the GridFinity storage boxes?

[MadeinSweden]

Surely that must be 40mm thick not 70mm? Didn't look 70mm massive 😮

[lw]

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