Altoids Cabinet
Altoids Cabinet
3D
Published 2020-12-14T18:04:33+00:00
I like to eat Altoids Mints, and because I eat so many, I have accumulated quite a few tins over the years. I also have a lot of little things such as computer screws, LEDs, resistors, capacitors, etc. that need to be stored neatly and securely. I decided to design a cabinet to hold these objects and didn't want to print a bunch of drawers. Altoids tins are the perfect choice. They are small, metal, and easy to obtain.
I have printed the 4 bay and the 12 bay cabinets. The 12 bay cabinet is two 6 bay cabinets merged together in Tinkercad. There are two versions of the 4 bay cabinet. If you want to stack them, print the Lower Altoids Cabinets for each stack, then print one Upper Altoids Cabinet to top off each stack. The lower cabinets have divots that align with the feet on the cabinets. You can also stack the 12 bay cabinets on top of two Lower cabinets.
I used Hatchbox PLA for the blue cabinets and Matterhackers MH Build Series PLA for the red. On my Wanhao Duplicator i3+ I printed using a .2mm layer height, 210 degrees C, and 30mm/second.
The 4 and 6 bay cabinets are 67mm wide x 80mm deep.The 12 bay cabinets are 134mm wide x 80mm deep. The heights are 114mm for the 4 bay and 165mm for the 6 and 12 bay cabinets.
These print lying on their backs so no support is needed.
Using my settings, the estimated print times are:
4 bay - 8 hours; 6 bay - 10 hours; 12 bay - 18 hours
| Date published | 14/12/2020 |
| Time to do | - 10 minutes |
| Material Quantity | 4 bay-38M, 6 bay-47M, 12 bay 86 Meters |
| Support Free | YES |