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Inertia Box
🕑 Added 2021-06-11 11:35:41 +0000 UTCHi, wonderful people!
Hinged lids are an interesting thing, especially when we're dealing with print-in-place designs! Not only do we need to consider the way the lid fits with the body of a box, but there's the whole consideration of the path of the lid as it rotates, especially if that lid has printed top-down on the bed.
These problems get especially prominent when dealing with tall, slender designs like this one, and particularly if the lid sits on top, as most lids tend to do. And that's why this one ended up inside the outer walls! That design choice meant that a bunch of other compromises didn't need to happen (and it also looked cooler.)
Now, I did have a particular goal with this design of having a bolt closure, but without it being overly prominent, especially when opting not to use it. A few of my other designs have very effective threaded features, but they're mostly very central to the design, like the split thread on the Clamshell Cases. So, I wanted to avoid that, but still have the threaded closure present, which is how the bolt ended up going into the back, above the hinge.
The really interesting part of all this is that because of how that works, the lid doesn't actually rest on the lip inside the rim of the box at all; it's suspended by the hinge instead. In practice, that doesn't really make any difference to anything, but I just like the way it works :)
Printing Tips
No supports needed, and this is designed for straightforward printing! As usual with articulated designs you'll want to make sure your bottom layer is nice and neat, and that you don't have any print issues like stringing or overextrusion that might cause binding in moving parts!
The box prints base-down, with the lid open, like so:
Print Dimensions
Inertia Box occupies 105mm x 52mm on the printer bed, and is 88mm tall.
File Location
You'll find this on dropbox under 745 Inertia Box
(Dropbox link post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/dropbox-and-are-31697592 )
Further Thoughts
But wait, you ask, what about multimaterial version that has drips down the sides?! Yes, that's a very specific thing to ask, but fortunately we have exactly that! There's a Multimaterial folder that contains a somewhat more decorative version of the Inertia Box.
I don't yet have a successful print of this one myself, but I have a nice collection of purge blocks from the attempts! If you give this one a try, I hope you have better luck! :)
Here's a render!
Happy printing!
xoxo
Sven.
Comments
As a good patreon I have printed a lot of you impressive objects, there's so many that I love, but I do not really know why but this relatively tiny box is just simply adorable. I like to see it so often just for the way it looks. Thank you for your time, effort and patience when designing and making all this files for us as a hobbyists.
Clockspring3D
I'm glad scaling the bolt worked out! Threads are usually pretty resilient in the face of varying printer setups, but sometimes things just end up too loose - especially on more precise printers!
YarnWitch
I think this is one of my favorite prints I've had so far!
Just printed this - had to scale the bolt to 105%, but other than that it works perfectly
That looks awesome!
Clockspring3D
Awesome! I hope you have better luck than I had π
Clockspring3D
Good to see you! π€ Oh man, the pallet 3 pro looks so good. It really looks to address the biggest issues with the earlier versions, so I have high hopes!
Clockspring3D
I have to admit it was completely coincidental that the regular one fit into the big one! I'm not actually even sure what the scaling was - I will (hopefully not forget to) measure the print :)
Featherz
I'll try the MMU version and see what happens :P
Thinking out of the box for sure! π. Just saw your IG post. What scaling did you use for the big and the small versions to get one to fit inside the other?
Todd Coello
Hello, it's been awhile since I've dropped in. But like I told you I've had a lot going on in life. I recently upgraded a ender 3 to a idex kit plus the 400x400x500 upgrade kit. I'm going to try this. I can't wait to get my pallet 3 pro
Clockspring3D
Thank you!
Absolutely lovely!
