Customiser: Stanley tray box divider platelet by Bushmills

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

Stanley tray boxes come without those essential seperator plates. While they can be purchased as extras, they are often needed when none are available. Cutouts from strong cardboard will usually do - but I discovered the utility of 3d-printed versions for testing printer and slicer settings, especially in combination with new filament material, when I finally got to the point of acute trolley coin saturation - those I printed for quick testing before. I also dislike printing objects for testing which have no further use. As testing happens sporadically, so does requiring another seperator platelet, which balances production and need very well.
The object itself is a no-brainer. and there's not much to say about a rectangle made of plastic. It has rounded corners, a stiffening frame, prints quickly without bridging or support needed. Presets give 51x30mm platelets, which is suited for 6(wide)x5(high) tray boxes.
You can inscribe them using a liquid chalk pen, possible a CD marker works too. It ain't exactly the next revolution in 3d printing, but keeps my trashcan from filling up too quickly.
Visually appealing (or not) platelets result from printing these when changing filament, with the goal of emptying the filament channel, due to how I change filament: I cut old filament just above the feeder, then push new filament in, letting it follow the last few centimeters of old filament which will still be getting extruded.
As I'm also collecting short ends of filament which broke off, or were left over, I plan for a handful of ... artistic ... platelets, involving multiple colours changes :)