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This design was inspired by Skalla_J's spool storage boxes, but for Hatchbox spools. The hatchbox spools are roughly the same outer diameter, but the inner diameter is different from the original design. Additionally, the hatchbox spools have four sets of holes for holding the end of the filament. This design uses those holes for the drawer hinges, so no drilling is necessary.
For the hinges, I use 6-32 threaded rod cut to approximately 67mm in length. Like Skalla_J's design, these thread into the drawers, with a small amount protruding from the top and bottom. The rod should thread somewhat securely into the drawer. I put the end of the threaded rod into the chuck of a power drill and used that to thread the rod into the drawer. The protruding rod ends fit into the existing holes around the edge of the spool.
After trying out Skalla_J's Spool Storage Boxes and finding it didn't fit my spools, I designed this from scratch in OpenSCAD. Since it's OpenSCAD, it is hopefully straightforward to adjust the dimensions for other spool sizes.
Unlike Skalla_J's design, this is only the drawer. I haven't created a mechanism to join the spools into a full storage system yet.
I've enabled the Customizer for this, here's an explanation of the customizer values:
Inner Diameter: The inner diameter of your spool
Outer Diameter: The outer diameter of your spool
Height: The interior height of the spool. The drawer will be this height.
Gauge: the thickness of the…
