Resistor Box [Stackable & Customizable]
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About this print
A stackable drawer-style storage box for organising through-hole resistors and similar small electronic components. Each drawer provides multiple compartments sized to keep resistors separated and accessible, and units connect together so the system can be expanded as a collection grows. PLA is a practical material for a bench-top storage item of this kind, as it prints cleanly and provides adequate stiffness for the drawer mechanism.
From the original design page
Original maker's notes
By STTrife on Thingiverse · CC-BY
Organize and store your resistors in this neat stackable drawer box. Each drawer had 3 compartments with a length of 6 cm (2.45 inch) that are fit for standard trough-hole resistors. You can stack as many boxes as you need using the connectors. The drawers will not fall out if you open them.
Everything is easy to print, without supports, although to make it fit nicely you need a decent printer, and the standard handle on the drawers expect some 'bridging' from your printer (turn part cooling fan on for PLA). The Thin Handle does not require bridging.
It was specifically designed to be printed at layer height of 0.2 mm, and layer width of 0.48 mm (standard for 0.4mm nozzles). Although it will probably print OK in other settings.
I also included a word-document that you can print, containing labels of the correct sizes for the E-12 resistor values from 10 Ohm to 1 M-Ohm. Feel free to edit them :)
A glue stick is suggested for keeping the labels in place, although it is not strictly necessary.
For stacking, you need to print the right versions of the boxes. The names of the STL files should speak for themselves and tell you where in the array that box will fit. If you are unsure about the final stacking, consider using BoxMiddleMiddle.stl, this can connect on all sides.
Need to refill your resistor boxes?
- https://www.banggood.com/custlink/DKDKZi0yE9
or
- https://www.banggood.com/custlink/m3GhaHvGWp
Many thanks for these user created contributions:
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- Big expansion pack with various boxes and more: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3873672 (by termlimit)
- Extended resistor value labels: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-vT3-qBiB0uqimmxt45ho5Z8fbF7_hk-/view (by benawhite)
- Drawer with 2 compartments: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3409863
- Drawer with 4 compartments: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3406151
- Drawer with 6 compartments: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3461663
- Box with 8 drawers: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3187612
- Extra tolerant connector: https://www.thingiverse.com/asset:141144 (by penright14)
- Electro Box, multiple sizes: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3515360 (by sierramike)
- A 'lock' that keeps the drawers in place when traveling: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3710407 (by HansSomers)
- A drawer with an extra label-holder on the handle: https://www.thingiverse.com/make:788318 (by papat400)
- A half-height drawer with 4 compartments, fit two in standard box slot: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4823715 (by jackricht)
If you have created derivatives that you think are useful to other makers, please send me a link and description!
For any requests or comments, please post a message.
UPDATE 1: This thing is now fully customizable. Make storage boxes of your own specifications using the Thingiverse Customizer, or by editing the .scad file. Have fun!
UPDATE 2:
- Added an 'empty drawer' on request (STL).
- These empty drawers, and other custom drawers, can also be created using the customizer.
- Added a new type of handle for the drawers (thin handle).
- Added word-document with labels for the thin handle drawers.
- Fixed an issue when the walls in the drawers could get stuck on the drawer stoppers.
UPDATE 3:
- Fixed the width of the normal handle to correctly adjust for drawer width.
UPDATE 4:
- Fixed an issue where the customizer rendered correctly, but would give an error when trying to create a derived thing.
- Fixed issue with handles on very small drawers.
UPDATE 5:
- Added 'custom sized box' to the customizer. Create resistor boxes with a specified final size!
UPDATE 6:
- Check out this nice label generator for these boxes created by ArnieO (https://www.thingiverse.com/ArnieO/about). Download the excel file here: https://www.thingiverse.com/asset:132138. See example here: https://www.thingiverse.com/make:596786.
UPDATE 7:
- Fixed an issue with the drawers being made out of several shells, they are single shell now, easier for slicers. All drawer STL files have been re-uploaded.
- Recreated 'drawer shrink' tolerance setting. the TOLERANT drawers use 0.2mm on this setting. Also changed the behavior on this setting, will no longer shrink the front of the drawer.
- Fixed the width of the labels in the word files.
- Added affiliate links for cheap resistors. Thanks to oliver_midbrink (https://www.thingiverse.com/oliver_midbrink/about) for the idea!
UPDATE 8:
- Added some links to useful user created derivatives and extended label document.
UPDATE 9:
- Fixed custom box size so the height will be exactly as specified. This may slightly increase the vertical spacing between drawers in some cases.
Formatting may have been simplified. These are the independent maker's instructions and fitment claims; Hark Tech has not independently verified them.
Printing Resistor Box [Stackable & Customizable]
For Resistor Box [Stackable & Customizable] we would normally reach for PLA — it is the easy, economical default and suits the majority of models. We set the layer height, wall count, infill and supports to suit the model and how you will use it, and those choices are already priced into your instant quote. Want a specific colour or material? Tell us and we will match it where we can.
Model details
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| Original model | View on Thingiverse |
| Designer | STTrife |
| Licence | CC-BY |
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