Rugged Box, Parametric/Customizable, No Hardware (OpenSCAD+BOSL2)
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Rugged customizable box with free moving hinges and a firm latch. Scales well.
No hardware required, just use filament through the hinges and latch. I put a small drop of CA glue on the ends of the hinge and latch filaments to prevent any movement.
<b>NOTE: The Customizer here at Thingiverse does not support the BOSL2 libraries for OpenSCAD, whereas some other sites do. </b>To customize from Thingiverse, you have to firstly open this model in <b>OpenSCAD, with the BOSL2 libraries installed and working!</b>. Then use the Customizer in OpenSCAD i.e adjust the parameters displayed in the right-side window. You may need OpenSCAD to be in full-screen mode for the parameters to show, and ensure "Hide Customizer" is un-checked in the Window menu.
I printed with PLA+, no supports, 15% infill. I recommend printing the latch laying down on its front face.
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My goal here was not to provide .STL files. These do not scale properly. For example, when you "scale" an STL in your slicer, it will scale all dimensions equally in the chosen axes (x,y,z or all). This is not what you want, because then the hinges and latch won't work as designed. The goal here was to provide a box with working hinges and latch that can scale to various sizes (within reason of course, everything has some limitations).
The latch and hinges will auto-widen with the box length (the side-to-side or x dimension). The latch arm-length will auto-adjust to the height of the ribs around the box lid junction. The…






