Mx. AlexApr 14, 2025
#3DPrinting #Gridfinity #Multiboard #OpenGrid #HSW #GOEWS #FreeGrid #PleaseMakeItStop
Trevor FlowersJan 28, 2025
Every once in awhile I find a freely shared project on Printables that seems terribly thoughtful and thorough. This organizer box system is a nice example.
I'd like an organizer system like this but for #FreeGrid modules.
/me adds another item to the Possible Projects list.
https://www.printables.com/model/942089-organizer-box
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An organizer box for storing all sorts of things. | Download free 3D printable STL models

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In3D.caSep 25, 2024
Okay here it is. My new improved box for some nuts and bolts, before and after, using the #FreeGrid workbench and #FreeCAD 1.0-RC2 with the "experimental" compound composition option set in the Part Design workbench and a multi-filament printer. Very pleased with the result.
Michael K JohnsonSep 25, 2024

#FreeGrid issue #1 just closed today. It's now a #FreeCAD Workbench available through the Addon manager. I got credited due to some small work I did, but my contributions to FreeGrid have been small. FreeGrid is mostly original work from @in3dca and some great work from @hasecilu over the past several months to create the Workbench and make it parametric instead of a procedural macro.

When FreeGrid was first created, Gridfinity was basically limited to Fusion 360, and FreeGrid was the alternative that didn't tie you to a particular vendor. Now Gridfinity is truly openly available for OpenSCAD and FreeCAD as well, which is awesome. I can see myself using both systems, depending on whether 50mm spacing (FreeGrid) or 42mm spacing (Gridfinity) makes most sense for any particular use case, and whether particular modules I want to use already exist for one system or the other. Vive la différence!

Perhaps this should be added to the FreeCAD macros repo or even turned in to a small workbench? · Issue #1 · instancezero/in3dca-freegrid

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In3D.caSep 24, 2024
Just in time for #FreeCAD 1.0, a #FreeGrid workbench is now available!
In3D.caSep 6, 2024
Woah, someone just posted a link to #FreeGrid in an #InfiniGrid forum on reddit and my site is blowing up! [relatively speaking, so anything more than the occasional drip is "blowing up" 😀 ]
Trevor FlowersDec 18, 2023
I just posted a few printable #FreeGrid modules over on Printables. They're mostly modules that organize stuff I keep on my assembly bench like an iFixit driver set, cutting tools, testor paints, etc. I included the source #FreeCAD file for easy remix.
https://www.printables.com/model/685633-freegrid-modules-for-your-bench
Trevor FlowersOct 13, 2023
I decided that my main work surface was too large for the space I have and usually too large for my work so I chopped it down to roughly the size of my cutting mat. Luckily, the mat is an exact fit across for three of the #FreeGrid grids that I printed to fit in the bus bins I use throughout the shop.
I might build a small rim around the outer three sides of the grids to loosely keep them in place.
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Show threadTrevor FlowersSep 20, 2023
On first impression I like this approach of reusing 3mm cardboard from shipping boxes to make the walls of #FreeGrid modules. The bases print in almost half the time of printed-wall equivalents and the cardboard is easier to change out when modules need to be modified. Gaffer tape seems fine but for modules I suspect will be long lived a more durable tape and adhesive could make sense. #shopLife
Show threadTrevor FlowersSep 18, 2023
A laser cutter can cut #FreeGrid walls faster than a filament printer can print them so I'm playing around with modules that have printed bottoms and slots in which to adhere cardboard walls. If that works out then I can add things like lasercut dividers, risers, etc. The same thing could work for anything that can be lasercut like acrylic, leather, and rubber. I'm not sure why you'd need a rubber module but it's a wild world out there so 🤷 .