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Gridfinity is a standard racking/storage solution standard designed by Zack Freedman of Voidstar Labs.

Gridfinity is a standard racking/storage solution designed by Zack Freedman of Voidstar Labs.

Gridfinity is based around a 42x42 mm square base, which can be combined into larger groups or subdvided with partitions.

Sizings are denoted in width x depth x height in blocks of 42mm/42mm/7mm so a 1x1x3 is one square that is 21mm high, and is suitable for small parts.
A 1x3x12

The height is intended to be a multiple of 7mm to enable adjacent units to stack and lock together. A pair of x3 is the same height as a x6

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Drawer showing grid in the bottom, and a series of 1x1x6 bins

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Tech drawing of the default 1x1x6 bin. Quite stout.

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Thin, low-plastic usage example bin in 1x1x6.

Criticisms

There's no secure lids. If you drop a tray of small parts in many bins, you're going to have a bad day.

Excessive plastic usage.

Positives

Colour coding is possible, print different colours for each size (M2 is blue, M3 is orange, etc) or for each purpose (all washers are green, all bolts are in red bins, etc)

Rearranging is simple, as is inserting a new size you didn't have before.

The Community is large:

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Saggy vase walls. What are the tricks to successful vase mode printing?

I've tried printing in vase mode (or "spiralise outer contour" in Cura) and while the floor looks fine, the vertical sides look "saggy" I'm using a 0.4 mm nozzle, with eSUN PLA+ at 218 °C and a bed temp of 60 °C. This combination works fine for…
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What's causing this lack of layer adhesion after a crash?

I recently had a print failure/crash, where the print stuck to the nozzle and forced molten filament back into the print head, fans, and heater block. I changed the nozzle for a new 0.4mm same as existing. I shortened the bowden tube by ~8mm to…
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