I am Gen X.
I grew up in shop classes with wall to wall pegboard that had outlines traced around every tool.
I learned early on that there was a feeling of satisfaction after finishing a project, as well as a feeling of Zen knowing every tool was back where it belongs.
I found out that there are others that feel this way when @JP posted this:
We have a Markforged X7 at work, and I have wanted to do something to organize the tools since the day we took delivery.
A couple years later, I finally had a tiny window in my schedule to create something.
Now I just needed to figure out which tools, how I wanted them organized, and the size of the holders.
I grabbed a piece of paper and folded it in half the long way to give me a ‘blank canvas’ of 4 ¼” x 11”
I set this in the printer, and it slid into the sides rather nicely – that was easy!
The next step was dividing the tools between the two holders and arranging them to best utilize the space.
The folded piece of paper made this really easy . . . just move the tools around until I found a layout that worked.
Now the fun part, creating the ‘cutouts’ – I didn’t want to spend too much time on this, so I simplified it as much as possible.
Some of the tools were easy to measure/model, but most of them had unique shapes. I’m a big fan of using the “Sketch Picture” tool, and one of my favorite tricks is to include a ruler or tape measure in the picture to make it easy to scale when I drop it into a sketch.
Most of the cutouts were created by simply ‘tracing’ the sketch picture and cutting the profile.
For some of the ‘fun parts’ I chose to model them as a multi-body, move the body into place, and use the “Combine” tool to subtract it from the holder.
I did a few small prints to check the fit on a couple of items, and I’m very happy with the final results!
In the printer -
Todd
