Assorted stuff aimed at trying to help keep my toolbox drawers a little less chaotic.

 Zip Tie Holder

A sturdy benchtop/desktop organizer, originally intended for ‘standard’ zip tie sizes. But I’ve since printed scaled versions of this for a handful of different desktop organizer needs :) It’s far from fancy, but it gets the job done!

The base is a large flat area, so prepare accordingly for either sticky (PETG, et al) or bendy (ABS, et al) stuff!

Otherwise, it’s a consistent cross-section, straight up. So should be pretty straightforward and safe in any material of your choice. A personal favorite of mine is one I printed with iron-filled PLA. Having the extra weight to it is great for the shop!

Hex Bit Organizer

I’ve been pleasantly surprised with this little setup! I think this was the first toolbox organizer build I did with TPU, and that combined with just kind of a swag at the tolerancing on the bit holders to get a snug, but not too snug fit had me 50/50 on whether this would be scrap :) But a few years later and this pic was taken in my toolbox just yesterday, still goin strong and, shockingly, pretty well populated.

The holder is the Orange Overture TPU and I printed the bit holders from their Light Gray PETG. I really like using TPU for anything that sort of ‘interfaces’ the tool to the drawer. It helps keep everything from sliding around (this particular toolbox doesn’t have drawer liners, and apparently I like to do things the more complicated way :) ) and also gives some impact resistance for dropping tools into the box, etc.

I made holders for the various bits that I have/see, but it’s far from comprehensive. If there are some you’ve got rolling around your drawer that aren’t covered here, I’d be curious to hear what ya got!

Socket Bars

1/4" Drive

Designed to hold nine(9) — 1/4" drive sockets. I made these specifically to be able to quickly grab these little socket sets and toss them in a travel toolbox, or just around for a project. The little leaf flexures have held up quite well for me printed with this Overture PETG…and it’s so sparkly :) I would stick to something not too stiff, like PETG or ASA. I haven’t tried, but I would suspect PLA might fail on the flexures.

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3/8" Drive

A little socket holder that I mainly use for grouping random/loose sockets in my toolbox and for grabbing small sets of sockets to carry around (hence the ‘pocket socket’ name) when working on something specific. It keeps me from having to carry multiple loose sockets or lug around a full set. 

I would NOT recommend printing these in PLA or any other stiff material. I have printed all of mine from PETG and they have held up great. Something like ASA would probably be an even more appropriate choice, especially if you like to see how far away from the box you can land your tools in the drawer :)

Shouldn’t require any supports, brims, or the like. I’ve mainly printed mine with coarse layers (0.3–0.55) on 0.6 and 0.8 nozzles, but it should print fine on pretty much anything under that. Going above that I would just worry about how much the printing path dominates the geometry of the flexures (might make them too thick and cause them to break and/or be difficult to get sockets on).

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1/2" Drive

A little socket holder that I mainly use for grouping random/loose sockets in my toolbox and for grabbing small sets of sockets to carry around (hence the ‘pocket socket’ name) when working on something specific. It keeps me from having to carry multiple loose sockets or lug around a full set. 

I would NOT recommend printing these in PLA or any other stiff material. I have printed all of mine from PETG and they have held up great. Something like ASA would probably be an even more appropriate choice, especially if you like to see how far away from the box you can land your tools in the drawer :)

Shouldn’t require any supports, brims, or the like. I’ve mainly printed mine with coarse layers (0.3–0.55) on 0.6 and 0.8 nozzles, but it should print fine on pretty much anything under that. Going above that I would just worry about how much the printing path dominates the geometry of the flexures (might make them too thick and cause them to break and/or be difficult to get sockets on).

Box Wrench Holder

Nothin too fancy, just a wrench holder for my box wrenches. I more or less was aiming to recreate the long-lost holder that originally came with the wrench set. As with most of my toolbox organizer parts, I built this one from orange Overture TPU.

Breaker Bar Stand

Intended to keep my breaker bars from rolling around and also just to help add some organization for my toolbox. As with all of the other orange stuff shown on this page, I printed these from Overture TPU. The diamond pattern on the top and bottom surfaces was intended to 1) keep the TPU from destroying my build plate, and 2) I was originally going to use this diamond pattern to make things stackable/modular, but haven’t gotten around to building it out any further.

R8 Collet Holder

Holds up to 23 R8 Collets. With the feet installed, it holds the collets up at a 30 degree incline. I intended for the feet to be glued in, but in my print (granted, it’s ugly…don’t judge me, I used up some old PETG filament knowing it’s just gonna get beat to hell anyway :) )

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