removing lip
adding label feature
adding compartments
adding labels to compartments
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skeletonized
skeletonized with magnet cutouts
skeletonized with magnet cutouts with connection holes
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Unlimited, untapped destinations for âmillions and millionsâ of kilos of filament!
YesâŚCarl Sagan again! 
I just tapped some more last night with a printing of a water bottle/cell phone pouch for our scooters. YesâŚthey are for the road trip. And âYesâ that is the payback to wifey for agreeing to me getting the printer. You guys are so full of questions!!! 
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Winner Dude!
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I really like the nut insert in that project. Very smart!
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It works extremely well but an interesting thing in my 1/4" nut assortment revealed a puzzlement. I had some normal size nuts that measure 7/16" flat to flat and I had some large ones that measured 1/2" flat to flat. I patterned the opening for the 1/2" which is too large for the 7/16" as corner to corner is about 0.55 inches. I am afraid that 0.05 difference is not enough strength with plastic to apply significant counter pressure. I can insert shims while tightening but that is old school.
As it turns out, I have a total of seven of the large nuts and needed eight. I will shim the eighth but probably use a square nut for that one.
I am not posting the plans online until I get a definitive nut size and I think it will be the square one because it measures that same 7/16 of an inch flat to flat and will be more reliable. I will modify the cut-out as well.
The front of that bracket has four holes. They are meant for adding a decorative plate later.
Don, you werenât kidding when you said this was fun. Thanks for the encouragement: I appreciate it but I am not so sure my wife is your greatest fan!
Edited (finally): Decorative plates completed
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No kidding on the 1/4 inch nuts. I usually buy them 100 at a time. One time I get them they are 7/16 the next time the are 1/2. Even getting them from the same distributor.
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I appreciate you saying that because it does seem a bit random.
In my limited research of it, the larger size is considered âstructuralâ or âHeavy Hexâ but I only found one listing that verified it to be 0.5 inches (STSIndustrial.com). The rest may say âheavyâ but then list 7/16" or no dimension at all. The information also said the âheavyâ nut is primarily used in deck and fence building.
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I usually go to the local Fastenal store. Crazy I always thought they final made a standard up to 1 inch.
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So it turns out when she said she didnât care⌠it didnât mean go ahead and order tomorrow⌠
but after nearly another month of negotiations I got the go ahead yesterday morning after our tax returns hit the bank⌠Which is a good thing because I had ordered the printer the day before. 
Addons should get here tomorrow including a textured build plate, extra hotend and 9 rolls of various filament. The printer should ship next week. Besides some knick-knacks for the kiddos the first thing I plan to print is my ski holders for my snowmobile ski rack. Ill post when I get it together. Prepare yourselves for lots of questions.
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What did you order?
You a lucky man..
Just think of the laugh we would have gotten if you and Jim would have had to share a dog house!
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I ordered the Bambu Lab P1S Combo
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Welcome to the dark side.
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One of us would have a long commute to the kitchen table.
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Phillip, I have no idea what you are talking about! I always make the rules and get my way. Here is an example. I printed up some decorative plates for the front of our scooters:
My wife tossed them in the trash and this is what we ended up with:
On second thought, that really does not make my point as well as I had hoped! 
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We have to tell ourself what we have to do make us feel better!
Just keep in mind as long as her blood pressure doesnât get to high itâs good for her heart.
I canât get my wife to give me permission to sleep on the couch. I think she enjoys us both constantly pushing buttons. No hope 
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Youâre going to love it.
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I wish I had thought of 3d printing the caps for my TIG filler rod storage rack, before I spent way too much on 2" ABS caps and unions.
I didnât like the look of the ABS caps, so I decided to design one and 3d print it. Iâm much happier with the look of the new caps. Iâm hoping I can find another use for the ABS parts.
I posted the cap on Thingiverse here Thingiverse - Digital Designs for Physical Objects
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Wow your so lucky
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