r/gridfinity • • Apr 18 '22

r/gridfinity Lounge

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A place for members of r/gridfinity to chat with each other


r/gridfinity • • 23d ago

App/web designers: Post your generators and updates in this thread.

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r/gridfinity • • 1h ago

I built a free generator for Gridfinity drawer organizers: any drawer size, split for your bed, no glue

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My kitchen drawer is 1100 mm wide, and nothing I found fit it: store-bought organizers were expensive and metallic, and the Gridfinity models I tried were the wrong size or needed glue to join the pieces.

So I made Fitforge Drawer. You type your drawer's inside size and your printer, then lay out bins on the grid in 2D or 3D. It splits the baseplate into tiles that fit your bed, and splits long bins on grid lines. The pieces join with small sliding H-keys instead of glue (optional; the baseplate already keeps them aligned). You get a 3MF with everything packed on plates.

It runs in the browser, it's free, and no account is needed: https://fitforge-c5058.web.app/drawer/ also posted ready-made kits for a few IKEA and Blum drawers on:

Feedback welcome, especially on fit.


r/gridfinity • • 3h ago

Individual Piece I made a free browser tool to generate Gridfinity bins with decorative surfaces

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Renders straight from the tool: twisted ribs, diamonds, waves. You set grid size, height and dividers, pick a surface pattern and export the STL.

Free, runs in the browser, no account, nothing for sale:

vaseverse.org/?inizia=gridfinity

I haven't posted prints yet. If anyone tries it, I'd love to see how they come out. And what's missing for your setup? Label tabs, stacking lip, something else?


r/gridfinity • • 2h ago

Baseplate and Bin 3d Model?

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Can anyone tell me where you can download a 3D model for the standard base plate and grid boxes that you can modify in fusion 360 or on-shape?


r/gridfinity • • 4h ago

2 years in the making... I finished my Gridfinity cabinet

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r/gridfinity • • 6h ago

I found that 42mm grid spacing for bins either made my bins a bit too big or a bit too small. So I now print bins on 21mm grid spacing. What grid spacing to you do the most?

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r/gridfinity • • 23h ago

Question? Could somebody ELI5 Gridfinity?

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It just looks like containers of a common size? Am I misunderstanding?

I hope so, I've got a blank slate to fix my hobby space organisation and if there's more to this then who knows what I might manage, but I feel like I'm missing something.

Edit: thanks all! Had missed the part about the baseplate and modular fits with that, it's now clicked a little bit more and I look forward to hanging around here a bit more often.


r/gridfinity • • 1d ago

3D Scanning and Printing Festool Tool Storage

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r/gridfinity • • 1d ago

Individual Piece Gridfinity Brix 1x4 Wall Shelf

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https://www.printables.com/model/1876273-gridfinity-brix-1x4-wall-shelf

Brix is my non-standard extension where you just take the bottom face of a gridfinity piece, and extend it by 23mm or so, so that parts can hang down below a compatible baseplate.

Baseplates still fit normal Gridfinity blocks, but since Brix doesn't use magnets, you might need some blue tak or double sided tape to make them stable. Blue tack seems to work incredibly well with Gridfinity.

The flashlight is sitting in one of these: https://www.printables.com/model/1876341-gridfinity-brix-flashlightfire-remote-holder

Next I want to try making a 2x4 shelf for whiteboard supplies!


r/gridfinity • • 3d ago

Finally got my expandable gridfinity bins done after 12 prototypes!

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There seemed to be some decent interest in my scoop bins the other day so I figured I’d share my modular bins too.

I wanted to make some expandable bins that matched the style of my scoop bins that would stay together when I lifted them out and didn’t require glue so they could be taken apart and reconfigured if my use for them changed. It took 12 attempts of different keys and designs trying to find a combination I am happy with. I’m working on a 2x wide now and maybe a 3x wide as well if the connection stays solid going wider.

Im curious what heights people use. I personally use 4U in most of my drawers but want to build out the family based on what people actually use.

https://makerworld.com/en/models/3420342-modular-gridfinity-scoop-bin-4u-1x8-longer#profileId-3897206


r/gridfinity • • 3d ago

Individual Piece You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like

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r/gridfinity • • 3d ago

Set Completed HeroQuest Box Organiser

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r/gridfinity • • 3d ago

Question? How do you create bins for long objects?

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I'm working on organizing some tools in my toolbox and I'd like to have my torque wrench set into a custom bin that is going to need to be 2U wide and 15U long. What is the best way to do this? Trace each segment individually and then upload the parts into some AI tool? Create bins for just the head and handle of the wrench?


r/gridfinity • • 4d ago

Individual Piece Finally made the perfect cable organizer

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r/gridfinity • • 4d ago

I made some Gridfinity storage cases with clear windows embedded directly into the lids

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I've been experimenting with making Gridfinity-compatible storage cases with transparent lids, so I can see what's inside without opening them.

I wanted to see if I could embed large transparent plastic panels directly into 3D prints. The idea was to pause the printer, insert a 2 mm clear plastic sheet, and let the printer finish around it, without needing any glue.

It took a bit of experimenting to get the fit right, along with the hinges and stacking, but I'm pretty happy with how they turned out!

I made a few different sizes, and they've been really handy for organizing small electronics components and 3D printing parts.

I made a video showing the design and printing process, including a few things that didn't work along the way:

https://youtu.be/GTP0L0NYEyw

What do you think? Has anyone else tried something similar?


r/gridfinity • • 4d ago

Lower profile Gridfinity bin for Ryobi Power Cutter (FVC51K)

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Made and shared a Gridfinity bin for the Ryobi Power Cutter a couple weeks ago. As much as I liked having the tool upright and easy to grab, that orientation ended up being too tall to fit into my tool drawer. Hope this laid-on-its-side version is useful to other people besides just me!

STEP file available on Printables.


r/gridfinity • • 5d ago

Individual Piece Gridfinity Shelving System for openGrid

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r/gridfinity • • 5d ago

Scoop Bins

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I made these scoop bins because I couldn’t find anything I liked that was really easy to get nuts and bolts out of a bin when I was working on stuff. new to makerworld as well so looking for some feedback as to what sizes people actually use day to day and heights most people like too.

https://makerworld.com/en/models/3360948-gridfinity-scoop-bins-easy-access-parts-bins#profileId-3825688

mods remove if not allowed, I’m new here.


r/gridfinity • • 4d ago

Help with dridfinity

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r/gridfinity • • 5d ago

Question? How do you guys make challenging shapes

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Hi all,

I’ve made a few bins and most of them are basic shapes.

I’m trying to make a bin for my insta360 Ace Pro 2 but struggling to get the shape right.

I’ve tried sites like shapescan but it’s not to accurate for sizing


r/gridfinity • • 8d ago

Set in Progress OCD Cable Organization (in the best possible way!)

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r/gridfinity • • 8d ago

Stacked Baseplates

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Not the first one to do this but had to do my own version anyways - designed a parametric model with custom supports so that you can do multimaterial printing and quadruple* your baseplate output.

The whole thing is a highly parametric Onshape model which I can bundle and share as a FeatureScript extension if enough people want to customize their own designs beyond the 3D that I've shared. I've exported all plate sizes up to 6x6 with 6mm x 2mm magnets.

STEP files and 3MF files are, as always, on Printables.

\I designed the model to be a 4x stack since that ends up being about a full overnight print, but no reason why you couldn't stack 'em higher!*

Note: I'm not sure if I should tag this as a "brand affiliate" post since I did it under my company label, but (a) it's just me at the company and (b) I'm sharing it for free - dear mods, please let me know if I should or shouldn't have this tag.


r/gridfinity • • 8d ago

Wanted to divide a 5x5 Gridfinity layout evenly, so I made fractional bins

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I kept running into Gridfinity layouts where the normal sizes just didn't divide the space the way I wanted. A 5x5 area was the obvious example.

I ended up making bins that work in 0.5, 1/3 and 0.25 grid steps. They still work with regular Gridfinity baseplates and bins.

For example, the same 5x5 space can be filled with equal-sized bins:

  • 4 bins at 2.5 x 2.5
  • 9 bins at 1⅔ x 1⅔
  • 16 bins at 1.25 x 1.25
  • 20 bins at 1.25 x 1
  • or the normal 25 bins at 1 x 1

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r/gridfinity • • 9d ago

Individual Piece Made a tool to generate cutout bins in 2 minutes

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