Stackable (and strong!) storage containers (Patreon)

Hello my friends!As many makers, i needed more storage boxes for my small parts and my hardware. 

Printing another series of my current boxes would have been a solution, but there's no challenge into this and thought it would be fun to create something different as usual. 

So i made those easy-to-print container boxes. 

They are stackable and they are very strong in compression.

The structure is inspired of industrial containers and although the walls are thin, they can take a serious load.

Two designs are included: Normal and thicker.Normal: wall thickness is 0.8mm. Thicker: 1.2mm

Dimensions of one box: 146mm x 87mm x 45mm

Both types were tested and they can support my weight, which is roughly 200lbs. Really amazing for something that thin. If you try it, tell me in the comments if you were able to put a considerable amount of weight on it. If you have bad prints, with stringing or defects, don't throw them away before testing them! :p

It is for sure overkilled for this design and a bit useless, but its interesting to see how a thin piece of plastic can support this much weight!

As usual, the files are already placed in the right orientation. No supports needed. Just print and enjoy! Can be scaled up, but i don't recommend to scale it down.

SETTINGS:

-Print File "Partition" 2x-Print all parts with a 0.3 layer height for faster print-All parts with this layer should take under 6hrs to print (the whole thing, box + cover + 2 partitions)-Use 3 walls and 10% rectilinear infill.

If you have any other questions, just ask! 😉

Have a nice day folks! 

Pascal

NOTE: If you decide to stand on it like i did, please do it carefully. Try to put a small wood board on it and wear shoes!!! I would be very sad to ear someone got hurt while doing this. 3d printing can break in sharp points sometimes, and that can be risky for your foot. So be careful and make things correctly. 😉