Small things,
made well.
Objects printed in our studio and fitted to real things. Each one is measured before it is modelled and tried before it is trusted.
Projects
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NewCustomizable01Gridfinity Containers
3D print · modular storage
Bins and baseplates for the Gridfinity grid, sized in the browser, compartments and all, each with a fit test to print first.
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NewCustomizable02Car Cupholder
3D print · for Tesla Model Y
For the mug or bottle too wide for a 2021–2024 Model Y's cupholder: it sits in it and holds a wider cup. Add a handle notch and holes to save plastic.
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Customizable03Car Cubby
3D print · for Tesla Model Y and Model 3
The cubby in a Tesla's front console, and one to three stacking levels for it, each with its own compartments. Fits the 2021–2024 Model Y and 2021–2023 Model 3.
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Customizable04Basic Containers
3D print · sized in the browser
Stacking storage containers you size yourself, any size. Compartments or a fitted pocket for each thing, engraved on the underside and downloaded as an STL.
Configure and print
In beta
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BetaCustomizable01Tissue Box Cover
3D print · two parts, sized to the box
A cover for a box of tissues, loaded from below. Its base slides in or snaps in, its outside is smooth, ribbed or latticed, and its opening is yours to shape.
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BetaCustomizable02Desk Caddy
3D print · two parts, sized in the browser
A shell that slants down to the front, smooth, ribbed or latticed, and an insert that slides into it, divided into compartments of your own.
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BetaCustomizable03Pattern Vase
3D print · shaped in the browser
A vase you shape in the browser, round, square or hexagonal, ribbed, latticed or twisted, or cut with a pattern of holes. Download it as an STL.
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BetaCustomizable04Snap Sleeve
3D print · for Abode sensors and more
Stick it to a door frame once. The sensor slides in, clicks, and lifts out for a new battery. Sized to Abode's sensors or your own object.
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BetaCustomizable05Pattern Panel
SVG file · sized in the browser
A panel of holes for a speaker grille or a vent, drawn in the browser. Make the holes bigger in one place and smaller in another, and download it as an SVG.
Beta access
Blog
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Blog01Graphtec Ledge
3D print · cutter outfeed
A ledge that hooks into the front of a Graphtec CE7000-40, so material leaves the cutter flat instead of catching in the gap below. Free STL.
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Blog02Graphtec Pen Holder
3D print · plotter adapter
An adapter that puts Copic Multiliner pens in a Graphtec plotter, worked out one fit sample at a time.
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Blog03Neiko Battery Cover
3D print · replacement part
A battery cover for an older Neiko digital caliper, to replace one that fell off. It prints in eight minutes. Free STL.
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Tools we use
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Measuring
Digital Calipers
Every project here starts as numbers read off one of these. Stainless, in three lengths, and each reads millimeters, inches and fractions.
- Caliper, 150 mm on Amazon (opens in a new tab)
- Caliper, 200 mm on Amazon (opens in a new tab)
- Caliper, 300 mm on Amazon (opens in a new tab)
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Photographing
Mini Photo Studio
What the Gridfinity photo insert's outlines are photographed in: a 10-inch folding light box with its own LEDs and plain backdrops, so the thing casts no shadow for the tracer to take for its edge.
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3D printing
Bambu Lab printers
What the projects here are printed on: the A1 for quick iterative tests, the P1S and the H2D for the larger prints.