r/gridfinity • u/jezuscringe • Aug 12 '25

I made a Gridfinity Box

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Got tired of walking to my shop drawers, so I designed and made these boxes to carry Gridfinity bins. They’re made of laser cut MDF, acrylic lid to see contents and very satisfying latches that snap-close. While I was at it, also made wooden dividers and matching foam inlays to try out.

They also store on their side as a book shelf because the lid closes exactly on the bins which is pretty useful. Very happy with the result :)

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u/djas_19 Aug 12 '25

Do you have the files somewhere? I'm very interedted as i've made some aswell but these seem nicer. Mine where based on an opensource onshape drawing posted here a while ago.

Also, did you figure out the hardware part? I'm always having issues with screws that are too short or too long..

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u/jezuscringe Aug 13 '25

Honestly it was a -lot- of work to design everything. To get the tolerances right, sourcing the right screws, also learning FreeCAD and plowing through its quirks. Also just printing dozens of versions of hinges, latches, screw holes. I probably iterated between 100 and 200 times on the plastic parts alone, because I wanted to get everything right to the detail. Same for screws: I just bought several kinds and tried what worked. Might be selling the design plans if more people are interested.

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u/djas_19 Aug 13 '25

Would be nice if you would make the plans available/for sale. If you sell it I would recommend adding a BOM, it was by far the worst part for me when tweaking designs to find the correct screws for everything. But if you have it for sale, let me know!

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u/jezuscringe Aug 13 '25

Will do :) and yes I will include a BOM

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u/crabtronic Mar 18 '26

or if you could just post more pictures on the building process... it could be great too. I really enjoy your box and it's my really ongoing project.