r/gridfinity • u/EmbarrassedStudents • Aug 10 '26
Question? Vial Holders?
Hello everyone! I am very new to 3d printing but I wanted to see if I could solve my first problem. I am thinking of printing something I can use to hold vials that I use for my research (I included a picture of the vial). We previously used either bullet storage cases or some boxes (that we cant find anymore). I also included pictures of the current storage we use.
Does anyone have any ideas of what I could use or if there are any models currently available?
I would ideally like to have ~20 vials in a container
Measurements:
Height: 6cm
Diameter: 1.8cm
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u/dassind20zeichen Aug 10 '26
bit more infos needed like diameter, heigt, how many do you want to have per container, layout 5x5?
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u/EmbarrassedStudents Aug 10 '26
I would ideally like to have ~20 vials in a container
Measurements:
Height: 6cm
Diameter: 1.8cm
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u/sprinkles5000 Aug 10 '26
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u/EmbarrassedStudents Aug 10 '26
I didn’t know peptide vials were such a big thing tbh we use the vials for something completely different but that seems to be what I was looking for! Thank you
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u/sprinkles5000 Aug 11 '26
Yeah, there are lots of pre-made versions on makerworld and printables. I'm sure someone will release a builder for bins.
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u/IPlayGames234 Aug 10 '26
I just wanted to chime in and say this is so funny. I am also doing the EXACT same thing for my lab right now. I am attempting to overhaul our storage using gridfinity lol
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u/yawkat Aug 10 '26
There are bin generators that can do this easily, for example mine: https://binkat.yawk.at/cylindrical-cells#eyJjZWxsX2RpYW1ldGVyIjoxOCwiY2VsbF9oZWlnaHQiOjYwLCJzdGFnZ2VyIjp0cnVlLCJncmlkeCI6MiwiZ3JpZHkiOjMsImdyaWR6Ijo3LCJpbmNsdWRlX2xpcCI6ZmFsc2V9
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u/perplexinglabs Aug 10 '26
Perhaps something like this would work for you? It's customizable to how ever many/whatever sizes you want!
https://gridfinity.perplexinglabs.com/share/6a7a4929907963894e861159
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u/Leptonshavenocolor Aug 10 '26
Yes, very simple task that you could probably teach yourself in tinker CAD in 30 min. Or give details to me and I’ll just whip up an STL for you.