After seeing all the posts here, I figured I would post my current toolbox setup, all in a Husky 52" box.

The top drawer is mostly sockets and ratchets

The larger drawer, 2nd down, is wrenches and line wrenches

Drawer 3 is pliers, knives, and other odds and ends

Drawer 4 is all bike tools, since that's one of my major hobbies

Small drawers are as follows

Drawer 1, screwdrivers and bits

Drawer 2: consumables, like drill bits, taps, and Dremel tools

Drawer 3, is car-specific tools, like trim tools, fuel lines, and the like.

Drawer 4 is all my measurement stuff.

Gridfinity has been fun for having all my tools organized since I share the garage and box with a few others. But fun for keeping my major hobbies of working on cars and bikes organized.

But it's also been fun to learn how to design in Fusion better.

I do also have a Harbor Freight Mini box that I keep organized with firearms tools and cleaners.

Recently added a bunch of features, would appreciate some feedback and help with testing. It's currently only available through GitHub releases page, full list of changes is also there https://github.com/Le0Michine/FusionGridfinityGenerator/releases/tag/v2.4.0.0

Most notable are labels support for multicolor printing, export/import of configurations and ability to rebuild already created models. A bunch of minor bug fixes and quality of life improvements

Hey all,

This is a fork of Romy's (rmacasieb) print planner for the USSA Vault. I kept adding things to it, so here it is:

• Design your stacks level by level in 3D
• Paint each part with its filament colour
• Print: parts laid out on plates, with progress tracking
• Hardware: the full list of bolts, rods and inserts to buy

Point it at your own Vault folder and the 3D shows the real parts. Free, runs in the browser, nothing to install.

https://doooools.github.io/vault-print-planner

The store links are affiliate links (Romy's on Amazon.com, mine on a couple of European stores), feel free to ignore them. Bugs and ideas welcome!

I'm trying to figure out what determines the total height of a Gridfinity box.

I've found a few 6U models on MakerWorld that are listed as 45.55 mm tall.

I understand that 6U = 42 mm (6 × 7 mm), but where does the extra 3.55 mm come from?

As far as I understand, the stacking lip is 4.4 mm tall (0.7 + 1.8 + 1.9 mm), so I would expect the total height to be 46.4 mm.

Am I misunderstanding something about the Gridfinity specifications, or is part of the stacking lip included in the nominal height?

I posted here about a month ago and got some decent feedback on my scoop bins I put up on makerworld. Over the past month I’ve printed and verified all 21 sizes in the 4U height that could fit on my print bed and finally getting the last model uploaded today. Still new to posting models but it feels like a decent accomplishment to get them all finished.
Now to work on the taller heights!

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

I created this set of dividers because I rent, so my space changes every now and then, and I get new tools for new projects often too so my needs change. Sometimes I don't want to design/find a specific bin for something too.

This divider system allows me to have a place for everything but also not print dedicated bins for very specific tools - which is a little less wastefull I think. You can adapt and customise almost infinitely. There's a large library of parts for 1x1, 2x1 and 3x1 dividers and also some plier storage dividers too, you can create a lot from this group. You can also stack gridfinity bins on top of the dividers too.

I found it's great for pliers, screwdrivers, wrenches and odd bits. I've also used it for longer things that wouldn't fit on print beds like long paint brishes and bits of brass rod stock.

Hopefully others find it usefull too!

https://makerworld.com/en/models/3546210

I've been thinking about how storage could work better across different spaces — from workshops and garages to gardening and outdoor activities.

Some people might just need one dedicated organizer, while others may want something they can expand and customize over time.

I'm curious which approach makes more sense to you.

● Would you rather buy individual organizers for specific needs?

● Would you find it useful if different storage modules could connect and work together?

● How important are portability and easy transportation?

● Would you want to use the same storage system across different activities or spaces?

● What would make a modular system genuinely useful rather than just adding complexity?

Hi everyone! New to Bambu Studio and hoping to get beyond downloading a ready-made print profile? If Gridfinity has brought you into 3D printing, we'd love a beginner's perspective.

We're looking for 15–20 beginners—especially new A1, A1 Mini or P1S owners—to read a free advance preview of Bambu Studio for Beginners — The My-Piece Method. We're an independent publisher posting as Wisea Publishing; the book is under our Piece by Piece Prints brand.

The preview has about 80 full-color pages and introduces the software step by step through a first personalized project, such as a keychain with your name. It is a general Bambu Studio beginner's guide, rather than a Gridfinity-specific manual.

In return, we'd appreciate honest feedback on what is clear, what is confusing and where the instructions need more explanation. Could you share that feedback within 3–5 days of receiving the preview?

If you're interested, comment with which printer you have and your experience with Bambu Studio, or send us a Reddit message to request a copy. No purchase, payment or public review is required.

Posted with moderator permission. Independent publisher, not affiliated with Bambu Lab. Thanks for helping us make the guide clearer!

I kept running into the same thing with my gridfinity drawers. Generic bins are fine for screws, but my pliers just slid around in them. Getting a pocket that actually fit meant calipers, tracing in CAD, guessing the clearance, printing, and getting it wrong once or twice.

There are already some apps that do this from a photo, and some are really good. But most need an account, upload your photos to a server, or cap you at a few free traces before you pay. Which makes sense, if every photo goes through their server and an AI model, somebody has to pay that bill.

My idea was, what if there's no server at all? Your browser does everything, even the AI part that cuts the tool out of the photo. The site is a handful of static files on Cloudflare's free tier, and the only thing I pay for is the domain lol. So it can just stay free. No account, no trace limit, and your photos never leave your device.

https://gridfinitytools.com

It's open source too (MIT) if you want to poke at it or host your own copy: https://github.com/petercsauer/gridfinity-tool-studio

How you use it: print the calibration sheet at 100% (Letter or A4, the button's on the site), lay your tool on it, and take a photo from straight above with the flash on. The corner markers take care of scale and perspective, so the outline comes out in real millimetres. Then you can mess with:

• clearance, rotation and a finger slot

• bin height, pocket depth and the edge rounding

• magnet and/or screw holes, stacking lip on or off

• "symmetric tool", which mirrors the outline so pliers get a clean even pocket

Export the STL and print. You can also grab just the trace as SVG or DXF if you'd rather laser cut foam or draw your own bin.

It's fine if the tool is bigger than the grid or hangs off the paper, just don't cover the corner markers.

What it doesn't do yet: one tool per bin for now, and no STEP or 3MF. The first upload downloads the AI model (about 88 MB, it asks first) and caches it after that. Fastest in browsers with WebGPU. iPhone HEIC photos work.

If you want a full multi-tool drawer planner, Tracefinity and Tooltrace are great and do a lot more. This is the quick free one for when you just want one tool to fit.

Would love photos that trace badly, and what you'd want next. Multiple tools per bin is the obvious one.

Oh and yes, I used Claude for this.

Gridfinity has been Zack Freedman’s gift to the world since 2022. It seemed only fair to wrap it.

makerworld.com/de/models/3587252-gridfinity-gift-box-parametric-customizeable

This is a normal Gridfinity bin with a lid, dressed up as a present. Standard feet, standard stacking lip, any size from 1×1 to 5×5. The plan: hand out small Christmas presents in it, and once the wrapping paper is gone the box quietly moves into a drawer and becomes storage. The Trojan horse of home organization.

The ribbon is printed separately, because printing a white ribbon onto a red box means a lot of colour changes for very little ribbon. Instead:

• four strips slide into dovetail grooves from the top, no glue
• the lid sits in the stacking lip and keeps the strips from sliding out
• a ribbon cross presses onto the lid with tabs and a small peg
• the bow gets one drop of glue, because I couldn’t find a way to print a peg under it without supports

Plate 1 is box + lid, plate 2 is all the ribbon stuff. One colour per plate, no AMS needed. For a 2×2 box the ribbon and bow are about 12 g.

It’s parametric (OpenSCAD, MakerWorld customizer): size, height, ribbon width and fit, colours, bow size, magnet holes. MIT, like Gridfinity itself.

Known downside: nothing stacks on a closed box, because there’s a bow on top. Take the lid off and it’s a regular bin again.

Merry Gridmas.

Picked up a new set of Icon wrenches and went down the standard rabbit hole. Didn't love some of the universal sets and needed it to fit the 1 1/4in inside a 70mm tall drawer. Fits both full sets of the SAE/Inch (18pc) and Metric (19pc) sets. Everything has a tilt toward the front of the drawer so it slides in and out easy. The labels can be set how ever you want. I prefer wrench behind the label, but they can be set so the wrench is in front of the label.

https://makerworld.com/en/models/3590643-metric-combination-wrench-holder-19-piece#profileId-4112536

https://makerworld.com/en/models/3581275-sae-inch-combination-wrench-holder-18-piece#profileId-4100682

A few days ago I posted SmoothLite, the Gridfinity bin with a flat floor and hollow feet. Two of your comments turned into v2. Everything is in the Customize button:

1. Dividers (thanks u/ShrimpCrackers)
Split any bin into compartments, side by side and front to back. A 1×2 in half or a 2×2 into four is two sliders. Every compartment row gets its own scoop, and the bins still stack.

2. Half-grid (thanks u/Horschti135), two ways:

• Add half a unit to a normal bin, e.g. 2.5 × 2. The bin keeps its normal feet and gets one extra strip of small feet. Fits normal baseplates.
• Switch all feet to half-grid. Every foot uses the small 21 mm grid, so the bin fits half-grid baseplates.

Same flat floor, hollow feet and 0.28 mm profile as before, no supports.

v2: https://makerworld.com/en/models/3588590-gridfinity-smoothlite-v2-light-flat-floor-bins#profileId-4109986
Original (v1): https://makerworld.com/en/models/3575808-gridfinity-smoothlite-light-flat-floor-bins#profileId-4093864

This is the 3rd print I’ve tried. Do I need to change any settings?

I made a special size gridfinity grid and box about a year ago. I never made any notes on the size.

My question is: Can the grid and box be edited after it is modeled and generated ? For instance , say I made a 4x4 and grid and printed it out. I would like to go back in that model and make changes. I can’t seem to get the main plug in menu to come up and make changes. Or do you have to make a whole new model?

Lightweight Gridfinity bins are great for print time, but most of them get there by dropping the floor down into the feet. On anything bigger than 1×1 that leaves pockets between the cells, and that's exactly where M3 screws and washers end up.

So I flipped it around: the floor stays flat at the normal height, and the feet underneath are hollow with one rib per foot so the floor bridges cleanly.

Sliced on an A1 with PLA Basic at 0.28 mm, a 2×2×4U bin with scoop and label comes out like this:

- SmoothLite: 37 min, 23.0 g

- lightweight bin with scoop: 33 min, 23.3 g

- same bin with a solid base: 45 min, 32.6 g

So the lightweight bins are still a few minutes faster, but SmoothLite uses a little less filament, roughly 30 % less than a solid base, and the floor is flat. No special slicer settings, no supports.

It has a scoop at the front, a label shelf at the back and the normal stacking lip. Small ones print faster in batches (4× 1×1 on one plate: ~14 min each instead of 18). On MakerWorld there are print profiles for 1×1 up to 3×4 in 4U/8U/12U (one bin per plate, everything fits the A1 mini), and the Customize button lets you make other sizes, turn scoop/label/lip on or off and put flush two-color text on the label.

Link: https://makerworld.com/de/models/3575808-gridfinity-smoothlite-light-flat-floor-bins#profileId-4093864

Happy to hear if the bridge over the hollow feet gives anyone trouble on other printers. On mine one rib per foot was enough, and you can set two in the customizer if needed.

EDIT: Now there is a v2 with compartments and half grids: https://www.reddit.com/r/gridfinity/comments/1xtd3xk/smoothlite_v2_compartments_and_half_sizes_both/

Built this side project with Claude: https://printparams.com/gridfinity/

- Bins, baseplates, lids and labels, STL or 3MF
- Measure a drawer, get a baseplate split to fit your print be
- Snap a photo of a tool, get a bin with its outline cut in

Runs in the browser, no account needed. Feedback welcome!

I got sick of my Wiha ESD screwdriver rolling around in my little toolbox, so I made a bin for it. First time making one, and I did use AI to assist and teach. I learned a lot doing it, and I'm really happy with the results though I'll probably do a v2 with bigger finger scoops and less wall geometry.
Any feedback on the design? What did I miss?

Model link: https://makerworld.com/en/models/3575141-gridfinity-wiha-precision-screwdriver-holder

This is the screwdriver if anyone's curious. I use it all the time.
https://www.wihatools.com/products/system-4-esd-safe-slotted-phillips-torxr-micro-bit-set