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Driften
March 7th, 2018, 10:31 PM
I was looking for a cheep pen box for my pens. I was a Hobby Lobby and picked up a wood 8"x10" shadow box with a nice hinged glass lid. I was able to fit two layers of trays in the box for a total of 20 pens. I modeled and printed the trays on my 3D printer and then covered them with fabric. I also tried stick on felt. I think the fabric worked better.

http://driften.dragonsightsoftware.com/images/PenBox-1.png
http://driften.dragonsightsoftware.com/images/PenBox-2.png
On this one with the felt I left the thin row on the end uncovered. It's meant for converters and cartridges.
http://driften.dragonsightsoftware.com/images/PenBox-3.png

After filling the box I decided to make a second box that will also hold 20 pens. I am printing trays to fit is right now.
This box also cost me $13
http://driften.dragonsightsoftware.com/images/ComicBox-1.png
http://driften.dragonsightsoftware.com/images/ComicBox-3.png

Driften
March 8th, 2018, 11:21 AM
I printed the bottom tray for the comic box last night. I have not added the fabric cover yet. That box will actually hold 20 pens, 10 per tray.
http://driften.dragonsightsoftware.com/images/ComicBox-4.png

Driften
March 11th, 2018, 12:35 PM
I finished the comic book box today. I decided to fill it with my vintage pens, the pens I made, and some non-fp's.
I was a fun project that came out nice and also only cost me $13 for the box and materials I already had.

http://driften.dragonsightsoftware.com/images/ComicBox-5.png

BamaPen
March 12th, 2018, 09:03 AM
Nice work! What 3D printer do you have? The size of your trays indicates that your printer has a fairly large capacity.

Driften
March 12th, 2018, 10:12 AM
Nice work! What 3D printer do you have? The size of your trays indicates that your printer has a fairly large capacity.

Lulzbot Taz4 upgraded to a 5 printer. The print bed is large at 280mm x 280mm x 250mm (11.02"x11.02"x9.8")
The trays for the larger box ended up being 251x200x20mm, and for the smaller one 216x146x20mm.

It's a nice printer and I have switched it over to using 1.75mm filament. The smaller size filament is more available in more materials.
I think for my next project maybe I will create the box with the tray built in.

BamaPen
March 12th, 2018, 12:06 PM
How long does it take to print a tray like the ones you've shown here?

Driften
March 12th, 2018, 12:12 PM
How long does it take to print a tray like the ones you've shown here?

The larger tray was 8hrs and the smaller ones 7hrs each.