Wall Boxes
When you have a desk as messy as mine, organization is always helpful. I have a wall next to my desk that is relatively empty, so I figured it would be really cool if I had some drawers that could connect with each other on my wall.
brainstorm
The first step of any project is to draw up some sketches. I knew I wanted a cubical drawer system based around a trapezoidal connector, so I drew those up first. I then figured out some dimensions and put them into a CAD software to see how everything would fit together.
Once a basic version of the design was drawn in CAD, I made some connector test pieces, sliced them in my slicer software, and sent them to my 3D printer.
Prototype
Because of how 3D printer tolerances can be a little funky, it is very rare for a printed part to exactly match a part made in CAD. So I made a couple test files for the connectors and tested them against each other.
The second version of the connectors seemed to work well, so I took those dimensions, put them into my original design, and started printing my wall boxes.
Final Design
My wall boxes are now complete! One cube is mounted to the wall, which means that the other cubes can be slid into a wide variety of shapes and designs. Each box takes about 6-7 hours to print both the outer shell and the drawer, otherwise I would have filled my entire wall already, but don’t worry… I’ll get there!