Design Files

Protolab space

The physical Protolab and its layout makes use of the machines we have available. Here are projects and files that can be reiterated and built upon!

Shelving

We have many prior projects and book resources that needed to be on display, so we created a couple of shelves. These were designed in Fusion360, and then through RhinoCam prepared for CNC milling. It consists 4 planks of 300x18mm, 2 planks of 300x18mm, and 20 L-brackets.

Assets:

Designing

• Flat shelf 3dm file
• Shelf dxf file

CNC milling on TRex machine

There are a couple spare L-brackets stored in the electronics corner that can be used for future shelves.

Assets:

Designing

• L-Brackets dxf file

CNC milling on TRex machine

• 12x L-Brackets path for screws
• 12x L-Brackets path for cuts

Pegmount pieces

The electronics and tools hub was in need of mounting pegs. Using this thingiverse project by Eric Anastas as a basis, I adjusted the dimensions and formats for the space and tools we have. These I then printed with the Bambu 3D printers, primarily the Carbon machine.

Assets:

Project files

• Fusion360 with all the adjustable mounting pieces

STL files

• Single Hook

• Double Hook

Notes on designing:

• Pay attention to the irregularities and restrictions of the pegboard wall, and take things like its seams into account when producing more pegmounts.
• For some mounts, I used 2 seperate single hooks, ans for others I used 1 double hook. This can be played around with to make most use of the space on the pegboard.
• The files available on the thingiverse project are not meshes. If you want to import a tool that isn’t in the fusion360 file yet, convert it so you can make adjustments.

Notes on 3d printing:

• The hooks are seperate pieces to the mounts, so that they can be printed in the orientation that attains the most strength. This is the same for the sliding element on the mounts, as irregularities make the attaching a lot more inconvenient.
• In the thingiverse project are image examples of how to best nest on the printing beds
• As 3D printing and its variety in filament is sensitive to changing variables such as temperature, I had to change offsets between the hooks and sliders of the mounting pieces. If you find the hooks to be very difficult to slide in, increase the offset value in the parameters before exporting your piece. Even a little adjustment can make a difference.