Building The Ultimate assortment Cabinet! - 3D Printed assortment boxes!
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- čas přidán 12. 02. 2020
- I'm making the ultimate assortment cabinet
Make sure to check out the new and updated version of these assortment boxes from my website
www.alch.shop/
Here you can also find all the build plans for this and many more projects.
(the version of the boxes shown in this video is still free to download from my website)
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My favorite 3d printer: shop.prusa3d.com/#a_aid=ALCH
Some of my favorite tools:
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Orbital sander: amzn.to/2xglSBs
Track-saw: amzn.to/2Q07Bj7
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Jigsaw: amzn.to/2vQtbj1
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DYMO label tip: Don't press print every time you enter something. Make a long list with 3 or 4 spaces in between each thing you want. You will save loads of label.
great tip! thanks :)
On most label printers there is also a “chain” option which means that it doesn’t advance the tape enough to be cut off, just enough to print the next thing. Very useful on less powerful lablers that only allow entering a fixed amount of characters.
Correct, anders verlies je teveel tape.. De minimale tablengte om af te knippen is anders te lang (ik denk 12 mm langs beide kanten, per label x uw aantal labels...)
or just use a slide over plastic piece or creased lips on the label holder so you can use normal printer paper and just replace the labels when needed, like a grocery store label.
Well, now I feel dumb for having not been doing this. It's a good tip!
The concrete block thing is a solid flex.
fucking genius
Ah, I see what you did there. ;)
yeah, heavy flex
@@paragjyotideka1246lol
This is the greatest use of 3D printers I've seen relevant to woodworking - thank you!
I recommend also when people do this have the little boxes have a rounded inner edge so you can more easily get the last screw/bolts out of the box.
To get the last screw just turn over a single box =) it takes more time to print these boxes with rounder inner edge cause of bigger wall thickness in the corners.
I like how you used 3d printing along side the woodworking! Those jigs were genius!
thanks :)
Right!?! I agree 100%
Lots of boxes in boxes in boxes. I liked for the 3D printed ones - a great alternative to the ones on the market with adjustable dividers that always seem to pop out of place every time I dig for a fastener. Good project!
I would imagine a bit of hot glue would end that madness of the dividers coming loose.... need to try it myself.
Looks far better than any store bought cabinet. Love the orange handles on the front. Very nice. Must have taken you an absolute age to do this.
My favorite moment of this video is at 11:04 when you drop the cabinet to the floor and it perfectly matches the height of your worktable. Love your videos.
Great cabinet, can't imagine the hours of printing for this project. One of the best cabinet builds I have seen on CZcams so far. Now it's time to fill up the boxes :)
Just discovered your channel and this is some great stuff. Printing all those boxes must have taken forever! The build quality and thought you put into this is impressive, especially like the weights in the back. Subbed!
Thanks Phil! Really appreciate the kind words :)
I really enjoy watching how different people build drawers, everyone seems to go about it in their own way. I think that you can tell a lot about a person and their personality ie how they approach life and problem solving by the method they use to make drawers.
This IS ONE OF THE MOST USEFULL video on the CZcams !!!
This is great! Thank you for being so detailed. My club at school is going to try to build something like this to get organized. Thank you again!
I’m not even sure how I found your channel but I stuck around to watch a few videos. Now I’m more of a metal working kinda guy but man, I have to say 1. You’re definitely very skilled and 2. I really enjoy how you explain your thought process while building something and your use of 3D printed brackets is genius!!
sweet lord of filaments 🤯
That's an incredible amount of work and an amazing result. Beautifully done!
My 3D printer: "Dun you think about it !!".
This is actually the first 10+ minute video on youtube I've watched all the way for like 6 months. Awesome content and the concrete blocks is such a nice idea. I work in the metal fabrication industry and pick tools from very high priced tool cabinets on a daily basis.... that only allows you to open one drawer at at time, which can be really annoying.
Subbed =)
I have the number of all of hobbies all which create mess. I have been heading towards my solution using ply. I have recently ordered a 3D printer to solve the little boxes problem. You Alex are 100 steps ahead and have just made my life very easy. The Old adage "there is nothing new under the sun" proves true here. You have trumped me on this adventure and I thank you sir. Great admiration for your efforts and thank you once again. Great video. You now have a loyal subscriber.
This is actually one of the best DIY Videos I have seen. You are a really clever man. And I assume you did plan this extremly well.
Even more: This is the best use of 3D printing I have seen so far. Like the templates for the door handel router-ing or the door montage templates. Genius! I do love it.
Beautifully designed! It makes me want to rush out and buy lots and lots of extra nuts, bolts, washers, etc., to justify making one myself!
That was an insane amount of work, but the results were fantastic. I would love to know the weight of the loaded and unloaded case.
Thanks! I love the enthusiasm, plans and generosity.
Awesome job, we are always looking for new ideas for storage around the shop. Form and Function. I love the idea of printing your own bins, that means if one gets damaged you always know where you can get a replacement.
I just finished building this, kind of...It is amazing! I redesigned to have a full cabinet depth of drawer space with ball bearing type slides that fully extend.
Made these with his new square boxes with the base grids.
The drawers (18 of them) hold 6 boxes wide, 8 boxes deep, 48 per drawer, 864 total “slots” if I do all 1x1s. Chose not to go with the concrete in the bottom in order to get as much space as possible. Cabinet is done, still a ton of 3D printing left to do.
I only have one printer, so about 1700 hours of printing needed or about 70 days of total print time if I was 24/7 printing, which I’m not. I estimate around 26-30kg of filament needed (for my setup).
So be prepared if you want to attempt this, and yes, it’s worth it!
@charles I am hoping to do something similar to what you did. I even bought a 3d printer in hopes of making my own custom boxes using his plans. I originally bought 8 Milwaukee small parts storage holders but that would only give me about 100 individual spaces for parts. I like that this system is customizable for parts that will only take up a small space (I prefer having a place for Everything!). Any other details of your build? Video? Would really be interested to see it.
This is amazing! Now I just need a 3D printer 😂 just fund your channel and I really enjoy the content! The visuals, the quality of the projects and the way you present it.
I really like how perfectly sized the drawers and the inserts are to each other
Wow - this is an excellent storage unit for all kinds of hardware! Superlatives, for everything: concept, design, build, video, usefulness, 3D-printing patience!!! Super well done!
Awesome build! Gonna save this!
i know you have dust collection, but would seriously suggest wearing a mask when using mdf. that stuff is nasty if it gets in your lungs !
@@peirisimon I kinda like MDF dust in my lungs...
This is amazing, wish I had the tools to build one, definitely need it LOL! Good job!
Definitely implementing this system when I hopefully get a shop in the future. Thank for doing all this work and being willing to share it all.
Alexandre, thanks for the great idea. I bought your drawings and modified the boxes by making them only 46mm high.
I build my chest of drawers from similar black coated plywood as you used. It has 8 drawers each holding 8x4 boxes for a total of 256.
I printed the boxes, grids and drawer handles on my Creality CR-6 SE, which took 12 days of continuous printing. Thanks!
You've single handedly given me all the ammunition I need to convince my wife exactly why I NEED a 3D printer!! Really amazing job very impressed.
I have bought one on easter. arrived on Monday the week after, Filament came on Wendsday. printing since then. already did cookie Cutters, Micro SD card storage and like 8 Montana masks yet. only like 15 bucks of filament extruded till now
Everything he did you can do without a 3D printer, probably faster and cheaper.
@@eatmedrinkme9628 So, I put a lot of thought into this. I consulted friends who are much smarter than I am. While you can make boxes similar to these faster or cheaper in other ways, getting this many boxes in exact dimensions with this particular internal grabber/label location and still have it be sturdy is not easy to achieve. Especially considering that once you get your printer settings dialed in, you can press go and walk away while the boxes are printing. You can't do that while vacuum forming. Using a CNC creates a lot of waste and will require breaking the boxes into two parts. Everything else will be very energy-intensive.
3D Printers aren't the answer to all problems, but sometimes they are a helpful tool to have access to.
@@TanyaHakala schaller bins come pretty close. You can definitely get the label spot, although it's a separate part
@@Nidkidful I saw someone link to them in another post. They are indeed very close and, let me tell you, I wish I knew about them about 40 boxes ago. XD
I spend most of my time on CZcams watching DIY and how to videos, and I have to say, you have grabbed my attention! This video was very entertaining, with a good combination of music to explanation, and talking. You are a great creator and I very much look forward to seeing more content from you!
I love this Lego methodology to sorting. You start with repeatable basic building blocks that can be arranged or expanded in near limitless ways. Perfect mix of simplicity and complexity.
Nice job on the cabinet. it's super cool that you shared your files with everyone for free, that's awesome.
That is absolutely brilliant! Every little detail thought of. I love the concrete blocks in the back...
This pleased my organizing OCD a great deal. I use so many of those bin systems you have. Lol. Very nice sir.
That is a very nice cabinet, and I love how you really thought things out, that were problems with previous systems.
I haven’t felt this happy about a video of creativity and workshop. As an individual with crazy ocd, perfectionism and organization issues lol this was extremely satisfying to watch.
Wow is all I can say. You are a legend.
Also love that you sandbagged ;) that little counterweight trick... awesome video and please keep them coming!
Thomas Boe-Wiegaard Ferrari f1 cart lol! Amazing project and great channell
This is an amazing project. A lot of work, what matters is the end result. You can say: I made this
I built something a lot like this a few years ago, mostly for smaller parts. Always interesting to see how other people solve similar problems!
I really enjoyed watching your video, Thank you so much for your time
This is a good idea, I don't have the woodworking skills or equipment though so i just scaled the box to fit some store bought draws
I just discovered your channel through my YT home page, man, you're a freaking nerdy maker, impressive work!
With that said, using a 3D printer to print a jig that would take a few minutes to make from ply or MDF, no wonder why you embraced an engineer career 😄😄
Love your style and your work though, I will have to dig into your videos: I'm curious to see more of your workshop, which looks like a dream shop!!
Right?! Why am I just now being recommended his videos?
Printing time ignored (because you don't do anything you just wait) there is absolutely no way you could make that jig faster out of wood than plastic. Modelling and set up time for printing is probably 5 to 10 minutes. It is also going to be cheaper. That much plastic is probably 25 to 50 cents. If you needed it right now yeah sure make it out of wood, but if you're planning ahead like he clearly did, design the part and start the print one afternoon while sitting in your underwear watching TV. You also could not make either of those jigs anywhere near as accurately as 3d printing them. The oval shaped router jig, who knows what random size that is. You had better hope you have the right forstner bit or you figure out some other clever way of making them. But since you're probably going to have to cut in the flat sides with a jig or scroll saw, they aren't going to be perfectly straight or square. The face jigs have a recessed corner in them, so unless you have a very expensive power mortising jig you're going to be hacking at them with a chisel which is slow and is only as accurate as the skill of the user. So like I said unless you need a jig right freaking now and can't afford to wait a few hours, there is literally no benefit to making them out of wood.
And if you believe that I am wrong, I am more than happy to have a competition with you to see which method is faster.
@@14768 I think a laser cut machine could do that task in 3mm MDF in less than 5 days, with basically the same precision and maybe a smaller cost, depending on the cost of MDF and electricity in the area
AWESOME video and AWESOME project...... I love the shot where the sunlight is sweeping over the desk. Thanks for sharing.
That´s AWESOME!!!! I cant imagine the time you invest on this.
I'm going to echo all the other people, as I can't believe you don't have more subs. This wouldn't be out of place on bloody television, it's that professional. Maybe the fact that this video ended up in my recommended list is a good sign, and the CZcams algorithm has finally exposed you to more people! Subbed with bell on!
I think exactly like you, and i did the same sub with bell on!
@@ivansimic1878 same just signed up as well ...more of these videos woodworking & 3d printing templates projects
Random- but love the default pic. :D
Traditional television sucks. This is definitely better than that garbage
Amaaaazing
Thank yooooooou :)
If you made chart for understanding your philosophy for organizing Metric & Standard screw, nuts, bolts, and nails (gauges) I would buy it in a heartbeat.
As someone who has a Japanese car (metric), lives in the us (imperial), rode many bicycles (metric), and is originally from a country that uses the metric system.
It would cure a level of internal confusion that's probably taking up headspace which should be used for creating things.
AMAZING! That is so awesome!
Good work! Very good example that 3d printing is so usefull at workshop ;)
And this not just in the workshop but also for sewing kit organisation with all threads needles and all. I would like to do that in the kitchen for the assorted cutlery -knives and forks, easy for the kids to learn as well. Great product- easy to make and versatile too. Thank you.
0:35 I also like to organize some things.
looks at the table behind him.
Excellent mixture of technique such as brad nails for lower stress drawers and biscuits for the high stress cabinets. The end result was very polished.
Simply brilliant, knacky, ingenious!!!
8:10 Yup, I've done that. Good times.
I love how well planned out your projects are! You have a great ability to approach problems with creative solutions and I love your use of FDM 3D printing to not only make finished parts, but guides and tools for manufacturing. Really clean finished product!
It has to be a big relief to finally have all of the little stuff in one place and easily accessible!
That's one mini mountain out of the way. :)
I love EVERYTHING about this! OMG...my brain is just thinking of all the projects with the nuts, bolts, and bits so easily findable!
My ocd sees your and like it lol. That’s a awesome build and I’m getting to a point like that in my shop
The quality of this content is of the calibre I'd expect from a channel with millions of subscribers. This is definitely the start of something bigger. Great stuff!
I am immensely impressed and envious in equal measure. Marvellous stuff.
By far the best solution I’ve seen. And thanks for putting up the 3D files. 🙏🏼
Only thing I would change is to move the casters a little to the inside, so they don't stick out under the cabinet. Love the combination of 3d printed parts and woodwork. Great job.
I should build something similar, because I hate buying sorting boxes and after a while they are not available anymore so you have to get a different kind that doesn't fit the with the old ones.
i know you have 100 of one type. one breaks and can't get another. So have to deal with it or buy a whole new set and then have that whole partial set left over.
Legos! I need this for thousands of Lego elements!
That's why I clicked on this too.
What a great, inspiring project. It fills a certain kind of want just looking at it.
Love your little security feature of not letting it tip over. Great plans
After this was all done, I was like.. I want 4 of them. So much printing.
get 4 3d printers 😜
You can buy the boxes at this web site ( www.schallercorporation.com/quick-order/ )
I think they are less expensive than the filament to print them.
Top Dymo tip, print multiple labels by insetting 2 spaces between each word. Even at the smallest tab setting, it wastes a ton of tape on single prints. You should get 15 labels per single print and save maybe 20 cm of tape.
Also, buy one of the printers with USB-port and print from a computer. The keyboards on those things are terrible and the interface arcane.
The keyboard on his dymo is actually pretty good...
I love this video!! It's as if you were in my studio finding all my storage container problems and SOLVING them! Thank you!!
Excellent follow through, I can imagine there were times you wondered why.....why...WHY??!!! Great having a cabinet like that in the workshop 👍
Looking at this beautiful work is
joyful
kudos dude what an undertaking
Love this build and I like the "sandbag" blocks. I was wondering if you considered making vertical boxes on top of the blocks to hold things like dowel, metal rods, lead screws and etc making use of the void that is left back there?
Hey Alexandre, what was the approximate cost on this build, 3d printing and all...?
I was searching for this answer to
not worth it
@@vilmot.4567 define worth? Value is percieved.
Rough estimates 6 reels of PLA = £100 2 sheets of MDF = £80 (it's pricey at the moment) 4 Castors = £15 Drawer runners = £40 Materials alone approx £235 / $315
@@arontoms3085 thanks Aron. I appreciate the info.
A wonderful project. That must have been SOOOOOOO satisfying.
Very cool. Well done and clever.
Can’t believe you only have 18000 subs. This is a million subs channel! 👍😀
he must have lost 5k subs recently or your dyslexic because it says 13k for me
@@darkshadowsx5949 That should be "You're dyslexic" HTH.
either way his sub count has almost doubled since then
There are now, 69.6k subs.. so clearly CZcams is doing something right.
Did I miss the part where you mentioned what filament you used to print these containers?
Finally started printing these boxes Alex. After having the cabinet plans for ages I went back and grabbed your assorted set and a few of the stackable ones. It’s hard to find 19mm MDF here in Australia so I just changed a few of the measurements for 18mm boards and made sure the drawer size and inner cabinet dimensions were the same. Waiting on a quote for the parts to be cut as I don’t have a table saw. Thanks again for your creativity and enthusiasm. 👍🏼
That cabinet and 3D printed bins are absolutely brilliant.
5:28 "I like my stuff organized"
Wow! And he 3D printed all the parts boxes, amazing!
Jeah! It took forever 😅
Awesome!!! Lot of boxes
That was amazing 🤯!!! I love organization stuff. I need this!
Amazing! I would create something like that for myself because I have OCD too 😬😀👍👏
Instead of 3D printing, I would source those boxes and get angle moulding or something to create tab insert 🙂
That was so much work (and I watched the whole thing) I would feel guilty if I didn't give it a thumbs up and a Sub.
I love everything about this. So happy that I found this channel.
Great build! Thank you for sharing your awesome project.
What a great video, love the mix of woodworking skills and modern technology of 3D printing combined.
Bloomin marvelous me thinks. 👍👍👍
Incredible, ive been wanting something like this im my shop, how many spools did you go through to print all the boxes?
This is my question as well. How many, and what length of spools?
OUTSTANDING!!!! WOW I really like it.
Great job. Thanks for sharing.
Very nice project! But, good LORD, never chamfer with a handheld router like that again!!!! Please use a fixed router table, or at the very least secure the piece you are chamfering to a table if you want to use the router handheld! You have obviously never had a router bit kick back at you. That bit could completely cripple your hand for life!
Good lord shut up youtube expert
@@axtra92 I'm not a CZcams expert, I'm a woodworker. Kevin is right - if you value your fingertips, don't use a router like that.
My first thoughts were "Don't try this at home!" I've never seen anyone EVER use a router like that.
13:32 I see what you mean. Yikes! Manipulating a power tool like that is a good way to have a bad day! Fix the work or fix the tool :(
@@axtra92 people that make such comments like yours and people that like comments like yours are ignorant.
I hope no one takes notes and uses a router like that, that is the fastest way to route a hole in your hand or carve small chunks of your fingers. Respect your power tools.
Bravo. I've bought some of those sortimo type boxes but always ended up with too many large boxes. Never thought of printing my own. How many spools of filament did you use for the boxes?
All of them
1x1 Box uses 33g of filament. 1 x 4 Uses 108g of filament. 432 boxes of 1x1 would be just over 14kg of filament. A 36 tray drawer of 1x1 would be 1.2kg of filament.
Awesome project, buddy! Thanks for sharing!
This is fantastic, mouth said. Really well thought out
Great build!
Did you spec the caster wheels properly?
I've made that mistake once :D
I think we've all made that mistake at least once haha
Only thing I would add, old coin drawers had a swept edge to the front of the divider box to make it easier to remove the coins or in your case hardware.
This. Just adding a small fillet in the front of the inside bottom and it makes it very easy to swipe a part out with your finger :)
As nice as they are, they reduce the volume of the container. In this case, it's way easier to just lift it from the drawer and tip a couple out.
@@cabe_bedlam I would sacrifice 5% volume loss for this ease of use.