ER32 Collet Tray in plastic

[Joco]

So I have a nice bundle of ER32 collets, 20 in all but having them in their individual boxes is a bit fiddly. So after looking at the online costs for wooden trays which only held 18 units I thought about this 3d printer sitting there and crying out to be used.  Hmmm ... little trays of 4 Collets, 5 of them and I have my 20 collets covered.  I can also arrange them in my draws to suit better than a big single long one ala the wooden ones being sold.
First order of business was to mock up a design for a single collet and them move from there.

Pic #1: A hacked up version with minimal infill and high speed printing just to get it off the print bed fast.   Visual inspection looked promising.

Pic #2: And it fits.  Perhaps not as high as I would like, so next version will be 5mm taller which will hold a little more of the collet body while still having a good amount to grab a hold of.   Got to love the ability to model and modify this sort of thing until you are completely happy with the result.  :thumbup:
Then its on to making a version for holding four and mass producing a few of them.

Cheers,
J.

[Jo]

And you could make them in different colours to help find the ones you use most 

These 3D printers are looking more interesting 

Jo

[Joco]

And you could make them in different colours to help find the ones you use most 

These 3D printers are looking more interesting 

Jo

They are a great way to mock up an idea before heading to making it in something more solid. Also if you are into your own casting I have seen some great write ups of using them to make forms.  It's a cool tech thats for sure but just another tool that has a place. I'm having some fun with my homegrown RepRap. 

[Jasonb]

You could add some form of keyway or dovetail to the sides then you could lock them all together like a jigsaw puzzle rather than have all the individual blocks moving about.

Myself I just drilled a few holes in some 6mm Melamine faced MDF to take my 21 metric and 5 imperial collets. Few spacers on te back and they drop in nicely.

[wagnmkr]

One of many different designs on Thingiverse ... http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:11141

Free for all, just give credit to the designer of whatever you print.

I have printed er16 and er32 ones.

Tom

[bp]

Not having a 3D printer I just sliced lengths of pvc water pipe, about 30mm inside dia by about 30mm long, and using plumbers pvc pipe adhesive stuck them all together.  I have a full set of metric collets + plus some duplicates and about 5 or 6 imperial ones, probably 30 in total.  This set up fits in a small and relatively cheap set of steel drawers from the local "Supercheap Auto", the collets actually sit on the soft plastic tray liner in the bottom of the drawer.  Problem solved!!
As I also have a set of ER11 collets, I used a similar process for keeping them neat and tidy.  Smaller plastic pipe obviously.
cheers
Bill

[Flyboy Jim]

I made a collet holder, for my ER16 collets, out of some nice 3/4" birch plywood and had it in a drawer. Then, since I was using the collets so much, I beveled one edge and mounted it on chip shield for my lathe.




Now that said........I think it would be way cool to have a 3D printer to play with and make all kinds of neat holders and such! One of my neighbors just got one. Need to go check it out.................and also his home brew refrigerator that is out in his shop. 

Jim

[Joco]

Not having a 3D printer I just sliced lengths of pvc water pipe, about 30mm inside dia by about 30mm long, and using plumbers pvc pipe adhesive stuck them all together.  I have a full set of metric collets + plus some duplicates and about 5 or 6 imperial ones, probably 30 in total.  This set up fits in a small and relatively cheap set of steel drawers from the local "Supercheap Auto", the collets actually sit on the soft plastic tray liner in the bottom of the drawer.  Problem solved!!
As I also have a set of ER11 collets, I used a similar process for keeping them neat and tidy.  Smaller plastic pipe obviously.
cheers
Bill

Nice solution Bill.  If I had the appropriate PVC pipe in stock I think I'd follow your solution. Very elegant.

Cheers,
J.


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[Joco]

I made a collet holder, for my ER16 collets, out of some nice 3/4" birch plywood and had it in a drawer. Then, since I was using the collets so much, I beveled one edge and mounted it on chip shield for my lathe.




Now that said........I think it would be way cool to have a 3D printer to play with and make all kinds of neat holders and such! One of my neighbors just got one. Need to go check it out.................and also his home brew refrigerator that is out in his shop. 

Jim

Jim - for what it's worth check out the fridge then the printer in that order.  ;-)


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[Flyboy Jim]

Not having a 3D printer I just sliced lengths of pvc water pipe, about 30mm inside dia by about 30mm long, and using plumbers pvc pipe adhesive stuck them all together.  I have a full set of metric collets + plus some duplicates and about 5 or 6 imperial ones, probably 30 in total.  This set up fits in a small and relatively cheap set of steel drawers from the local "Supercheap Auto", the collets actually sit on the soft plastic tray liner in the bottom of the drawer.  Problem solved!!
As I also have a set of ER11 collets, I used a similar process for keeping them neat and tidy.  Smaller plastic pipe obviously.
cheers
Bill

Nice solution Bill.  If I had the appropriate PVC pipe in stock I think I'd follow your solution. Very elegant.

Cheers,
J.


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But you have a 3D printer. You could always print some PVC pipe! 

Jim

[Joco]

But you have a 3D printer. You could always print some PVC pipe! 

Jim

At the moment the blasted printer is packing a sad and not holding hotend temps properly.  The PID is not handling the speeds I'm throwing at it for the larger print. Going to have to slow things down a bit.

J


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[bruedney]

I'll have some ER11 ones please 

Bruce

[Joco]

While I fight with my printer here is the target I am looking to make. The idea is to be able to make blocks holding 4 collets that can all be placed in a drawer. I don't think I need to come up with a way to lock them all together at this point, but we shall see how we go.   There are many examples on thingieverse, the idea here was to (a) continue to extend my learning of Fusion 360 and (b) get a simple tray that I could modify as I saw fit.   With the parameters in this model tuning to, for example ER11 collets, should be pretty simple.

Cheers,
J.

[wagnmkr]

While I fight with my printer here is the target I am looking to make. The idea is to be able to make blocks holding 4 collets that can all be placed in a drawer. I don't think I need to come up with a way to lock them all together at this point, but we shall see how we go.   There are many examples on thingieverse, the idea here was to (a) continue to extend my learning of Fusion 360 and (b) get a simple tray that I could modify as I saw fit.   With the parameters in this model tuning to, for example ER11 collets, should be pretty simple.

Cheers,
J.

You are absolutely correct in using it to learn more about Fusion 360. That is mainly why I bought my printer, but it hasn't worked quite as advertised. I have drawn a few very simple things, but when I try to go for something more complicated I get so bogged down with it that I get fed up with the whole process. I have to admit it is just to cool to draw something,then  press a couple of buttons and print it!

Tom

[kvom]

Similar to Jason, I made a holder for R8 collets from a sheet of nylon.  But I've been contemplating buying a 3D printer (among many other things   ).