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Learning CAD is quite the adventure. Mostly a hit and miss project. Just keep throwing shit at the wall till something sticks. But it's a whole bunch of fun.

Anyway, I bought this countersink set that did not have any storage solution with it. I didn't want them just rolling around in my tool box getting broken so I downloaded this cool box on MakerWorld and printed it out. Then in my cad program I designed an insert try to fit nicely in the box and put it all together.

The tools fit snugly in their respective slots, even one in the bottom for the Hex key.

This is my first shot at a Pic8 album, hopefully it shows correctly.

Learning CAD is quite the adventure. Mostly a hit and miss project. Just keep throwing shit at the wall till something sticks. But it's a whole bunch of fun. Anyway, I bought this countersink set that did not have any storage solution with it. I didn't want them just rolling around in my tool box getting broken so I downloaded this cool box on MakerWorld and printed it out. Then in my cad program I designed an insert try to fit nicely in the box and put it all together. The tools fit snugly in their respective slots, even one in the bottom for the Hex key. This is my first shot at a Pic8 album, hopefully it shows correctly.
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Which CAD app did you use?

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FreeCad. It's great. I started this journey with Plasticity but there were 2 problems with it.

1: There are no really GOOD tutorials on it. It was just a nightmare trying to learn.

2: I discovered along the way that it is not "Parametric". Which means if you design some cool Doo Dad and discover late in the project that you made some hole or piece the wrong size or whatever you cannot just go fix it. You have to go back and undo that hole by patching/filling or some nonsense and then make a new hole. In FreeCad you can just go back and select the hole and make it a different size.

I don't know why anyone would use a non parametric cad program. That was a deal breaker for me.

Also, I found an amazing tutorial series on jewtube for FreeCad.

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That's awesome, I started going down the path of freeCAD but decided to start with onShape for easier onboarding

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That is killer, you should post the tutorial series either here or in /s/theacademy

Awesome work though, keep it up. I'm looking forward to more of your stuff and it might motivate me to upgrade my current printer.

Maybe I could give my old one away here for someone just starting out if I upgrade.

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That's a good idea. And Thank you, I am really enjoying the whole experience.

I did a super cool custom project for my son tonight, will post it tomorrow if it prints well.