SMT component bulk storage cabinet

This is a storage cabinet for storage of SMT components for hobbyists, based on Grifinity Rebuilt.
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I designed this storage cabinet for organizing SMT components in my workshop.  It uses Gridfinity bins with shelves that are a Gridfinity base with magnets.

The design is open source and at https://github.com/chl33/SMD-Gridfinity. I discuss this storage system and some related designs in my blog post about hobbyist PCB assembly with SMT components: https://selectiveappeal.org/posts/smd-assembly/.

The shelf needs to be printed with supports for the drawer-slide guides on the sides.

I printed everything in PETG.  I apply a little epoxy to the front of bins to help labels stick.  Otherwise the cylindrical shape of printed layers provides little surface area.

I screw M3x5 screws into the bottom of the bins, and press 6x2 neodymium magnets into the spaces for them in the shelves.  I find I can make a stack of the magnets, set the stack over the hole, and whack the top of the stack with a rubber mallet to get the magnet to be seated in place.  Then move the stack to the next location.

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Model origin

The author remixed this model.

Differences of the remix compared to the original

This design uses Gridfinity Rebuilt for the bins and most of the drawer design.

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