8 Compartment Magnetic Screw/Washer Holder

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8 Compartment Magnetic Screw/Washer Holder

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Are you tired of losing important screws or washers when you're assembling or disassembling a project??

Well I've got the solution for you!

Introducing the state of the art 8 Compartment Magnetic Holder for an assortment of metal bits and pieces

- Easy to Design and Print

- Eliminates the need for screw hunting

- Compact and easy to store

As you read through this instructable, you'll be able to design one of your very own!

Open AutoDesk Inventor and Begin a New Part

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This is pretty straightforward, open the AutoDesk Inventor application and select "Part" at the home screen

Start 2D Sketch in Any Plane

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Once you have clicked on "Part", click "Start 2D Sketch" and select any one of the orange rectangles, otherwise known as planes

Create the Rectangular Base

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- In the Sketch tab, select rectangle (should already be pre-selected to two point rectangle) and click anywhere in the plane for the starting point

- Afterwards, make the width 8.50 inches and the height 4.10 inches and left click once you are done

Sketch the Horizontal Divider

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- Create another rectangle and place the starting point at the midpoint of the left line (the mouse will detect a green point letting you know that you are at the midpoint)

- Then choose the height as 0.1 inches and width as 8.5 inches

- Afterwards, click on "Dimensions" and choose either horizontal line of the rectangle you just sketched and then clicked the corresponding line of the larger rectangle

- Once the dialogue box pops up, type 2 inches

Create Top and Bottom Divider/Wall

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- At the bottom left corner, create another rectangle with the same dimensions as the middle divider

- Repeat this for the top left corner as well

Create First Vertical Divider

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- Starting at the top left or bottom left corner, create a rectangle with the dimensions being 4.1 inches for height and 0.1 inches for width

Create the Following Vertical Dividers

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- Start another rectangle at the very top line and make the dimensions the same as the initial vertical divider

- Click dimensions and have the space between the two dividers 2 inches

- Repeat this process two more for a total of 5 vertical dividers

Trim the Lines Between the Divider

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- At this point you can delete all Dimensions by clicking on them and pressing delete on the keyboard

- Select "Trim" and begin clicking on each line so that your end product should look like what is shown above

Extrude the Walls

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- Click on the 3D Model Tab and select "Extrude"

- Then click on the bordering walls and choose 1.5 inches as the extrusion length

- Afterwards, on the left side bar click the down arrow next to "Extrusion 1" and right click "Sketch 1" and choose "Share Sketch"

- Another copy of the sketch should now appear above "Extrusion 1"

- Select that sketch and then click Extrude, select every individual square and put the extrusion length to 0.2 inches

Export the File

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Congratulations, you have completed the product!

- Now to be able to print this product click on the "File" tab, "Export", then "CAD Format"

- For the "Save as Type" change it to STL

- Afterwards, press "Options" then change units to inches

- Once this has been done, rename the file as needed and save where you'd like to

Add the Magnets

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- Once you have printed out the part, attach the magnetic squares inside each compartment, each compartment should be able to hold 4 squares in a 2x2 formation

Below is the link for the magnets

https://www.amazon.com/Flexible-Magnet-Squares-Adhesive-House/dp/B06XYLCSQ3/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1517958520&sr=8-4&keywords=magnetic+strips+with+adhesive+backing&dpID=41RyOwFhfPL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch