SDIY Prints

I’ve mentioned my 3D printed fixtures for the DSO138 and the Kassutronics Wavefolder, but I’ve also printed a few other things for my synth work.

Wire spool holder

There are a bazillion wire spool holder models online, this is another one. I just didn’t feel enthusiastic about any of the ones I found so I designed one. It holds six wire spools 55 mm diameter. I’ve printed three, for my PVC stranded, silicone stranded, and PVC solid wire.

Orange 3D printed wire spool holder
Wire spool holder

Pot and knob shaft gauge

I use both 6.0 mm and 6.35 mm round shaft pots and knobs. Sometimes I can tell the difference by eye. Sometimes not so much. I could whip out my calipers but they might be across the room or down in the basement or out in the garage or some quantum superposition of all three.

So I printed a little gauge I can keep at my electronics workbench.

Square orange 3D printed object with two holes and two protrusions, one each on the left side with the label "6.0" and the others on the right side with the label "6.35".
Pot and knob shaft gauge

Cable hanger

Keeps your modular synth patch cords and other short cables off the floor and out of the way. Unlike wall mounted hangers this can go anywhere. 7 mm center hole allows mounting on a tripod screw or hanging from the ceiling.

Green 3D printed circular cable hanger with various patch cables hanging from it
Cable hanger

Resistor drawers

This is the project that got me to install OpenSCAD, because I wanted a little more front to back depth to accommodate taped resistors. I also wanted one drawer to be two compartments rather than one or three.

Came up with my own drawer labels because I like ordering by mantissa then exponent (i.e. color band order).

It could use some feet underneath, it’s awkward having drawers right at bench level.

3D printed cabinet with 48 small drawers, each labeled with one to three resistor values, standing on a workbench.
Resistor drawers

Downloads

Most of the above are my designs and can be downloaded from Printables:

https://www.printables.com/model/424395-wire-spool-holder

https://www.printables.com/model/428856-pot-and-knob-shaft-gauge

https://www.printables.com/model/462502-cable-hanger

The resistor drawers are from Thingiverse:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3125601

See also:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4707359

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