Milk Carton Storage Boxes

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I was thinking about a cheap, or even free, solution to organize some chaos cabinets and work bench drawers. I found that milk and juice carton boxes are pretty robust and very well suited to be used as organizing boxes. With this printable add-on solution the boxes even become stack-able. Those organizing boxes are very easy to make, handle and clean. And they can actually even look nice. Please visit my Instructable to learn how to make them: https://www.instructables.com/id/Organize-Things-With-Recycled-Milk-Carton-Boxes/ <h2>Select the right size:</h2> Choose the size that fits best for your boxes and if required increase or decrease the length only (important!) by scaling up or down a notch on the corresponding axis in your slicer. The length of the rail should be around 80 to 90% of your boxes length! After printing, install the rails by simply pushing them down the side of your storage box (slide-surface inside and fence-side to the outside, as seen on the pictures). You might want to start to push down on one end and then move on pushing towards the other end. The rails sort of "bite" the edge of the carton box. So, depending on the carton type and thickness you might have to apply more or less force to properly mount them. <h2>Please remember:</h2> this is a recycling project! So please keep the project as green as possible and use bio-degradable printing material. Also it should be possible to print the rails without heating the print bed, since the design contains a feature that should minimize the risk of warping (the rail is splitted in multiple smaller sections to reduce resulting forces; works at least with PLA very well). You can even turn off the layer cooling fan, if you want to tweak the energy consumption a little more. <h2>Do not use too low nozzle temperatures!</h2> It is important to print the rails with a relatively high nozzle temperature to achieve a strong layer adhesion (check your print materials max. print temperature). If the layer adhesion is to low, the part might brake during the mounting procedure or even later. Please also read my Print Settings notes.