3D render of the Gridfinity Starter Set: a graphite baseplate filled with white, orange and teal bins
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Gridfinity Starter Set

A drawer organizer you can keep adding to. The baseplate has 16 pockets on a 42 mm grid, and every bin has feet that drop into the pockets, so you can move the bins around and swap them for others. This set has one large 2 × 2 bin, two 2 × 1 bins (one with a divider), four 1 × 1 bins (one with a finger scoop for small screws) and a long 4 × 1 bin with a label shelf. Together they fill the plate, and bins of the same size stack. It follows the open Gridfinity system by Zack Freedman, so it works with thousands of other Gridfinity bins and plates. Nothing needs supports.

  • 9printed parts
  • 17 × 17 × 5 cmassembled (L × W × H)
  • ≈ 0.3 kgfilament in total
  • 172 mmbed size needed for the baseplate and the 4 × 1 bin; the other bins fit any printer
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Baseplate
Bins

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In the download

7 parts, ready to print

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Baseplate

172 × 172 mm, 4.65 mm thick: 16 pockets on a 42 mm grid inside a 2 mm frame. The pockets are open underneath, so the plate is light and lies flat in a drawer.

Size
172 × 172 × 5 mm
Print
Flat on the bed, no supports. A smooth bed gives a clean bottom.
Filament
≈ 33 g
STL 0.5 MB

Bin 2 × 2

83.5 × 83.5 mm and 42 mm tall (6 units), for tools, tape or chargers.

Size
84 × 84 × 46 mm
Print
Standing on its feet, no supports.
Filament
≈ 63 g
STL 0.2 MB

Bin 2 × 1

83.5 × 41.5 mm and 21 mm tall (3 units).

Size
84 × 42 × 25 mm
Print
Standing on its feet, no supports.
Filament
≈ 27 g
STL 0.1 MB

Bin 2 × 1 with divider

The same size, split in two by a wall across the middle.

Size
84 × 42 × 25 mm
Print
Standing on its feet, no supports.
Filament
≈ 28 g
STL 0.1 MB

Bin 1 × 1 × 3

41.5 × 41.5 mm and 21 mm tall (3 units), for small parts.

Size
42 × 42 × 25 mm
Print
Standing on its feet, no supports.
Filament
≈ 46 g
STL 87 KB

Bin 1 × 1 with scoop

A 1 × 1 bin with a rounded front inside, so you can slide screws and nuts out with a finger.

Size
42 × 42 × 25 mm
Print
Standing on its feet, no supports.
Filament
≈ 15 g
STL 92 KB

Bin 4 × 1

167.5 × 41.5 mm and 21 mm tall, for pens, bits or a screwdriver. A 10 mm shelf along the back takes a label.

Size
168 × 42 × 25 mm
Print
Standing on its feet, no supports: the shelf has a 45° underside.
Filament
≈ 54 g
STL 0.2 MB
Also needed

Parts you buy

  • Nothing else. The bins rest in the pockets by their own weight.
  • Optional: a label strip for the shelf on the long bin, such as masking tape or a printed paper label.
  • Gridfinity is an open system by Zack Freedman. Any other Gridfinity bin fits this plate, and these bins fit any Gridfinity plate, so you can add more as you need them.
Print settings

Slicer settings

0.20 mmlayer height
3walls
15%infill
PLA or PETGmaterial

For a 0.4 mm nozzle. Filament amounts are estimates for these settings.

Assembly

How to build it

Print the parts

Nothing needs supports. Print the baseplate flat and the bins standing on their feet. Turn on elephant's foot compensation (about 0.15 mm) so the feet drop into the pockets easily.

Lay down the plate

Put the baseplate in a drawer or on your desk. For a bigger drawer, print more plates and lay them side by side: the grid carries on across them.

Place the bins

Drop each bin into the pockets. There is 0.25 mm of room on every side, so they sit without wobbling and lift out again with one finger.

Stack them

Bins of the same size stack: the feet of one drop into the lip on top of the other.

Label the long bin

Stick a label on the shelf along the back of the 4 × 1 bin.

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