20' Conex Shipping Container
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I've seen a few models of similar containers on here, but none were quite what I wanted, so I made my own. I tried hard to be as accurate as possible and think it turned out well. It's not really designed to go with anything in particular, I just wanted to make it as a gift box or candy holder sort of thing. Would be pretty easy to customize by putting a design along the side. This prints in 5 pieces that hold together decently well on their own, but should be super glued together. I'm really happy with the hinges, they print as one piece and though stiff at first, loosen up and feel robust. This also has 4 voids total on the top and bottom of the right door that holds 3mm x 6mm cylindrical magnets (the same type the Catan sets use). This keeps the right door shut, which overlaps with the left door to hold it shut as well. I printed this at 0.1 mm (base layer of 0.2mm) and 100% infill. It's all pretty thin, so the having infill wouldn't do much IMO. I can't vouch for how this would print and tolerances would work at 0.2mm or higher, but it will probably be okay. It's pretty dang big too, my print bed is 250mm square and I had to turn the side pieces to 45 degrees and turn off the skirt. For the magnets, you'll want to drop them in place between layers at 3.3mm and 3.7mm for all pieces, which will be in the last couple minutes of the print. There's 4 spots: 1 each top and bottom of the right door, and 1 each in adjoining rails of the bottom and top piece. I was able to easily do it by checking the timing of the layers, setting a timer, and just dropping them in without stopping the print. There are also tiny supports built in under the bars that hang off the doors you'll want to clip off but there are otherwise no supports needed. Finally, if your printer does bridges well you can knock out the fill in the forklift slots using your modeling software of choice for more accuracy. My printer couldn't handle it well so sacrifices had to be made. Enjoy!
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