STL file · Digital download
Filament Swatch Holder STL
75-slot numbered swatch case with hinged lid and swatch chip, as print files
Personal use license · Print it for yourself and as gifts.
$5.99
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What the personal license allows
- Allowed: Print for your own collection
- Allowed: Print gifts for friends and family
- Not allowed: Sell printed copies or physical products made from this file
- Not allowed: Resell, share, distribute or upload the file
- Not allowed: Modify and redistribute the design
- Not allowed: Claim the design as your own
Full license PDF included.
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Keep every filament color in one closable case. 75 numbered slots hold printed swatch chips upright, the lid turns on a push-in hinge pin and lies flat when open, and two snap pegs click it shut. The swatch chip and ready-made chip plates are included.
The details
This is a digital download. No physical item is shipped. It includes a Personal Use License for your own printing.
Why makers love it
- 75 slots in 5 rows of 15, each with a raised number so you can match a chip to your notes
- Each slot grips its chip, so chips stay put even upside down
- Hinged lid on a one-piece push-in pin. It opens 180 degrees and lies flat behind the tray
- Two snap pegs click the lid shut, and a finger notch opens it
- Swatch chip included: bevelled bed edge, hanging hole, CD.Forge logo
- Chip plates ready for an AMS: 1 chip, 4 chips in 4 colors, a full plate of 64 in one color, or 16 each of 4 colors, all printed by object
- No supports. Bambu Studio .3mf with the settings and brim ears already set
What you'll receive
- CDFORGE_SwatchHolder_STLs.zip (6 STL files: tray, tray numbers, lid, lid logo, hinge pin and swatch chip, already oriented)
- CDFORGE_SwatchHolder_Personal.3mf (Bambu Studio project, 5 plates: holder, 1 chip, 4 chips in 4 colors, 64 chips in 1 color, 4 colors x 16 chips)
- 4-page guide PDF: plates, print settings, assembly, safety and a 1 to 75 slot chart
- Personal Use License PDF
Print settings we use
- Printer: Bambu Lab P1P with AMS, 0.4 mm nozzle (any FDM printer with a 256 x 256 mm bed works for the holder plate)
- Material: PLA
- Layer height: 0.2 mm
- Walls: 2 loops (hinge pin 6 loops, 100% infill), 4 top layers, 3 bottom layers
- Infill: 10% gyroid
- Supports: none
- Brim: brim ears on the 4 corners of the tray and the lid (already placed in the .3mf). No brim on the chips. Slicing the STLs yourself? Add 4 brim ears, about 10 mm, at the tray and lid corners.
- Prime tower: on for the holder plate (chip plates print by object, no tower)
- Orientation: tray upright, lid top down on the bed, pin lying flat, chips logo up (already oriented)
- Holder plate (tray, lid, pin, 2 colors): about 5 hr 30 min and 155 g of PLA
- Chip plates: 1 chip about 10 min, 1.7 g. 4 chips in 4 colors about 28 min, 7.9 g. 64 chips in 1 color about 3 hr 54 min, 100 g. 4 colors x 16 about 4 hr, 101 g
Assembly
- Set the lid on the tray as if closed and push the hinge pin in from either end until the barbed tip clicks out of the far knuckle
- Open the lid flat, slide chips into the numbered slots and click it shut
Size
- Closed case 107.5 x 188.9 x 31.1 mm (4.2 x 7.4 x 1.2 in)
- Slots 3.5 mm wide, 8 mm deep
- Swatch chip 25.5 x 25.5 x 2.9 mm (1 x 1 in)
Important notes
- Digital files only. No physical item, chips or filament are included.
- STL files need a 3D printer and slicer software.
- The CD.Forge logo is part of the model (the emblem on the lid and the logo on each chip).
- Small parts: chips and the hinge pin are a choking hazard. Not a toy, keep away from children under 3.
- PLA softens in heat and sun, so keep the case out of hot cars and direct sun.
- Results depend on your printer, filament and settings. The person printing is responsible for the finished item.
Personal use license
- Allowed: Print for your own collection
- Allowed: Print gifts for friends and family
- Not allowed: Sell printed copies or physical products made from this file
- Not allowed: Resell, share, distribute or upload the file
- Not allowed: Modify and redistribute the design
- Not allowed: Claim the design as your own
Full license PDF included.
