You should be fine just storing the filament in an airtight container, just put those dessicant packets in there as well whenever you buy new filament
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Ahhh, learning curves…
Turns out that bird’s nest ^^ was actually just a poor decision on my part with regard to print orientation! Dummy fork reprint - in a way more logical orientation - was successful 
I chose to print this one, in part because it was quicker and more simple, but also because most others just seem to be way over-engineered. This one will hold a 1.5” bearing when inserted from beneath the headset using the stem clamp to hold it in place:
Whilst I’m waiting for the print to finish on a parts tray & tool holder for my bench mount stand, I’m looking for help and/or advice on how to find or create two other tools for my Park PRS 22.2 stand.
Firstly, I would like to mount my Wera L-keys in something like @Chris_Heerschap’s Wera hex key tray, but with T-shaped tags on the back of it that will hook into the grooves on the Park stand (see pic below) when laid flat to allow me to slide it along and to prevent it slipping off.
Secondly, I’d like a parts tray (perhaps like this) with the same T-shaped tags to follow the same thinking.
How would I go about adding those tags to the back of these items to make this work?
My first suggestion would be to start with the gridfinity system: Search models | Printables.com
I had a look and it seems like no one else has had the same idea as you with mounting stuff onto those rails, I also can’t tell if it’s just normal aluminium profile spacing? That would make it much easier
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Can you measure the spacing for the rails?
- 60mm overall width
- 45mm from the outer edge of the channel on one side to the outer edge of the channel on the other side (as per pic below)
- ~37.5mm from the centre of the channel on one side to the centre of the channel on the other side
can you test print this: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19aAUY_ZHEcaN0nmjTYN_S9dxwrfdrDbE/view?usp=sharing should be quick
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Almost too perfect - I’d call that an interference fit! Exactly the right dimensions, but unable to slide once installed (almost had to pry it out).
0.25mm off of either side (if that), plus a little protrusion on either side of each rail to retain it in the channels and that would be spot-on, though.
Don’t have any more time to faff with it today, don’t quite understand what needs to change though
All good - not expecting to get a solution - although if I do get one that would be amazing, and I’d gladly pay for the time!
Taking this train rail image & drawing as a reference, my thinking is that the underside of the Wera hex key tray and the small parts tray would have a rail (or 2) on the bottom of them, such that the ‘head’ would be the hex tray / parts tray and the ‘foot’ would slot into the workstand rail from the end:
I don’t necessarily need either item to be immediately removable (in fact I’d prefer they’re not immediately removable), but I do want both of them to be able to slide along the rails of the stand.
Yeah, but I don’t quite understand what is fouling as it is now, plus I don’t know what the dimensions are of the slots underneath to make it slide in and stay retained
Got you. I’ll PM you…
This would be pretty trivial to sketch and iterate with parameters in fusion, you should try it, its free for personal use. Little learning curve but not that bad. It really opens up the possibilities with your printer.
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Thanks - maybe I’ll give it a go.
It’ll need to be for something else now, though, as @OffbondageFanboy has been a total legend and done all the work for me on this idea!
Seems to only be free for 10 files and 30 days. Probably more than covers my needs, but I won’t deny it makes me reluctant to bother learning!
Don’t worry, you will find plenty of things to fix or improve, especially when you get a hang of fusion (or other cad), like it or not 
https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/personal Personal license is limited for 10 files, but it is really not a limiter, just a minor inconvenience. It means only 10 files can be in editable state at the same time, but you can change those 10 files any time you like with a simple click. I think I have somewhere around 200-300 files on my account without issues.
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Something about switching to the Australian site removed the ‘personal use’ download and only offered the 30-day thing. I’ve got it sorted now.
In the meantime, here’s what @OffbondageFanboy produced for me, and a second pic with a Gridfinity Wera hex key holder sat on it (I’m printing two 1x3 Gridfinity trays tomorrow to take up the other slots and fulfil my parts bin needs):
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Here is a bladder drying rack I made that works well for fold-top bladders . Hydration Bladder drying rack by BJKeane3 | Download free STL model | Printables.com