3D Printing Projects:
Design, Printing, Implementation

Updated 9/14/19

 

      
A protective display
      box for our micro fossil collections is essential to ensure not
      only that they are easily seen and organized, but to protect
      them from dust and humidity. A nice sized partitioned box was
      designed and includes an area at the bottom for a clear bold
      label. Spacers can be printed to accommodate any sized fossils
      in each compartment.

      
Click on thumbnails
      below for larger view:

      

        

          

          
 CAD
            view of the Fossil Box showing the final design.
 
        
      

      

        

          

          
 Here
            are the spacers I printed up to be glued into each compartment
            to bring the small fossils up from the bottom so shadows dont
            obscure them in a deeper cavity.
 
        
      

        

          

          
 Solid
            Works Visualize rendering in blue plastic.
 
        
      

        

          

          
 The
            finished Fossil Box, with clear lexan lid and four corner hold
            down screws. The fossils are glued to 1 inch square pieces of
            Home Depot "paint sample" pieces of the appropriate
            color and offer a nice textured background.
 
        
      

        

          

          
 Closer
            view shows the small micro fossils on display!
 
        
      


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