Gridfinity 1x1 Dense 9 Full SD & 9 Micro SD Card Storage

3.7K downloads · 4 years ago · This is a 1x1 block for the Gridfinity system, which stores up to 9 full-size SD cards as well as 9

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This is a 1x1 block for the Gridfinity system, which stores up to 9 full-size SD cards as well as 9 Micro SD cards.

I recommend printing this if you have a large amount of SD cards to store. This is not great for cards which you are using constantly, as it will get tedious to remove individual cards. This is dense storage for those of us who have lots of these cards and adapters lying around.

Print settings are as usual for my Gridfinity items:

Layer height: .24 - .32 Top / Bottom Layers + Walls: 3 - 4 Infill: 10% - 20%

Use the lower values for cheaper / faster prints; use the higher values for weightier / higher quality items. You get the idea.

Find all of my Gridfinity models here:

https://thangs.com/search/%22--thingymaker9000gridfinity--%22?scope=all

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Enjoy!

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Discussions

giftnine4 years ago

To clarify, the full size SD is not unusable, it does however not freely fall in place and requires a minimal amount of downforce to insert the card. This is potentially an issue for the SD card over time.

The other links are not quite what I want. I like the 1x1 form factor. I don't mind the density of your model, though if you are re-making it I'd love to see separate SD and microSD 1x1 blocks both with an increase of depth in the actual slots. Could stagger SD/microSD cards to make them easier to grab and therefore be able to fit more of them in a single block. This is what I currently have on my desk: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2637487 The SD slots are wider/looser, and about 6-7 mm deeper. This retains the SD cards extremely well when moving. It's harder to recommend a depth for microSD based on that design as those are at a 45ish degree angle, but I'd guess another 4-5 mm of depth there would be enough to secure the cards while still being able to see their capacity. It might bump this block up to a 1x1x2, or a ******* height (which isn't necessarily bad unless you make the design stack-able).

As for settings when I printed, 0.38mm layer height, 20% infill, 2 wall lines, 3 bottom/top layers, PLA. I can provide any other settings you might want as well and I'd be happy to test print any other designs for this.

thingymaker90004 years ago

Thanks for the comment - a lot of excellent suggestions in there which I'll be taking into account when I remake these.

All of my prints of the full SD sized block are loose enough to drop in - chalk it up to random differences in filament / printer / print settings maybe. It could be the .38 - I printed mine at .32 so who knows. But it won't hurt to make them a little bigger to prevent that issue entirely.

Thanks again for the feedback - I'll let you know when the new versions are out.

giftnine4 years ago

Do you happen to have (parametric) sources for this? I like the concept, but I find the full SD to be too tight after printing and then SD/microSD slots being way too shallow for stability.

thingymaker90004 years ago

I don't unfortunately, though I have been considering remaking these. I'm curious as to your print settings though - I have several of these blocks completely full and have not found the full slot to be too tight or unstable on any of them.

There are a few other great SD holders which aren't as densely packed in the gridfini-verse however, maybe one of these would work better for your application?

https://thangs.com/designer/BruhTeck/3d-model/Gridfinity%25201x3%2520USB%2520SD%2520Storage-63201

https://thangs.com/designer/bigbrisco/3d-model/%2523Gridfinity%2520Usb%2520and%2520SD%2520Card%2520Holder%2520-61209

Thanks for the comment!