Tired of dropping things down the Robo hole

Guys, made my first full model and put it on Thingiverse today. Got sick of accidently dropping screws or a part taking a bad bounce when removing it from the build plate. Felt like I had to play Operation each time or take the feet off and the bottom plate. What a pain!!! The right hand side of the R1 deck has this giant hole without a cover. Not anymore. I made a quick model that slips right into place that keeps air circulation and manages the wiring that comes out of this giant hole. Check it out if you suffer the same clumsy hands I do and let me know what you think. I have the R1 and not sure if other versions of the R1 or the Beta has the same hole and dimensions. If you build it and have issues let me know. I would love to make this universal for all if I can. Yes, still using the sample Robo blue.

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:990408

 

That's +1 for going bottomless I guess. It's just funny to have such a big hole on that side for just a few wires.

 

I have a link to Thingiverse for the STL file if that is what you mean? I am using the free version of Tinkercad and all the options I have are to save it as an STL, OBJ, X3D, or VRML file. If there is another format you need and you know how to get that out of Tinkercad, just let me know and I will post it for you. Forgive me for being a bit of a noob with modeling. This was my first one from scratch.

 

Yes it is and sorry I couldn't supply you with a better source file. It's a bit painful of a product, but it was my first go at making a model from scratch and it was free. I'd be curious to see your ideas to redesign it. I know after printing it I really should have shaved 1mm from the top and bottom. It really didn't need to be as thick of a part. I was surprised to see that there wasn't a solution already available for this.

 

@WheresWaldo thanks for the tips. My kids keep breaking the plastic guides on their dresser drawers and now that I have a 3d printer, that might be my next venture in 3d modeling or at least making a silicone mold of one of the remaining good ones. I will give these a try for that project. @Harry introduced me to Tinkercad with the Robbie project to add my son's name. That got me "tinkering" with Tinkercad and one thing led to another. It is a nice quick and easy app for adding text and doing some easy tweaks. I see Autodesk owns both Tinkercad and 123D. So I might start with that first. Having a timeline does sound nice though. Thanks again for the suggestions. My world is opening up with this new hobby. It's better than Legos according to my son and that's saying a lot.

 

Clever!

 

Made a small addition to this mod. I made a modular plug that lets you incorporate different things for wire management. Couple of the included designs are for chain link project. Didn't care for the idea of adhesive of screwing the chain link end to the side of the cover and having to deal with it each time I removed the cover. So I made it part of the deck hole cover. Holds pretty well and clears the x-motor and assembly on that side nicely. I think this goes well with what SonnyDR put together. If you haven't seen his version of the chain link assembly yet, check it out here http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1091510. No need to remove the wires to assemble the chain. Very nice touch. I like the logo on the motor cover. Nice mix.

My deck hole cover accessories:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1105170

 

nice one