Part 1 : The current situation, the problem & the plan (?)

So, here’s the current situation, I have a few things hooked to the side of the shelve to hold them but, they have proven to not be great supports.

I have made a lovely Desoldering pump holder but sadly, it doesn’t have any magnet or support, it relay on a wire that passes through the thing and wraps around the inside of the shelve. It doesn’t work bad but it’s unstable. Having a proper backing would solve that issue.

Next up, is the tape holder. This one already has an acceptable support with magnets but if you accidentally hit it, you have to pick up all the rolls on the floor because it’s not holding very strongly on the shelve. It uses old Hard drives magnets which are pretty strongs but, most of the magnet are floating in the air due to the pattern of the shelve. With a proper backing, I’ll be able to use a more sturdy anchor and won’t have flying tape rolls problems anymore.

So, I searched the internet and found something that was REALLY promising. Printed it and tried it. but i realized a tiny problem (to be fair, it was a size problem, but not small). The support I found online was for a Rack-IT 1000kg shelve, which had the exact same kind of pattern. Once printed I quickly realized that the Rack-IT one is WAY too big, like almost twice the size.

So, I decided to modify the initial file I got to make it fit my current Mastercraft industrial shelve. Once I have the sizing to my liking and it’ll fit my shelve, I’ll post the STL files because I’d love if it could help somebody trying to fix their own shelve hooks! As a little extra, I added a render of the old one vs the new one.

Now, the only thing left to do is to print it, which means I have yet another project on hold because my printer is not ready. >.>

To be continued…