Ultralight+ Gridfinity Bases Remixed by DBT85

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Demo Prints: 0.2mm, Concentric top layer, classic walls

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3 wall 42mm grids: Every plate that fits on a 256mm bed

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18 plates

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2 wall 42mm grids: Every plate that fits on a 256mm bed

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A1 Mini Demo Print: 0.2mm layer, 2 or 3 wall, concentric top

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Introducing Ultralight+ Gridfinity bases. Based on an idea I saw by @danimal91. I liked the idea but felt that I could go even further. These have been designed with specific considerations in mind. 1) I use Gridfinity grids in drawers with solid bases. 2) I only need them to manage the alignment of bins. They do not need to have any real strength. 3) Design specifically with 3d printing and how slicers want to slice a model into 0.2mm layers and 0.4mm walls.

With those considerations, these grids are designed to print quickly even at normal speeds and to use a tiny amount of filament. Nothing that isn't needed is printed and as a result you can now print (on a P1S on Standard with Bambu PLA) a 5x5 standard plate in 19 minutes and 51s using just 6.53g of filament if you use the 2 wall version, or a whopping 26 minutes and 7 seconds and 9.55g of filament for the 3 wall version.

These are fast to print because there are few stop start sections to fill in pointless areas of the print. Everything flows nicely into everything else. We don't bother printing the sides of each grid because they do nothing, only the corners are needed to align bins.

I know that some also want to join their grids together, I've got that covered too. Using connecting pins you can place them in the sides of each plate and connect multiple plates as shown in the photos.

There is no way planned to secure these plates down. There is no magnet option. The whole point for this was minimalism and speed. For my use case I have zero need for magnets or to hold grids down. They sit in a drawer flush to all sides and so can't move laterally. I just need grids for alignment.

Print Settings:

Standard 0.2mm profile. Concentric top layer, walls to 2 or 3 depending on the files you print, classic wall generator. Printing with Arachne wall generator will result in fractionally shorter print times in Bambu Slicer but pin tolerances may be off. They should be snug enough to resist pulling out easily.

Advise to print pins on a per object basis rather than by layer as they have a very small footprint and so can come unstuck more readily, and we don't want to use brims.

But they are so flimsy when I wobble them around?

Yes. They are supposed to be in a drawer, after all.

Extra bonus:

They print so fast and are so minimal that you can just print them oversize and cut them to size to fit your drawer. Even scissors will work!

Available in 42 and 50mm flavours

Waste 7g of filament and see what you think.

EDITS:

19/03/25 - 3 wall joining pin revised to v1.1. Somehow I uploaded the wrong one in the initial post

21/03/25 - 1x2 to 1x8 grids added upon request

04/04/25 - New profiles added. Dedicated A1 Mini demo profile as well as a 2 wall and 3 wall profile that contains every grid that can be printed on either an A1 Mini or a A1, P1 or X1 printer, depending on the profile you download. In each are dedicated plates that contain only connecting pins printing in per object mode. The choices are 20, 50 ro 100 pins.

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Comment & Rating (48)

@Munjaros

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Filled my drawer with two 6x6 and three 4x4 grids. Putting them all together with the joining pins is really satisfying! This is great!

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@DBT85

Nice, which version did you choose?

@Munjaros

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Replying to @DBT85 :

3 wall.

@user_197636886

They’re soooooo great ! Almost perfect ! I printed the 4x4 3 walls version with PLA on a Bambulab A1 mini : 15% adaptative cubic infill (although I think there’s no space for infill), 3 top and bottom shell layers, 0.20mm Standard layers, monotonic lines top and bottom surfaces, normal speed, Sunlu matte PLA. I thought they would be even flimsier, they’re actually sturdy enough to be handled without breaking (I even pulled them off the bed with a scraper before it had fully cooled and had no problem). I had no problem cutting them to size and joining them (two joint pieces were a tiny bit too big and one flew to the other end of the room when pulling it off, but the 12 others were great). Of course I think it’s a little less aesthetically pleasing than "normal" baseplates, but when they’ll be filled with bins I won’t even see it so I don’t care. I even got half a unit more in my drawer (when compared to GRIPS baseplate, on the right) with the sides being thinner. The only small problem is that the base is so light it sometimes lifts along with the bins. I used tiny bits of double sided-tape and now it’s all good. It would be even better if we could join together the plates on the sides (where it makes a T instead of a cross), but that would require changing the whole system. Thank you so much !!!! On my way to get all of my home gridfinitied. (I used the 4x4 files from printables, but I’m too lazy to create an account to comment on there.)

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@DBT85

So pleased that it's worked out well for you so far. You're right here is no infill as there is basically nowhere for it to go which is why it prints so fast. If you print with concentric top surface it'll print even faster. Yes it lifting out could be a problem, though I think with a drawer full of bins they'll prevent that happening, it is more noticeable when your drawers are mostly empty as you have at the moment, but I'm sure it won't be long until they are full. I understand what you are saying about joining at the sides also, I'll have a think and see if there's anything I can do there easily. At present the 1x1 just exists in fusion and I array it as large as needed to make these grids, so adding the edge detail you mention means adding something extra. Let me think.

@user_197636886

Replying to @DBT85 :

I tried setting it to a concentric surface, but weirdly it was a bit longer, idk why.. Yes it would probably be ok with a lot of bins but it takes some time to print them and I’m not patient enough x) It’s kinda the same for joining the sides, I’m not sure if it would be useful once the plate is full, probably not worth the effort to make it.

@user_2078778853

Great design. Printed really quickly, with minimal filament, and the alignment pin design and execution is great.

@K173

My first print after testing Benchy, was this. I bought the printer mostly for workshop organisation. It was perfect! Thank you! 3 walls version using pla. 7/5*

@user_4180967735

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Print Profile

Demo Prints: 0.2mm, Concentric top layer, classic walls

I printed a 10x7 grid for my Alex drawers using a combination of 3 x 2 by 3-wall and 4 x 2.The baseplate is so light that it was important to populate the baseplate with boxes. if I put just one box in then lifted it, the baseplate came with it and need a shake to loosen.

@Stwr3DPanda

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Fantastic model, boosted without doubts!

@BrianT58

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Print Profile

Demo Prints: 0.2mm, Concentric top layer, classic walls

Brilliant idea, tried the 2 2x2's and a pin on my A1 mini and it works like a charm. Ideal for cutting into odd shape drawers as well to hold all my crap!

@user_1751503822

Print Profile

Demo Prints: 0.2mm, Concentric top layer, classic walls

Printed the demo and it's very good! Well done 👍

@rachelyang711

Print Profile

Demo Prints: 0.2mm, Concentric top layer, classic walls

Printed good for the most part I did have trouble with 2 of the little connectors printing where they came off the plate. Still a good print though!

@DBT85

Thanks for that. I have a couple of additional profiles coming which will have all the plates as well as dedicated plates for pins to be printed on per object mode where they seem to survive better!

@rachelyang711

Replying to @DBT85 :

That makes sense! I figured I would do that or space them out more . Still a really awesome design and really appreciate your hard work! I always hated hot much filament the original was.

@user_85082561

Printed on a non-bambu printer using orcaslicer with 0.18mm layer-height and 0.6 nozzle in PETG and >2 walls. If you got bed-adhesion issues don't add a brim but overextrude a few % on the first layer. Clips have a nice and tight fit (hard to disassemble as it should be) and fits within the the base-plates V-shape with a bit of force and/or manually scraping the bottom of the V shape on the plates. Print two test-pieces to start with and check if you will need to scrape first!!! Having a clip interface at a corner is not a perfect fit, at least for me, so when joining things together it's probably better to avoid clips in corners. Might have worked better with a 0.6 nozzle if the bottom of the baseplate's V was a tiny bit deeper or the joiner was reduced in width a tiny bit, but think it will be good enough for my drawers. Good nice model. Printing-time with 0.6 nozzle for the 2x2 baseplate + 1 clip took 5:07 so really nice and quick. Would be nice to get a few more sizes, as i got a larger printbed, but also to allow for easier layout and make it easier to get a layout where you never have 4 corner joints and always have a overlap of another piece. 2x7 3x7 4x7 7x7 2x6 3x6 4x6 7x6 2x3 3x3 4x3

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@DBT85

I'm intrigued that the 0.6 worked as well as it did unless you printed the 3 wall model (It's not clear to me which you used). There should be no need to scrap anything to make the pins fit, but again, I've only printed with a 0.4 for both the w wall and 3 wall versions. I've not even had a look to see how the 3 wall version looks sliced with a 0.6 nozzle. Happy to provide other base plates, in the meantime just cut the existing ones down in your slicer by 42mm or 50mm depending on which grid sie you have used. That will cut them perfectly where they need to be cut. 7x7, 7x6, 2x3, 3x3 and 4x4 already exist in the files, the others I can add tomorrow for you.

@user_85082561

Replying to @DBT85 :

Tried both the 3 and 2 wall versions of the baseplate and they both seem to be fine, but for the 5x5 grids i used i went with the 3-wall. For the pin's i went with those that are 1.94mm hight, but either seems to work. The 2.16mm height are of a tighter squeeze and to get accuracy good enough for them to fit i had to slow down print-speed a bit too much. Not sure if i tested these on both the 2 and 3-wall. The 1.94mm are the ones i finally used with the 3-wall baseplate anyway. Pins also turn out better/better when aligned with x or y for me, but have not done any skew correction in klipper. The arachne wall-generator can surprise you from time to time.