Customizable Hex nut sorter V2 - Metric, Imperial and Machine

Hex nut sorter V2

     Now including a fully customizable parameterized .scad!

     Let me know if there is a size you'd like added.

     No supports needed.  Enjoy!

What is it?

A device for easily sorting all those hex nuts your kids dump all over your garage.

Featured on Hackaday! (Didn't see that coming! Thank you @Donald Papp)

NutSorter.scad is the main script.

OneScript.scad is a "minified" version for non-coders.

Contents

• Resources
• Customization (Openscad variables)
• Open Scad Command Line Examples

Resources

• Printables model page.
• GitHub project code
• OpenScad download page
• Browser Based scad https://openscad.cloud/openscad/
• Hex nuts 3d models for testing

Sorting multiple sizes at once (More printing, faster sorting):

Sorting one size at a time (Less printing, slower sorting):

Customization

• Object Type
  • Model Part
    • Bottom cup (Default)
    • Sorting plate attached to cup
    • Sorting plate
    • Sorting cup
    • Lid
• Printer
  • Tolerance
    • (Default .2)
• Global settings
  • Wall thickness
    • As measured from the inside to outside of the cup
  • Tray diameter
    • Diameter of the tray, not the cup.
  • Tab width
    • The width of the protrusion on the top of the base and sorting layers.
  • Tab height
    • The height of the protrusion on the top of the base and sorting layers.
• Sorting plate
  • Nut size
  • Hole spacing
    • The minimum amount of space between holes.
  • Text area
    • Blocks out an area to make sure holes don't go where the text does.
  • Show text area
    • (Default: False)
  • Text size
    • (Default: 5)
  • Text height off plate (Default: 1mm)
    • How high the text protrudes from the plate.
  • Hole pattern
    • Currently either circular or rectangular
    • Example of rectangular hole pattern:
  • Custom label
    • Enter text here to override the default text
• Sorting tray layer
  • Tray height
    • The height of a cup that holds (or has a built in sorting plate.)
  • Lip width
    • The width of the ledge that the sorting plate sits on.
• Bottom cup
  • Base height
    • The height of the bottom cup. This cup has a solid bottom and doesn't have a sorting tray.
  • Base thickness
    • The thickness of the solid bottom.
• Lid
  • Lid height
    • The overall height of the lid.
  • Lid thickness
    • The thickness of the solid top part of the lid.

Command line

Example 1:

openscad -o .\out\Bottom.stl NutSorter.scad

• -o: Output file name

This will create a .stl called Bottom.stl with the default values.

Example 2:

openscad -q -o .\out\M6.stl -p NutSorter.json -P M6 NutSorter.scad & start .\out\M6.stl

• -q: Only output errors
• -o: Output file name
• -p: NutSorter.json - Preset configuration values
• -P: Name of preset (M3,M6,Lid,etc)
• & start filename to open STL in default program (PrusaSlicer for me)