Beer Crate Hygiene Storage Tampon & Pad Crates with Magnetic Pallet (2x2 / 3x2)

Little beer crates are too fun to only hold batteries – so I turned TheRedcoat's beer crate pallet into a bathroom organizer for period products.

What's included

• Tampon crate – single slot, 4 × 3 grid with 12 cells (≈ 13.4 × 13.9 mm each, 38.6 mm deep) for size M / regular tampons without applicator. The tampons stick out a bit at the top so they are easy to grab.

• Pad crate (double) – twice as long, spans two pallet slots. Interior ≈ 56 × 98 × 39 mm, pads stand upright like files. Made by stretching the original crate in two plain wall sections, so the handle and the beer crate look stay intact.

• Pallet 3x2 (6 slots) and Pallet 2x2 (4 slots) – both as complete (needs supports) or top + bottom (no supports, glue together), just like the original.

• Everything with or without magnets (6 × 2 mm round magnets).

• OpenSCAD source – fully parametric.

Crate layout examples

• 3x2 pallet: 2 tampon crates + 1 pad crate + 2 free slots

• 2x2 pallet: 2 tampon crates + 1 pad crate (fills it exactly)

Changes compared to the original

• CR123 dividers removed, new tampon grid insert

• Crates are scaled to 90 % (already applied in the STLs – print at 100 %!). At 100 % the original crate (68.4 × 54.4 mm) does not fit into the pallet pockets.

• Pallet pockets enlarged by 0.6 mm for an easy fit

• New double-length crate

• Pallet is now parametric (2 or 3 slots wide); fork tunnels are re-distributed for the narrower 2x2 version

• Optional magnets: 2 per crate and 2 per pallet slot, diagonal, so a crate fits in both orientations (rotated 180°)

• All STLs are checked: closed/manifold meshes, no walls thinner than 0.5 mm

Magnets (optional)

• Size: 6 mm × 2 mm round (pockets are 6.2 × 2.2 mm for glue)

• Crate: pockets open from below, glue magnets in flush.

• Pallet: pockets sit completely inside the top part with a 0.6 mm closed skin on top (the surface of the crate pocket stays clean). The pallet with magnets is 1.3 mm taller (20.3 mm) than the original.

  • Top + bottom version: turn the top part over, glue the magnets into the pockets on its underside, then glue the bottom part on.

  • Complete version: the pockets are fully enclosed – add a pause at z = 18.2 mm and drop the magnets in.

• Polarity: glue all crate magnets with the same pole facing down and all pallet magnets with the opposite pole facing up – then every crate fits on every slot in both orientations.

• Crates and pallet must match: either both with magnets or both without.

Print settings

• PLA / PLA+ / PETG, 0.2 mm layer height, 15 % infill is plenty

• Crates: no supports

• Pallet top + bottom: no supports (the magnet pockets are a short 6 mm bridge), glue together

• Pallet complete: supports needed for the fork tunnels (same as the original)

• Print the STLs at 100 % – the 90 % crate scaling is already included

Customizing (OpenSCAD)

Keep Crate_CR123.stl (from TheRedcoat's model, included) next to the .scad files.

hygiene_crates.scad

• part = "tampon" | "pad" | "layout"

• magnets = true / false

• tampon_d – measure your tampons incl. wrapper; the grid is calculated automatically

• tampon_div_h, tampon_div_t – divider height / thickness

• crate_scale – 0.9 fits the pallet

• mag_d, mag_h, mag_inset – magnet size / position

crate_pallet.scad

• cols = 3 → 3x2 pallet, cols = 2 → 2x2 pallet

• magnets = true / false

• mag_skin – skin above the magnet (0.6 mm = 3 layers @ 0.2)

• mag_wall – minimum wall between magnet pocket and the open grid (1.2 mm)

• use render_top(); / render_bottom(); at the end of the file for the split version

If you change magnet size/position, change it in both files.

Files

• *_magnets.stl – version with magnet pockets (6 × 2 mm)

• *_no-magnets.stl – version without magnets (pallet 19 mm high, like the original)

• crate_tampon_size-M (single slot), crate_pad_double (two slots)

• pallet_3x2_… / pallet_2x2_… – complete (supports) or top + bottom (no supports, glue together)

• hygiene_crates.scad, crate_pallet.scad, Crate_CR123.stl – OpenSCAD source

Credits go to TheRedcoat, Corish and rodrigorosseto for the original crate and pallet designs. Happy printing!