I’m trying to get all of my tools arranged and organized, and as part of that am sorting my leatherworking tools into an 8-bin Storage Organizer from Harbor Freight:
So we need to make a ~7" x 3.875" (NOT 4") x 1.1875" case which will hold 26 (rounding up to 27 — I’ve always wanted an ampersand) stamps and the associated tool.
Started drawing this up in BlockSCAD, but will instead use Carbide Create.
The first step is of course stock selection. We happen to have a piece of PVC lumber 7.25" wide, which will work w/ minimal waste, so we set up the stock:
Measuring a stamp we find it to be ~0.488" diameter and the holes are ~0.496 — for the nonce we’ll use 0.5" for the holes to make placement easier, then adjust later:
First we need to determine the desired spacing — position the circles adjacently with the left-most positioned as desired, then draw in a rectangle which is wide enough to fill in the remaining space:
We then alternate placing a rectangle, positioning the remaining circles, and duplicating the rectangle and dragging the dupes into position until we arrive at:
Delete the rectangles and then set the circles to the desired diameter (or leave them at 0.5" as close enough), then draw in a rectangle for the remaining space:
Lastly we need to machine the rabbet for the lid out of the base, reduce the thickness of the lid to yield the desired height while covering the stamps, and pocket around the two parts to tab height, then finish the profile with tabs for each part. First we draw in some surrounding geometry: