Wera Screwdriver Holder

This is my take on designing a perfect screwdriver holder ;). I went through a lot of designs already present on thingiverse and borrowed some ideas from a few, mainly 2918462 and 3671735. They both are excellent designs however they didn't fit my use case.

Key features of this design:

• Open front loading, which removes the necessity to keep an empty space above the holder.

• Each holder is tailored for a specific Wera screwdriver model.

• Sockets are beveled towards front for a smooth tool insertion/removal.

• Freedom of re-arranging holders after installation. Holders snap onto a 3d-printed rail and can be removed without any tools.

• Freedom to adjust spacing between holders.

• As the rail for holders is very simple it can be modified to attach to any surface without any hassle.

• Holders have embedded text/symbol markings which are designed to be printed in a different color on a single extrusion 3d printer.

Supported screwdriver models

Wera screwdrivers come in different shapes and sizes: there are a few handle sizes, some have additional hexagon bolsters, shaft diameter varies (e.g VDE screwdrivers have a much thicker shaft). There is an OpenSCAD script attached, so it should be possible to generate holder for any combination of mentioned features.

I've attached STL files for some screwdrivers I was able to measure. If you need a holder for a specific screwdriver drop me a message.

NOTE: Most of Wera screwdrivers come with a handle in one of five standard sizes identified on the Wera website by the handle length in mm: 70, 81, 98, 105, 112. Those handles usually have the same dimensions, for example the bottom part of the 98mm handle is 23mm wide. However some users reported that they have isolated cases when 98mm handle is 24mm wide. I added a variation of some holders with a 24 mm diameter hole. If you have a different screwdriver with this exotic handle let me know and I will add it.

Tested holders

Following holders were printed and confirmed to work properly:

• 160i VDE flat 0.4x2.5

• 160i VDE flat 0.5x3.0

• 247 phase tester flat 0.5x3.0

• 334 flat 1.2x6.5x150

• 335 flat 0.6x3.5

• 335 flat 0.8x4.0

• 350 PH1

• 350 PH2

• 350 PH3

• 355 PZ1

• 355 PZ2

• 355 PZ3

• 367 torx 10

• 367 torx 15

• 367 torx 20

• 367 torx 25

• 367 torx 30

• 391 nutdriver 6

• 391 nutdriver 7

• 391 nutdriver 8

• 393S

• 812/1

• 917 SPH PH1

• 917 SPH PH2

• 917 SPH PH3

• 918 SPZ PZ1

• 918 SPZ PZ2

• 918 SPZ PZ3

• 932A flat 1.2x7.0

• 932A flat 1.0x5.5

• 932A flat 1.6x10

Untested holders

I prepared some holders based on dimensions from Wera website, but I didn't test them as I don't own those screwdrivers:

• 160iS VDE flat 0.8x4.0

• 160iS VDE flat 1.0x5.5

• 162iS VDE PH1

• 162iS VDE PH2

• 165iS VDE PZ1

• 165iS VDE PZ2

• 334 flat 0.8x5.0

• 334 flat 1.0x6.0

• 334 flat 1.2x6.5x200 (wider shaft than 150mm model)

• 334 flat 1.2x7.0

• 334 flat 1.2x8.0

• 334 flat 1.6x10.0

• 335 flat 0.4x2.5

• 335 flat 0.5x3.0

• 335 flat 1.0x5.5

• 335 flat 1.2x6.0

• 350 PH0

• 350 PH4

• 352 hex 1.5

• 352 hex 2

• 352 hex 2.5

• 352 hex 3

• 352 hex 4

• 352 hex 5

• 352 hex 6

• 352 hex 8

• 352 hex 10

• 355 PZ0

• 355 PZ4

• 367 torx 5

• 367 torx 6

• 367 torx 7

• 367 torx 8

• 367 torx 9

• 367 torx 27

• 367 torx 40

• 368 square

• 395 nutdriver 5

• 395 nutdriver 5.5

• 395 nutdriver 6

• 395 nutdriver 7

• 395 nutdriver 8

• 395 nutdriver 10

• 395 nutdriver 13

• 932A flat 0.6x3.5

• 932A flat 0.8x4.5

• 977 torx 20

• 977 torx 25

Printing instructions

Rail

First, print a rail. As there are infinite possiblities I've attached stl files for a few cases and there is the source file which can be used to generate alternate versions. If you have a need for a specific version and you don't have the means to do it yourself, leave a comment and I will see if I can help.
I recommend to print rails with 100% infill and if you print them on the front side you don't need additional support.

For additional rail ideas check:

• Toolless rail for “Wera Screwdriver Holder”

Holders

Holders are designed to be printed on the back with 0.2mm layer height. You need to add some light support on the build plate. It doesn't need to be strong as it is there just to help with bridging a back surface. This surface is not visible when the holder is mounted on the rail.
The second thing to do is to add a colour change on a few last layers to make markings on the holder distinct from the body of the holder. This eliminates the need to manually paint markings after the print, and in my opinion gives a much better overall look. I recommend going with Wera's "Take it easy" color scheme.

Spacers

To make it easy to remove/insert screwdrivers into a holder you may want to leave some space between them. You can do it just by snapping holders onto the rail leaving some space, or if you want to have some consistent spacing you can print small spacers I've attached.
Pictures show a configuration where 5mm spacers were used.

Measuring a screwdriver to make a custom holder

To create a new holder for a custom Wera scredriver a few dimensions are needed:

• [required] the flat-to-flat distance of the bottom of the handle

• [required] the diameter of the circumcircle of the shaft (or the diameter of the shaft if it is round)

• [required for bolstered screwdrivers] the diameter of the circumcircle of the bolstered part of the shaft

• [required for bolstered screwdrivers] the length of the bolstered part of the shaft

• [optional] the diameter of the circumcircle of the bottom of the handle

• [optional] the diameter of the flat round circle at the bottom of the handle