October 15, 2025
Description
This spring loaded, magnetic socket is kind of expensive to buy, and it deserves better than to be just rolling around in a tool box. It fits well into 1x3 Gridfinity squares with plenty of room left on the ends, so I added additional scallops there. This should make it easy to access, even if you have stuff on either side of it preventing you from grabbing it from the sides.
Like my other Gridfinity models, the base is altered to accept 6x3 magnets as a press fit, with the upper surface of the magnet holes modified to make the slicer bridge across correctly for a clean result. Due to the size of this model, I have included sacrificial “mouse ears” in the CAD to give the ends more surface area to help prevent them warping off the bed. These will need to be removed after printing.
The unit pictured was printed out of Polymaker ABS on my Voron Trident, using a 0.6mm nozzle at 0.3mm layer height.
License:
Creative Commons — Attribution — Noncommercial — Share Alike
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