How to design and 3D print custom SKÅDIS bins
You do not need CAD to get custom SKÅDIS accessories. Ten minutes, a browser, and a 3D printer will do it. This guide walks through sizing a bin around the parts it will hold, generating it with MakeBins, and printing it so the hooks seat cleanly on the board.
Start with the thing, not the bin
Measure what the bin will hold, then add clearance. A 55 mm hex driver wants a bin at least 60 mm deep; a pile of M3 screws wants compartments more than depth. Two rules save most reprints: measure the largest part, not the average one, and remember that MakeBins sizes are outer dimensions, so the walls sit inside the number you set.
Generate the bin
Open the designer and pick your board: SKÅDIS comes in 36 × 56, 56 × 56 and 76 × 56 cm. Add a bin and set width, height and depth in real millimetres with the sliders. Split it into compartment columns and rows, add a scoop front if you will be picking small parts out with your fingers, and drag the bin where it should hang. Hooks snap to the real hole grid, so what you see is where it mounts.
Print settings that work
PLA is fine for indoor storage. Pick PETG if the bins live near heat or hold oily parts.
We suggest a high infill and proper support settings: tree supports work well, and thick supports if the bin is tall. We are working on a ready-made printing profile you can import into your slicer.
If the fit is off
If a hook feels tight, check your first layers before scaling anything: elephant foot on the first millimetre is the usual culprit, and most slicers can compensate for it.
Do not scale the STL. Scaling stretches the hooks along with the bin, and then nothing fits. Go back to the designer, change the number that was wrong, and download again: the geometry is parametric, so the hooks stay correct at any size.