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Making things that fit togetherLesson 12 of 16

Slot tray

Get a compartment tray that slots together without glue.

1

Decide how many compartments you want across and down.

2

The base and the dividers are drawn with notches that match each other.

3

Cut them and slide the dividers together into the base.

Every setting

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What each number in the dialog means, and where it starts.

Width

Tray outer width in millimetres

Starts at 200 · 20 or more
Depth

Tray outer depth in millimetres

Starts at 150 · 20 or more
Height

Divider height in millimetres

Starts at 40 · 10 or more
Thickness

Material thickness in millimetres

Starts at 3 · 0.5 or more
Columns

Dividers running front to back

Starts at 3 · 1 to 20
Rows

Dividers running left to right

Starts at 2 · 1 to 20
Kerf

Beam width. Pieces grow half a kerf, slots shrink one.

Starts at 0 · 0 to 2
Sheet width

Sheet width the pieces are laid out on (mm). 0 uses the full bed.

Starts at 0 · 0 or more

What it is

A flat-pack tray with an interlocking grid of dividers. Col and row dividers slot together egg-crate style; the base has edge notches to seat them.

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