Circlip Pliers Box

I got tired of my circlip pliers and its assorted jaws floating about in a plastic bag. So I created a simple storage box to keep it together, safely and tidily, in one place.

The main box is nothing special. It's just my take on the usual slidey-lid box. You could use it for a million other things. But when you add my insert to it, it transforms into a bespoke storage unit.


Due to a measuring error on my part, the insert ended up about 20mm longer than I needed. My solution to that silly mistake was to use the extra space to house a small sliding-lid inner box to hold the loose circlips one inevitably accumulates.

I dubbed it “the shoe” for a while, and even created a whimsical “heel and sole” for it (which can be seen in my pics). This was fun. But a waste of space. So I took it out of the final STL in the end.

Because I'm messing about and trying new things on my new printer, I chose to print the insert without a bottom skin. It saves a little bit of filament and, mor