Knife Block, Ultimate Modular

Update 2026.06.04
- BoursinBurger was kind enough to write an SCAD script to generate the panels! Load the SCAD file in OpenSCAD and adjust the desired parameters


Introduction

This is my attempt at making the ultimate, fully-modular kitchen knife block that should be printable on even smaller print beds. I spent a lot of time shopping for one online, and none of the existing offerings impressed me. I was turned off by either the layout, lack of flexibility, cost, or some combination of the three: this design solves all of those problems at once. The more I thought about the design, the more ideas I had for expanding it. I came up with this idea completely independently, and then searched Thingiverse to see if anyone else had thought of it. I found iomaa did something similar and implemented it well (www.thingiverse.com/thing:2567710), and some credit is certainly due because seeing his idea already rendered probably had some influence on my subsequent design, though I didn't copy an