# Filament sample orginization

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/filament-sample-orginization/36435>\
**Category:** Share your creations\
**Created:** [February 9, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/filament-sample-orginization/36435 "2025-02-09T02:50:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/filament-sample-orginization/36435/1 "2025-02-09T02:50:41Z")

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Simple way to store filament samples incorporating 4mm PTFE tube. Only minor drawback is it requires 2 or 2.5mm nozzle to print. I tried 50 on 1 plate. Failed. Tried 18 on a plate, Failed. Printing 1 at a time until I can take the time to figure out why multiples are failing.

 ![SampleHolder](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/f/a/fa88e91bda27c788607c6ae5f8999b1c0ecb207b.jpeg)  
 ![SampleHolder2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/3/e/3ec41d0abd0dbe441ada60e36719b2d25be87e26.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![SCALEMODEL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@SCALEMODEL](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/SCALEMODEL)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/filament-sample-orginization/36435/2 "2025-02-14T09:33:49Z")

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I like your connector idea, sometimes you want the swatch on its own!

I started making swatches and added few features for tolerances and for overall QA purposes.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/0/a/0af0a2a90b02788092f29ca37be7579f73998dd8.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/filament-sample-orginization/36435/3 "2025-02-14T16:11:15Z")

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Looks good. In the center you could add the transparency steps. I like the ones with the transparency steps. I learned a lesson in the last name plate I made. Some colors bleed through. Have to rethink how I make them and union them as 1 piece.

If you make two separate bodies next to each other with no gap/ tolerance do they become joined as one when printed so that you can count on them not coming apart? Not optimal for strength I imagine

I designed a 4 puzzle-piece shaped container (pencil/pen holder) with PLA+. The tolerance was too little to slide them apart. I could not get them apart with a mallet hitting them almost hard enough to shatter. I was whacking them pretty hard,