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Today I have been working on a few tweaks. I have now (I think) finally completed the design for my storage trays. It now has more parts than Alec Guiness in Kind Hearts and Coronets (Eddie Murphy in the Nutty Professor, for younger readers), but everything clips together to provide for the strongest print with the minimum of supports. This should mean that it will use less material and still provide for a strong assembly.  I came up with this joint for one of the corners. It comprises three lugs which can be printed vertically.  Which fit into three corresponding slots and then locked into place by sliding along This then provides a very tight and firm corner fixing meaning that each corner can be printed in its own optimum orientation and removes the need for supports.  It's a very simple, but very positive and firm fit. Obviously these are sample cut-down panels to test the joint. I plan to print the final version of the final part for this tomorrow and install the fir...