§ 00 · ABOUT · EST. 2024

One developer building the tool he wanted for his own drawers.

Binforge started because I printed my own Gridfinity drawers over one weekend, then spent the next four weekends fighting with OpenSCAD to tweak them. There had to be a better way. So I built it.

§ 01 · PRINCIPLES

Four rules I ship by.

01

Makers first

I use this tool every week in my own workshop. If it annoys me, it ships fixed.

02

Open spec, open data

The Gridfinity spec is open. Your designs stay yours. Export formats are standard.

03

No dark patterns

No mandatory account. No tracking. No feature held hostage by a plan you don't need.

04

Community-sized

This is a solo project built in public. You can email me and I'll reply.

§ 02 · TIMELINE

How we got here.

JAN 2025

First prototype

Built a Gridfinity generator in a weekend.

FEB 2025

Public launch

Binforge hits the web. First bins exported.

MAR 2025

Baseplates + trays

Added baseplate and tray generators.

APR 2025

Layout planner

Visual drawer layout planning tool.

TODAY

Growing

New features every week. You are here.

§ 03 · THE STORY

A LETTER FROM

Luiz Tanure

creator

Gridfinity is one of the best open hardware projects of the last decade. It shouldn't take a CAD license to participate.

When I started Binforge, the only honest question was: what does it feel like when a Gridfinity tool is as pleasant to use as Figma? I don't claim I'm there yet. But I've been trying, every week, for months.

If Binforge saves you an evening of fighting OpenSCAD, I did my job. If it saves a drawer, even better.

L.T.