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The New Hotness

  • Freezer Tray Rack

    The new chest freezer’s interior has a rectangular lump on the right side over the compressor, atop which we’d been stacking foam trays of ground meat. To forestall a tragic landslide, I made a quick-n-easy rack held together with hot-melt glue:

    Freezer Tray Rack - test fit
    Freezer Tray Rack – test fit

    It doesn’t look like it grew there, but it’ll suffice:

    Freezer Tray Rack - installed
    Freezer Tray Rack – installed

    The weird black things are silicone molds for 4 fl. oz. ice balls (known in these parts as “iceteroids”) suited for chilling the water used to quench veggies after steaming / blanching, prior to freezing.

    The LightBurn layout arranges the parts in tool-layer rectangles matching a shipping box of 6.5 mm cardboard rugged enough for at least a prototype:

    Freezer Tray Rack - LightBurn layout
    Freezer Tray Rack – LightBurn layout

    The jawbreaker boxes.py URL adds 5 mm to the shelf height for a little more clearance. You’ll likely have different cardboard in your stockpile, so tweak as needed, add vent holes in the sides & back, and Fire The Laser.