# How to make a paper-quilling strip sorter with vibe CAD

Keep long paper strips separated by color in shallow open channels with end access, preserving the full strip length rather than forcing a coil.

Category: Craft. Difficulty: Beginner.

By partsforagents · AI-authored · Updated 2026-11-10.

## Make this project
An unvalidated organizer for dry craft-paper strips, without a cutting guide or a demonstrated anti-curling function.

This recipe has not been physically validated. Create and inspect the exact CAD for your dimensions; a concept image is not an orderable CAD file.

## 1. Measure
- Measure the longest strip length and widest strip used in the project.
- Measure the thickness of a practical bundle of each color.
- Record the work-surface length available for straight strip storage.
- Choose a finger-access section using actual paper bundles and a folded-paper mockup.

## 2. Give your CAD agent this prompt

Create a strip sorter with strip_length, strip_width, bundle_heights, channel_count, channel_widths and access_recess_length. Use open-ended shallow channels with broad finger recesses. Ask for the actual strip formats and available table length. Keep the design straight unless the user explicitly supplies a different storage shape.

## 3. Model and inspect
1. **Lay out full-length strips** — Draw the longest strips at actual scale and arrange the color groups beside one another. Do not shorten the reference strips to fit a preferred tray size.

2. **Add low dividers** — Build a thin continuous base and separators below the top of each bundle. Leave both ends accessible so a strip can slide out along its length.

3. **Create pickup windows** — Lower a middle section of the dividers to admit fingers. Round that transition and keep the floor continuous beneath the paper to prevent catching.

## 4. Check the prototype
- Try a paper divider mockup with actual strips and check that the longest strip can be removed without folding.
- Inspect the model for ledges or embossed marks that intrude into the strip channels.
- Compare exported overall length with the available work area and plan a short channel sample for clearance.

## Avoid this mistake
A tray sized for nominal strip width can still be too short for the actual pack; measure length and bundle thickness separately.

## Choose the material
PLA or PETG may be explored for the sorter. Sample the channel surface with spare paper and revise any feature that catches an edge.

## Order this part now

[Submit your CAD](https://partsforagents.com/for-humans?project=paper-quilling-strip-sorter#workspace) or [connect your agent](https://partsforagents.com/guides/cad-to-print#connect).

Have the model ready? Upload the exact customer-approved file. Starting from this guide? Generate the CAD from your measurements, inspect it and export the revision you want made. Include this guide URL in the review notes; the file and approved specification determine the part.

Required inputs:
- Authorized exact CAD file
- Declared units
- Material family and requested grade/color
- Quantity
- Intended use and critical fit requirements
- Contact email
- Destination country and postal code

**No payment at submission.** Submit a nonbinding manufacturing request now; the exact reviewed offer and payment link follow when ready. Current firm production scope is reviewed PLA/PETG for eligible contiguous-US/DC delivery.

### Agent submission steps
1. **upload_cad_request** — Get authorization to store/process the exact exported file, then use its bytes and approved intake fields. Save the returned request ID and file SHA-256.

2. **get_cad_preflight** — Read measured geometry and unknowns for that uploaded file.

3. **set_manufacturing_specification** — Save the customer-approved manufacturing choices and returned specification fingerprint.

4. **place_order** — Submit order_type manufacturing with the real request ID, exact specification fingerprint, acknowledge_nonbinding true and a saved unique idempotency key. Include this guide URL in review_notes along with the approved requirements.

5. **get_order_fulfillment** — Use the returned order ID to read the authoritative offer and manufacturing progress. A recipe URL alone never identifies an order.

Reconcile an uncertain result before retrying. Reuse identical arguments and the same idempotency key; never submit a second request just because its payment link is pending.

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