When I first started planning, I didn't know which type of project I wanted to make, but I had some ideas. I also took into account if I would use it or not. I have a pop socket on my phone case, so I wouldn't really use it. I don't have a problem with earbuds, I usually wind up the cord around my fingers and it works just fine. I have a toothbrush holder at home. A coin holder/organizer is the only thing I would really make use of.
I actually had a lot of fun creating a design for it. It wasn't really creative, so it was mostly just mindless, calm work. I used coin dimensions off of the U.S. Mint website, and I created a "first draft" so to speak. In this first draft, I used the exact diameter of the coins for the circles, without including wiggle room. I played around with spacing and sizing, until I decided on 1" width and 0.15" spacing between slots.
To find my height, I used the width of a nickel (the thickest coin) times 40 since it had to hold 40 nickels. I added some extra space at the top so all of the coins would fit. The total height (plus base) was 3.25".
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I put the finished product in the console of my car, I used to keep coins just jumbled together, so I never paid in cash because I didn't want to find change and I also didn't want more. Now I actually pay in cash sometimes, because its easy to count out my change.
What I Learned
I learned that making a design like this with a lot of measurements takes a lot of time and effort, and measurements too. I like numbers, so I found this project really fun, I also spent a lot of time counting coins.