Sorter V2 Documentation

Overview Hardware SorterOS Hive Lab

⚠ Under heavy construction

As of July 11, 2026, Sorter V2 is not yet in a position to be built.

The documentation that exists is incomplete. Any given page may be accurate, inaccurate, present only as an example, or badly out of date. We do not yet recommend that anyone attempt to build Sorter.

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Hardware Hardware The physical machine — mechanics, electronics, BOM, assembly.
Printing the parts Hardware What printer the parts need, how to place them on the plate, when supports go on, and what to check before you start a print that runs overnight.
Assembly Hardware Build order for the machine. Follow the sections top to bottom.
Distribution Hardware › Assembly The bin tower, the interface that connects it to the feeder, and the chute that steers parts into it. Build in this order.
Bin frame Hardware › Assembly › Distribution The layers of bins, each built flat and on its own. Layer count is N (however many bin layers your machine has, not the total number of bins); build in this order.
Build the hex frame Hardware › Assembly › Distribution › Bin frame The hexagonal aluminum-and-bracket ring shared by every layer. Build one per planned layer, plus one for the top interface.
Regular layers Hardware › Assembly › Distribution › Bin frame The repeating bin layers above the base. Build N−1 for an N-layer machine.
Bottom layer Hardware › Assembly › Distribution › Bin frame The layer the machine stands on. A regular layer with foot extensions in place of piece C, and the casters under them.

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Hardware

Overview
Printing the parts
Assembly
- Distribution
- Feeder
Electronics
Install the bins
Software setup
Helpers
Parts

Hardware — Parts

Parts

Reference pages for individual parts and for the harness drawings — what they are, what we know about them, and where to source them. Not every part has a page.

Author Spencer

Lazy Susan
Orange Pi 5
Ordering the wire harness — every harness drawing with its bill of materials, the spec a cable vendor builds to, and the zip to send them.

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