3DFilaPrint spool brackets for the Nop Head Mendel90

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These brackets are a direct swap-in replacement for the ones supplied by Nop Head in his Mendel90 kit. They change the spool holder so it fits the ~200mm x ~69mm spools supplied by 3DFilaPrint. UPDATE: Now with spool guide wheels to allow the same brackets to be used with different diameter spools Instructions If you have the standard Nop head kit the nuts, bolts and bearings can all be reused from the original spool holders. No additional components are required and also the bolts go through the same holes so no additional drilling is required (the original spool holders can be swapped back at any time). Each bracket is made up of a male and female half (similar to Nop Heads original design) and likewise you need two brackets in total, one for each side. There is also an extended dust trap which needs to be printed which is fitted to the left hand bracket (as per Nop Head's original design). If printing in PLA make sure you have a few loops so its strong, I used 3 loops personally with circular 25% infill and 0.2mm layer height. I sliced with KISSlicer and printed them using the 3DFilaPrint white PLA (shown in the photos) with the extruder set to 195c. The time breakdown was 1:40 per female bracket, 2:20 per male bracket and 1:20 for the dust filter. You need two males, two females and one dust filter. Bed temperature was set at 70c (there is a 15 degree loss through the glass on a Nop Head Mendel90 so its actually 55c). I also used diluted kids PVA for adhesion which I allow to dry to a mist before printing and easily wipe off with a damp cloth afterwards, some people don't need to do this but I find it helps quite a bit. UPDATE: To use the optional spool guide wheels just print them out, remove the large washer from each of the bearing bolts, reassemble and clip the wheels over the bearings.