Anet A6, LCD spool holder

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I designed this because the original acrylic spool holder was taking up to much space next to the printer. This design allows up to 25cm spools with a maximum 10cm width. I wouldn't recommend installing spools heavier then 2kg though. There are 2 designs: A closed filament guide and open guide (diagonal 2mm opening). All the screws and nuts used in this build are re-purposed from the Anet A6. You will need the following: 8x M3 nut (Acrylic spool holder and LCD screen) 4x spacer (LCD screen) 4x M3x30 screw (LCD screen) 4x M3x18 Screw (Acrylic spool holder) The connection between the screen cover and the vertical brackets are done in a similiar way as the rest of the printer. However the slots on the brackets might need to be slightly sanded before fitting into the LCD cover, I designed this on purpose so there is an nice friction fit between the parts for extra rigidity. To mount the screen cover you need to remove the acrylic backplate and the 4 M3 nuts that sit between the PCB and acrylic backplate (so 8 nuts in total). You dont need to remove the LCD screen or spacers the LCD cover slides right over. In the back of the cover you can press or melt the M3 nuts in the hex holes. In my opinion this makes it cleaner and easier to install. You can use any spool holder that fits the original Anet spool holder. I personally really like the one that DerTechniker designed, you can see it installed in one of my pictures. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2433875 Please comment if you have any questions, suggestions or requests.