Mosaic Spool Holder

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The Mosaic Palette+ is such a cool machine! I'm a huge fan of Mosaic Manufacturing and decided to make an improved spool holder for our multi material prints. The stock cardboard box provided by Mosaic works well initially, but it is kind of cumbersome to move spools in and out of the box. Here we have a minimal, but structurally sound design, that allows you quick access to your spools to place and remove them easily. It also uses the stock metal bar provided by Mosaic Manufacturing! I have been using this for the last couple months and it works great! ## How To Print and Assemble There are two options for this print. You can go multi material and print all three colors at once, or if you want to play it safe you can print them separately and glue together connecting with dowels. In the photos on this posting, the model pieces are printed separately. The models for multi material are labeled MM for each piece. You will need a [1/2" wood dowel](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XQI2UW4/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1) cut to 405mm - 410mm (to work with the stock metal rod). This leaves a little bit of clearance for the metal rod to be placed in and out. I sanded and spray painted the wooden dowels black to match the stock metal rod. Apply some super glue on either end of the wooden dowels, send through the three supports, and you should be very secure. ## Palette 2 We all know the Palette 2 is coming out soon and this will of course work with that as well! You just won't need to use it as a stand like we can with the Palette+ ; ) Don't forget to check out the [Palette 2 and Mosaic Manufacturing!](https://www.mosaicmfg.com/products/palette-2)