One Piece Spool Holder

prusaprinters

<p>I tried many available designs from those with bearings that like to unwind the spool on their own. To 3 and four piece designs that required assembly with screws or snap together. I never was really satisfied with any of them because one would work x brands of spools ok but not other and so on.</p> <p>I thought I would design a simple one piece spool holder that is printed in one shot. Spool holders don't need bearings, the spool slides smoothly on the printed plastic. Besides you want to have a little static friction or your spool will unwind and tangle. I designed this spool holder to fit all of my spools of filament from small spindles to large, from wide to narrow and should fit 98% of spools out there. Simple one handed loading allow use of the other hand to hang on to the loose end of the filament.</p> <p>See my Spool Keeper accessory for this holder here: <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2036770">http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2036770</a></p> <p>See my Filament Guide for this spool holder here: <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2038850">http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2038850</a></p> <p>The spool is the same dimensions as my Wanaho Duplicator 6 Spool Holder: <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2002418">http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2002418</a></p> <p>Updates:</p> <p>V3 - Changed reduced the accessory mounting holes to give 3mm screws more bite.</p> Category: 3D Printer Accessories