Printrbot Metal Plus Spool Holder

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Minimalistic spool holder for the metal plus. Add as many of the "middle" brackets as you like for support for longer rods and more spools. A printable 17cm long rod is included, alternatively you could probably use a 7.5 or 8mm metal rod. (I haven't tried that) Requires 4 8mm diameter skateboard bearings, like these ones: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00EPNN62M There are three different variants of rod ends which might give you different results depending on your printer: a normal one, a thicker one and a tapered one. The tapered one's inner diameter gets smaller towards the top for better grip on the rod. One file includes everything you need except the rods which really should be printed separately one by one. The combined file contains all three variants of rod ends, so you'll have some bits left over. It might be a good idea to add a dab of super glue on the bearing casings and/or rod ends for additional stability. I'd recommend printing everything with 100% infill and 0.2mm layers (at most), for biggest stability. Note: you might get intro trouble when printing small infill areas at high speed when using this if you hit a resonant frequency. Lots of vibration. Bad news. Instructions My print settings were 100% infill, 0.2mm layers. Add a raft or brim to the rods! Print one each of front bracket A and B, back bracket A and B. You can get away without the middle bracket, but I'd recommend adding at least one (front and back). Print 4 each of bearing casing A and B for each spool you want to put on. Print 2 of the rods, separately and with a brim or raft. Print 4 of the rod ends, which ever variant you like really. You might need to add some glue to attach them firmly to the rods. Putting everything together is pretty trivial, just clip on the brackets (they should fit very snugly), put two bearings in casings on each rod, put the rods in the brackets and add the end bits. Done!