Prusa i3 filament reel roller, bracket and guide

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My Prusa i3 had two metal filament mount arms on the top and the rod for the filament just slotted into two grooves so would fall out if I got the balance wrong with just one reel at one end. I made up this set of parts to fix this. Firstly, the long brackets fit over the top of the arms and have holes for two lengths of 5mm piano wire. The higher has the end rollers attached (I used a length of black plastic conduit to complete a spool roller) while the lower piano wire has the filament guide, two washers and the roller (made in two parts for ease of printing). Bearings are 5mm ID, 10mm OD, 4mm thick. This is all original work, not based on anything out there. Other parts designed for my Prusa i3 steel upgrade are: - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1959901 (GT2 belt clamp (Prusa Y-axis) - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1937232 (Arduino Mega and RAMPS v1.4 case) - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1905409 (Prusa i3 steel 10mm upgrade) - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1959974 (Prusa i3 Steel Y-axis motor mount) - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1991116 (Prusa i3 Steel X-carriage) - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1991117 (E3D Chimera / Cyclops mount) - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1994413 (dual E3D Thermocouple amplifier board housing) - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1090661 (Belt driven Bowden extruder with 1:2.5 reduction) - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:896676 (enclosure for SevenSwitch FET) - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:922455 (8mm Z-axis leadscrew bearing holder) - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:922309 (Z-axis NEMA 17 adjustable endstop bracket) - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:899607 (cable chain) - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2334269 (LCD housing) - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2377049 (PSU cover) - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2395715 (Chimera & Zesty Nimble drive cable spacer) - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2407651 Chimera Zesty Nimble X-axis set for i3 clone These are all listed on the Group page I have created for this project http://www.thingiverse.com/groups/prusa-i3-steel-upgrade-project Please feel free to add comments or suggestions there. For avoidance of doubt, this item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ for more details.