Spool dividers

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Got fed up with empty spools and loose samples so decided to make a divider for a large spool that enabled me to put more than one type of filament on a spool. Each time I get an empty spool now I can put all the samples I have on it and tidy up my office! Ring1 and ring 2 make one type of divider - solid, 4.5mm thick fits a 200mm diameter spool with a 110mm diameter core. One time use i.e. fit to spool and getting it off will break it. Some changes to make it more user friendly and quicker to print needed Spool divider takes hours to print (8hours?) need 2 to make one divider. Was more of an exercise in 3D CAD usage and stiffening printed components. Fun to do and interesting to draw. Also has a nice clip to hold it together (needs more work). Not really practical but looks good Photographs show one of each type of spool divider. Work in progress because a quick, simple design needs to be done for this and should include a method to label the filament, clip the filament when not in use so it does not unwind when a different filament is being used and perhaps even some way of setting the spacing. Really an exercise in 3D printing