Heavy duty filament spool - for mendel
Description
It's not very different from the original model, but I spend many hours in Sketchup tweaking it : correcting the scale in mm, getting rid of many mesh problems (face orientations and holes, especially in the hub), lower the height of the hub and the arms, join the arms in one piece like Fil did with the Randyy's ones, fuse the RotoScan's clip with the Tjhowse's spindle, organize the parts to be production friendly for a Mendel bed.
And finally present the whole in a "new thing" to make less works for the other who want to print that spool for their RepRap :)
For me it printed good, hub and spindle are maybe tight to clip at first but can spin freely after some movements, sometimes the dovetails can require a little sanding but its a really nice spool, thanks RotoScan !
(video of spinning : youtu.be/9SCrJz4pWRs)
Instructions
"Print out and assemble. The dovetail parts should not need any trimming except for part that lies against the build platform. Even so, if you assemble it when it is warm you may not even need to do that.
Wind the filament onto the spool. Start by threading the filament through the holes on the "U" shaped parts. Wind the filament so that it just lies gently in place. When you have finished loading the spool, cut the filament and then press the end of the filament into the built-in clips to keep it from unraveling."
Hang the spindle on the top bars of your Mendel and clip the spool (I have one spool per color and just swap-clip between them).
Alternatively you can print these double-fork thingiverse.com/thing:12273 if you want to hold two coils on the same spool.
Next : add this filament guide thingiverse.com/thing:11521 and you will be fine for the feeding :)
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I am using Slic3r 0.6.0 and it is not able to slice the V3 hub stl file. I'm a newbie so it could just be me. SLic3r claims it has overlapping or self-intersecting facets. Is there a cleanup process I can do to get it to slice?
Thanks in advance....
Just finished printing this on my makergear prusa - turned out fantastically in the end. I had to redo a couple of the parts due to unrelated interruptions but once I got the complete set printed they went together great; the spindle is sized flawlessly and clips both to the printer's top rods perfectly, as well as providing exactly the amount of friction required to the spool to prevent unwinding without unnecessarily loading the extruder. I needed only a tiny touch of filing on one of the three dovetails and otherwise a few minutes with a mallet and everything is sturdy as could be. Thanks for the design; no more hand-feeding filament for me!
lovely :)
now all we need is a way to feed the filament into the extruder without it catching on the forks and breaking something!
Yes, it is uploaded successfully. I made this thing, but the plastic does not stick to it. It unfolds like a spring. I did something wrong? Maybe I should shoulder a larger diameter?
This is an interesting thing. But the spindle is not available for download. It is possible to fix?
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hello Is anyone there??? my Clips are too small and Float in the slots is there a Retainer clip with this Spool?
I use zip-ties in that case :)