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Parametric Filament Spool Drive

Created by
lImbus
Created on Nov 18, 2011

Ever wanted to buy a spool of filament with a friend ? Ever wanted to split a full spool into two small ones ?

This thing will allow you to transfer as much as you want from one spool to another.

The needed bolt is calculated as to where a Wade's Hobbed Bolt is the perfect drop in replacement. If you have another length, this can easily be adjusted in the OpenScad-File.

As you can see on the pictures, it fits the two widely used spindel formats.

On one of the pictures, you can see that the hobbed bolt was clogged with some red filament grains when I started this build.

The circular teardrops are copied from some wade's.

Instructions

Print it, drop in a M8x60, washer, nut, tighten, and then mount it on your power drill. The spools (source and destination) should both be spinning freely, either horizontally on two lazy suzy, or sitting on a peg on the wall.

You can easily derive a bearing / washer type of thing for center mounting.

Parametric Filament Spool Drive

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