Non Spindled Filament Holder
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Published on August 13, 2012
Description
Holds your filament and spins freely to avoid tangles. Easy changeover.
Instructions
Parts:
Plastic Salad Bowl with Ridge underneth for each roll of filament.
1 X old 3.5" Hard Drive
Instructions:
Split your hard drive in two and throw away the top half.
Check the sizes of the hub on your hard drive platter and your salad bowl against the STL file and change the scad if needed.
Print with low fill.
Use a salad bowl for each color you have.
Make sure you have a free coil coming off the top of your filament.
Make sure you bowl isn't touching anything.
Plastic Salad Bowl with Ridge underneth for each roll of filament.
1 X old 3.5" Hard Drive
Instructions:
Split your hard drive in two and throw away the top half.
Check the sizes of the hub on your hard drive platter and your salad bowl against the STL file and change the scad if needed.
Print with low fill.
Use a salad bowl for each color you have.
Make sure you have a free coil coming off the top of your filament.
Make sure you bowl isn't touching anything.
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DanLuc
on
February 4, 2013
said:
I put the entire 7lb cardboard box of filament on the thing and works like a charm.
DanLuc
on
January 30, 2013
said:
Can you tell me the ID and OD for the 2 circles pls? PS Great Idea :)
owen
on
January 30, 2013
said:
baseHeight = 6;
level1Height = 7.5;
baseWidth = 156;
level1Width = 94;
centreHole = 34;
These measurements were taken from the Scad file and are all adjustable. Though probably you would only want to adjust the center hole as it is different on different hard drives. It doesn't matter if it's too big though as near enough still works fine.
License
Non Spindled Filament Holder by owen is licensed under the Attribution - Share Alike - Creative Commons license.
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What a neat idea. I like it.