Akimbo Spool cradle
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Published on October 11, 2012
Description
A Spool cradle for Mendel style printers, and Ultimachine filament spools.
A companion piece for Akimbo - thingiverse.com/thing:28431
After having my spool roller bind up one too many times, I decided it was time to make a spool cradle that didn't bear against the outer edge of the spool.
This spool cradle is designed for use with Ultimachine spools - some adjustment will be needed for spools with different widths, or with a different size of center hole.
A companion piece for Akimbo - thingiverse.com/thing:28431
After having my spool roller bind up one too many times, I decided it was time to make a spool cradle that didn't bear against the outer edge of the spool.
This spool cradle is designed for use with Ultimachine spools - some adjustment will be needed for spools with different widths, or with a different size of center hole.
Instructions
Vitamins - spool hub:
1x M8 threaded rod - 150mm
2x M8 nut.
Directions - spool hub:
Print 2 spool hub halves (spool_hub.stl)
Push M8 nuts into the nut traps, assemble onto the spool.
Vitamins - cradle:
6x M8 threaded rod - 150mm.
2x M8 threaded rod - 200mm.
32x M8 nut.
32x M8 washer.
4x 624zz roller bearing.
4x M4 x 25 bolt.
4x M4 nylock nut.
Directions - cradle:
Print two sets of cradle parts (spool_cradle.stl)
Push the 4 M4 nylock nuts into their nut traps.
Attach the 4 624zz roller bearings with M4 x 25 bolts.
The rest of the frame assembly is much the same as a Mendel printer.
The distance between the inner faces of the vertices should be 90mm.
The distance between the frame triangles should be adjusted for your particular spools.
1x M8 threaded rod - 150mm
2x M8 nut.
Directions - spool hub:
Print 2 spool hub halves (spool_hub.stl)
Push M8 nuts into the nut traps, assemble onto the spool.
Vitamins - cradle:
6x M8 threaded rod - 150mm.
2x M8 threaded rod - 200mm.
32x M8 nut.
32x M8 washer.
4x 624zz roller bearing.
4x M4 x 25 bolt.
4x M4 nylock nut.
Directions - cradle:
Print two sets of cradle parts (spool_cradle.stl)
Push the 4 M4 nylock nuts into their nut traps.
Attach the 4 624zz roller bearings with M4 x 25 bolts.
The rest of the frame assembly is much the same as a Mendel printer.
The distance between the inner faces of the vertices should be 90mm.
The distance between the frame triangles should be adjusted for your particular spools.
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License
Akimbo Spool cradle by raldrich is licensed under the Attribution - Share Alike - Creative Commons license.
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oh i get it, once you upgrade to the akimbo, you use the old frame parts to make this, nifty.