Filament spindle holder v0.2
Description
It measures 30 cm or 12 inch diameter. The discs will be 6 cm apart.
This is a filament spool that can be be mounted on the side of the Darwin. The image is an artistic illustration. When I've refined it an laser cut it, I will also post the final SVG that I have used for it.
If you have suggestions, please let me know.
It was made in Inkscape.
Instructions
15 M8 nuts (approximately)
2 skate bearings (I got mine from RRRF)
3 diagonal tie brackets
3 pieces of M8 threaded rod, each about 10 cm long.
1 some super glue (optional)
It was made for 6 mm acrylic, since It is strong and simply since I have a lot if it. The design is very easily adjusted for other sizes, almost all of the holes are cloned, you change the size of all of them if you change one.
The arcs that are missing (lasered out) are used to connect two of the lasered 'discs'. They will be evenly spaced. They *should* fit tightly (6mm).
I've added three holes for your finger (to turn it) if you want to roll filament onto it.
There is one elliptical hole, you can put the end of the filament through here and perhaps put a screw terminal on it so it stays in place.
You need to use an extra diagonal tie bracket to attach the center axis. Two more of you make the arms that keep the spindle tightly.
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Oh dear god! First this is the first time i take the filament out of the box. Also first time handling filament ever in my life. Anyone out there have any suggestions on dealing with a tangled mess such as the one shown above. This seems to defy physics. There are knots where the filament should never have crossed itself!
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Otherwise the Spool is magnificent! :-D
Hi,
You should unroll it when it's rolled up. That means that you if pick up coils and wind them onto something else, you have to keep rotating the spool. When things are all entangled, I don't have a good way to fix it, I've had that a couple of times... it suchs. You could cut the coil in maybe four segments or so. That makes the problem a bit easier. The segments will still be long enough that you can print for a very long time without refilling.
Thanks for making my 'thing' :) Looks pretty on the stand. If you like, please make a derivative which includes your stand so that people can choose to make a free standing version or one attached to the machine.
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Hey Erik could you upload the file as a DXF? The InkScape file appears to distort when imported. I had noticed the spindle wobbled when i built mine, but didn't realize it was because of the files until just now. Thanks!