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Bearing Filament Guide for MakerBot

by jib, published

Bearing Filament Guide for MakerBot by jib Jul 8, 2011

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In this case, I like this kind of over kill. :)

i love the way this thing looks. i dont know why. it reminds me of a statue or something.

Looks like overkill. I posted a filament guide (with rounded edges to avoid snags) and that was more than good enough. Remaining problems feeding the filament are entirely with the spool. The 1kg spools may be better but when you first put a 5 pound package on a spool (with bearings) it doesn't unroll very smoothly. That's where most of the potential for improvement lies.

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Instructions

-Press fit the bearings into place
-Press fit the assembled head into the clip
-Clip to the middle of right upper inside edge of the case.
-Insert the filament through the cutout on top.

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Charles on Mar 24, 2012 said:

In this case, I like this kind of over kill. :)

donb on Jul 14, 2011 said:

i love the way this thing looks. i dont know why. it reminds me of a statue or something.

pauldebra on Jul 9, 2011 said:

Looks like overkill. I posted a filament guide (with rounded edges to avoid snags) and that was more than good enough. Remaining problems feeding the filament are entirely with the spool. The 1kg spools may be better but when you first put a 5 pound package on a spool (with bearings) it doesn't unroll very smoothly. That's where most of the potential for improvement lies.

ccotter247 on Jul 9, 2011 said:

I love your approach to this guide! I have not seen it done like this before! Great idea! :)

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