Needed as soon as possible a spool holder for larger spools so printing anything that is dozens of hours was out of the question.
Solution? Looked at the heavy shelves and had an idea.
One remix later, a 1-hour print and with some round wood that was lying around this spool holder was born.
I like the position of the spool so much that it is here to stay.
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that little “temporary” fix will probably outlast everything else in your entire workstation.
Looks great. The only update I could see is bearings around the wood to reduce friction. Otherwise great work!
Surprisingly very low friction. The only issue is it slowly grinds away the wood but at this rate, I will have gone through dozens of spools before the wooden rod needs replacement.
Maybe add some lubricant? Something like chain grease for bikes should work fine and keep the wood from eroding. Just check how it interacts with plastic or it might eat your mount point instead :D
Graphite (even just shaded on from a pencil) works quite well for wood. I prefer the stuff you can get in a powder.
Wax would probably work.
What material did you print? Careful if it’s PLA. It has a tendency to creep under stress. If so, keep an eye on it.
Also, !functionalprint@kbin.social or !functionalprint@fedia.io might like this
PLA. I don’t care if it creeps/breaks after a year. Just print a replacement with whatever is loaded on the machines.
If the roll breaks off while the filament is inside the printer, does it not run the risk of ripping your printer off of whatever it’s on? Those large filament rolls look pretty heavy, if one rolled away on my printer the printer would go with it for sure
I don’t think it will break anytime soon.
Regardless, E3D toolchangers weigh about 30kg (the equivalent of approx. four Ender 3 [by weight]). If it broke, the printer wouldn’t move much, but there would still be a big mess as the spool would fall to the floor and unroll.
Wood is actually quite strong. I would’t call this a temporary fix but an upgrade.
I had only a 3kg spool of filament, so I just rewound filament onto smaller spool by hands.
I used two random 2x4 offcuts with a bolt through em for literally YEARS, I feel this.
Hmmm… If it bends, can we call it spooliosis?
