Filament Spindle
Filament Spindle
Release status: concept
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Description | Filament Spindle
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License | GPL
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Contents
Introduction
A printable built-in filament management solution. Hopefully bringing an end to tangled messes and bizarre hanging contraptions!
Inspiration
Building on the work of these other designs.
Filament Spindle MK1 by makerbot
Printable Horizontal Filament Spool by Spacexula
The end result will look similar to the base of this Mini-Mendel rendering.
Planned Features
- can either be attached to the Mendel frame or sit under it
- stackable for multiple spools and/or multiple extruder configurations
- can either feed directly into a normal extruder or provide a mounting spot for a bowden fed extruder motor
- takes up less space and more stable than the similar in concept Mendel Feed Spool
- all cad files created using OpenSCAD
Parts
Printed Parts
So far the following parts have been optimized and converted to OpenSCAD...
Requires mendel.inc and mendel.conf from the Parameterized Mendel project.
Vitamins
McMaster # | Price Each | Quantity | Total Price | Description |
98861A080 | $2.27 | 7 | $15.89 | Metric Class 4.6 Plain Steel Threaded Rod M8 Size, 1 Meter Length, 1.25 mm Pitch (not sure if this is the right number of rods yet) |
2381T15 | $10.47 | 1 | $10.47 | One-Piece Polystyrene Spool 3-1/2" Core Dia X 5" L Core X 10-1/2" Flange Dia (probably better to make your own spool, this is expensive) |
50375K41 | $0.14 | 25 | $3.50 | about 900mm HDPE Tubing - 1/4" OD, 1/8" ID (25' is smallest size for sale, maybe PTFE tube would be better?) |
5225K712 | $2.85 | 1 | $2.85 | Brass Push-to-Connect Tube Fitting Adapter for 1/4" Tube OD X 1/8" NPTF Male Pipe |
91862A101 | $1.86 | 1 | $1.86 | 1/8"-27 NPT Nut (for mounting tube fitting) |
90592A022 | $4.29 | 2 | $8.58 | M8 nuts (probably need like 128) |
93475A270 | $7.00 | 2 | $14.00 | M8 washers (probably need like 128) |
vxb.com is cheaper | $0.59 | 5 | $2.95 | 608ZZ Bearing 8x22x7 Shielded |
$60.10 | TOTAL |
Assembly
Coming Soon...
TODO
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order vitaminsvitamins arrived and seem to be correct - make some modifications to Printable Horizontal Filament Spool models (might need diagonal reinforcement?)
- figure out proper dimensions and most efficient way to cut 1m rods
- figure out a logical way to attach to bottom of Mendel frame