Filament Spool Holder for 3D Printer

Prevents tangles by keeping the filament on the spool

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Description

Everybody talks about how PLA filament tends to spring off the spool. I decided to do something about it. This is the result. 3 rollers with F608zz bearings stay in contact with the spool's flanges preventing the filament from coming off and getting tangled. The rollers are tapered at each end to keep the spool centered in the holder and the bearings make it very easy for the extruder to pull the filament.

This thing will hold spools between about 140 and 210 mm diameter and up to 120 mm wide.

Materials and methods

I used PLA, but ABS is OK too. You'll also need three 5/16-18 or 8mm bolts and nuts, 12 washers, and 6 x F608zz bearings.

The print is 305mm talll, so you're going to need a big printer.

I printed in 0.25 mm layers with 15% infill. The rollers need support material on the bottom, so turn it on but limit it to bed plate only.

Documents

Spool Holder Rev3
RSDOC – 4 mb
Version 1 - May 31, 2017
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Spool Holder Rev3
STL – 2.8 mb
Version 4 - May 31, 2017
39:25 h – 236 g – 153×207×303 mm
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Version 4 - May 31, 2017 05:03
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Maria Angela de Luna added this to the Tools collection about 2 years ago

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Mark Rehorst commented over 5 years ago

Perfect! I was just going to eat my breakfast and found this spam to go with my eggs.

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Benji S commented over 6 years ago

Great work! Can't wait to print this.

Mark Rehorst published this design over 6 years ago

Thanks for downloading!