Tabletop Spool Stand
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I made this spool holder so that my filament could feed into the extruder of my Creality CR10s Pro at a natural angle, unlike the top mount that it comes with. We have a bunch of 6005ZZC3 bearings (25x47x12mm) at my work so I made it to work with those. The base is made to print in two halves and then pop together like a puzzle. And the components that make up the shaft all have a snap-in-place design that requires no post processing or fasteners. And, they have a very gratuitous "click", might I add. I have provided 3 different "Outer Shaft" parts. The 3 diameters denote the outermost diameter of the cylinder. The 51.5mm will fit into the little, white spools that Creality includes with each printer, the 53mm fits Creality clear spools, and the 72mm should fit some of the spools with larger diameters snuggly. I have not tried the 72 mm, and I doubt it will flex much at all. Might need to shave off the retention lip and just use it as a press fit. I have made some minor modifications to these since I printed the first one and have not tested them yet. If you try it and have any issues, let me know so I can fix them. PRINTING I would recommend glue and a brim on the shafts because they have very little surface area thanks to the chamfered "feed lips". OuterShafts: • I would recommend using tree support for the overhang on the outer shaft. Standard support was difficult to remove. • You might consider printing the outer shaft in PETG, Nylon, just something more flexible than PLA. I had to really fight the bearing into the collar and even broke the wall of the 51.5 model as it is only 2mm thick. • The 53 mm is the size I recommend using for general purpose use. Throw a dowel in these for those little white Creality ones. TOTAL PRINT TIME: 13 Hours, 9 Minutes
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