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Topic: Spool winder print showoff

I recently made this to wind loose filament with an empty spool I have lying around.
http://i.imgur.com/PYGfR0d.png

I used it on about 1lb +/- of filament with shown craptastic Black&Decker drill and it work great!
Instructions on the Thing link are as simple as it gets...8mm rod, 3 8mm nuts, and printed parts. I have tested this on Solidoodle spools (shown) and Makerbot spools. This will not work, however, on Taulman, Octave, or paper-ended spools as used by SainSmart or SD from time to time.

Beats handwinding by a mile big_smile

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Re: Spool winder print showoff

I've been doing this for around 150kg now. smile

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Re: Spool winder print showoff

Yeah...I know this thread isn't original, but I had success with it and felt the need to share.
Really helps with Filastruder filament wink

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Re: Spool winder print showoff

niiiice smile

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Re: Spool winder print showoff

Nice one, thanks.
But I thought winders exists to allow to wind the filament on the spool evenly and stuff.

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Re: Spool winder print showoff

jaques wrote:

Nice one, thanks.
But I thought winders exists to allow to wind the filament on the spool evenly and stuff.


that would require a huge open face fishing reel type design. lots of machine work for that.

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