I’ve been accumulating more and more rolls of filament so I decided to make a wall mounted shelf to save space and stay organized. I didn’t like the standard design where all spools sit on a rod because you have to take off half to get to the middle spool. My design uses two one-inch wooden dowels to support the filament so you can just grab the spool you need. I even added little tags to go over the dowels to label each group of filament.
I feel your pain. I’m getting quite a collection too.
Did you print the wall brackets?
@Steven_Archibald yep, that’s what the Thingiverse link is for.
wondering the weight it can hold
Nice design. I prefer to store filaments in (more and more) boxes with renewable dehumidifiers, even in quite a low humidity area.
@Adam_Steinmark sorry was quickly thumbing through and saw the collection of spools and drooled a little, I’m still trying to convince my wife that 3d printers have value lol
Too many spools a good problem to have. Nice design Adam. Been thinking about different racking ways. Looks like I found my new solution.
@Tomas_Vit I’ve found I can use most of my filaments (except for Taulman’s nylon which wont fit on this setup anyway) don’t require drying. In the event that the occasional really old spool does I’ve built the following setup that works exceptionally well: http://taulman3d.com/drying-materials.html
@Thomas_Chandra I tested it by just piling filament on top each other and got to 20 spools with no issue so it should hold 11 full spools easily which is what 36" wooden dowels will accommodate. The wall brackets are sufficiently over-engineered so the weakest component should actually be the screws that go into the 2x4’s.
@Steven_Archibald After convincing my wife (my two son’s were on board right away) that a 3D printer would make a nice family Christmas gift, I made sure I printed a couple of these soon after – with hearts cut out of the middle. leaving them in random places for her to find solidified the “usefulness” of having a printer. 
@allanGEE nice work, what made the tipping point for your wife?
- She’s incredibly understanding and encouraging.
- I don’t spend money on cigarettes, alcohol, season’s tickets to anything, cable/satellite TV, etc (don’t even own a cell phone yet).
- It (Anet A8 Prusa i3) was paid for with some money I made online – so it didn’t come out of our “normal” cash flow.
- She’s incredibly understanding and encouraging! She know I like to putter and tinker and this would make me happy.
- I told her, and believe, that considering the world of technology we’re in, it wouldn’t hurt for the boys to mess around with some of it.
I just added a new version which is able to be printed on printers with a more average sized build area. The spools don’t sit as low on the shelf in this version and there is less clearance between the spools and wall (from 1 in clearance to 1/4 in clearance) to make the design more compact.
How do you prevent filament from absorbing atmospheric liquid with that storage system?
@Tajudeen_Tope_Muhamm paraphrased from above, I’ve found that most of my filaments (except for Taulman’s nylon which wont fit on this setup anyway) don’t require drying or humidity control. I’ve been printing for about 3 years and the only materials that require moisture control are nylons. In the event that the occasional really old spool (6+ months with no use) does I’ve built the following setup that works exceptionally well: http://taulman3d.com/drying-materials.html
That is good to know. Contrary to the theoretical believe that most filaments absorb water.