This is what I made today.

DongWon_Han_DWONH · January 10, 2015, 4:40am

This is what I made today.
A universal spool-roller using 608 bearings and can be assembled via screw & snap-in pin (no bolts and nuts are required). It consists of two roller units and stand. And it can be used on various platform upon changing design of stand. I think it can also be used with one roller-unit centering hole of a bobbin(like many designs for prusa i3).
#spool_holder, #spool_roller

william_foster1 · January 10, 2015, 5:12am

it’s nice, but it there is a risk of skinny spools toppling over.

Electra_Flarefire · January 10, 2015, 5:18am

I’d be tempted to add a tapered shape towards the middle so spools will ‘self center’ after they turn and not drift off to one side if something isn’t even.
Like the rest of the design.

Griffin_Paquette · January 10, 2015, 5:20am

@Electra_Flarefire is right. Might want to add a way to recenter the roll.

DongWon_Han_DWONH · January 10, 2015, 5:38am

@Electra_Flarefire It is good idea! I haven’t thought about it. Thank you for comment

christopher_myers · January 10, 2015, 7:42am

It might act more like a belt on a roller, where as the middle is a larger diameter as the belts"climb" the incline. Goggle it for a better description:)

Adam_Milton-Barker · January 10, 2015, 10:23am

Can you share the STL for it ?

maria_scotish · January 10, 2015, 11:26am

DongWon_Han_DWONH · January 10, 2015, 11:41am

@Adam_Milton-Barker I’ll share the files soon, on Thingiverse maybe.

Tony_Olivo · January 10, 2015, 12:49pm

Commenting so I see when it gets posted. Please also consider posting to @YouMagine and Repables

Adam_Milton-Barker · January 10, 2015, 1:14pm

@DongWon_Han_DWONH
Thanks I was looking on there last night. Let me know when you have it please I’m beta testing the Mico3D so will good to give it a test out. At the moment I have to load the filament externally so need a good one of these.

Liam_Jackson · January 10, 2015, 3:13pm

Looks good, want something like this to mount to the top of my printer!

DongWon_Han_DWONH · January 10, 2015, 3:32pm

@Adam_Milton-Barker I uploaded files at Thingiverse

Thank you for your interest and comment.

Adam_Milton-Barker · January 10, 2015, 3:41pm

Thanks Will download now.

Adam_Milton-Barker · January 10, 2015, 3:53pm

I think this may take some time, at the moment the beta team are working on sections and the speeds are down low until they are happy with some fixes, the estimated time for some of the pats is 9hours + so Im starting with the smaller pieces first. I will let you know how it goes on, it is not a production printer yet. Thanks for sharing though.

paul_wallich · January 10, 2015, 4:50pm

How many different spool widths are there these days? I’m guessing dozens, but I could be wrong.

DongWon_Han_DWONH · January 11, 2015, 5:42am

@Tony_Olivo I have not used youMagine so far, I just registered. Is there any reason people prefer(if they do) youMagine over Thingiverse? . I’m guessing it is because Makerbot merged by big muscle and go closed & exclusive?

paul_wallich · January 11, 2015, 2:21pm

@DongWon_Han_DWONH
Pretty much. There have also been some questions raised (don’t know how valid) about the licensing terms for things put up on Thingiverse.

Tony_Olivo · January 11, 2015, 4:43pm

Yup, @paul_wallich has basically got it. Just trying to spread the ecosystem. My other beef with Thingiverse is the customizer. Not in the feature itself so much as the search gets cluttered with “My customized…” and you can’t find other things you’re looking for.