Things of the Week: Spindles
Is your plastic filament a mess? If you just leave it sitting around you probably have had your fair share of knots and tangles. Don’t despair, Thingiverse has solutions!
Check out this laser printed filament spool:
Filament Spindle v0.4 by builttospec
It should be noted that this is a derivative of Erik’s and CidVilas’ work. Taking a design and making it better and custom FTW.
There’s also a spindle design that FDM (fused deposition modeling) type machines like the RepRap and Makerbot can produce. This one is by tbfleming:
Printed Filament Spindle by tbfleming
All those rods and connectors are sort of remind me of tinker toys.
No 3D printer at all? No Problemo!
Cardboard Spool by charlespax
Pax has an excellent design which only needs a knife and some cardboard!
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Blogging at Thingiverse | Widget’s Workshop Said,
February 4, 2010 @ 10:01 pm
[...] Check out my first post: [...]
Robert Hunt Said,
February 5, 2010 @ 4:54 am
There are also a few more designs, just check out the things tagged with ’spindle’ http://www.thingiverse.com/tag:spindle
Erik de Bruijn Said,
February 5, 2010 @ 7:46 am
Nice to see postings again!
I’m listing two spindles/filament holders you’ve left out:
http://blog.erikdebruijn.nl/archives/123-Accessories-evolution-Spindle-holders!.html
One of them is my own design (thing:1420).
Little Bits and Pieces of Reprappery Said,
February 5, 2010 @ 6:44 pm
[...] all the spindle stuff comes from The Thingverse blog, which also has a cardboard one, but if it’s all the same to you, I’ll stick with my [...]
Cid Vilas Said,
February 12, 2010 @ 6:56 pm
lol awesome! Revolution!