For a smoother spool feed. Leave it on your spool rod when changing filament spools. 4 x 608z bearings required (leftover from fidget spinner craze). [image] Minimal Spool Reel Guide for Snapmaker by kelvin8r Update 25 March, 2019 Version 2 has an updated shape to the reel guide. The spl…

@kelvin8r How clever is that, well done. Out of curiosity what CAD application do you use to design components? Have a great Easter Doug

Thanks @doug . I’ve been using Tinkercad online to design these components. Eventually I want to use Fusion 360, but I like the simplicity of Tinkercad’s ability to boolean primitive shapes together to design the components. Being online is a plus because I’m running an older Mac Mini from 2012 and …

Hi @kelvin8r Thanks for the response. Being new to all of this, I looked around and started with Fusion 360… it is a learning curve however perseverance is getting me there. I keep trying new bits of functionality and slowly getting there. In this item I started with a base plate from a supplier …

I have print one of this spools guides and I strongly recommend it. The spool rotates very smooth.

I printed a pair of these. The 608 bearings are available on Amazon. 10 for $5. This works REALLY well on my snapmaker.

One thing I’ve discovered is that the guides like to “walk” along the rod, eventually causing the spool to fall off the bearings. To remedy this, I cut a section of the tubing that normally goes on the factory mount long enough to act as a spacer between the outer guide and the thumbscrew. No more w…

That’s a great fix. Thanks for the feedback. I never thought about the PLA “loosening” over time. I actually printed a pair of these in PETG as a test. I’ll see if it fares better than the PLA.

I have enough tubing left over to make more spacers for different width spools. :slight_smile: I may have to see if I can come up with an adjustable spacer Thing.

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Very Nice. Already added it to SnapLinks!

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