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Any ideas to adapt a small spool for Mendel90 holder?

marcosscriven

Any ideas to adapt a small spool for Mendel90 holder?
June 02, 2016 03:15AM

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I have a spool that's 180mm in diameter, with 80mm between the outer disks.

The Mendel90 I have from Nophead's kit requires one with at least 220mm diamter, and 90mm between the disks.

Does anyone have any smart ideas to adapt it? I've tried just leaving it on the ground next to the printer, but the filament is quite tightly wound and seems to get more twisted as the filament is fed in.

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demetris

Re: Any ideas to adapt a small spool for Mendel90 holder?
June 02, 2016 02:17PM

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Posts: 90

Not quite what you are looking for, but I printed these rollers (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1000546) which are quite hassle-free since they require no bolts. You just snap in the bearings that come with your printer. Also, since the two rollers are separate, they can work with any spool width. They worked great for me so far!

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/02/2016 02:18PM by demetris.

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marcosscriven

Re: Any ideas to adapt a small spool for Mendel90 holder?
June 03, 2016 02:16AM

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Posts: 130

Thanks - cool idea. So you just put the spool on the floor with these?

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demetris

Re: Any ideas to adapt a small spool for Mendel90 holder?
June 03, 2016 03:21AM

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Well, I have a wooden enclosure for the printer, so I put the spool on top of that so that the filament doesn't need to travel much.

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nophead

Re: Any ideas to adapt a small spool for Mendel90 holder?
June 03, 2016 03:23AM

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If you Google Mendel90 spool holder you will find an almost infinite variety. Here are a few: -

[blog.think3dprint3d.com]
[www.thingiverse.com]
[yunhobby.blogspot.co.uk]
[www.thingiverse.com]

[www.hydraraptor.blogspot.com]

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marcosscriven

Re: Any ideas to adapt a small spool for Mendel90 holder?
June 03, 2016 03:43AM

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Ahh... thanks Chris, that's exactly what I was looking for. Not sure how I failed quite so epically on my Googling attempts!

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nophead

Re: Any ideas to adapt a small spool for Mendel90 holder?
June 03, 2016 06:46AM

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Another one appeared today. [www.thingiverse.com].

I would always recommend feeding the filament via a tube that is anchored to the frame to prevent it dragging on the extruder and reducing the print quality.

[www.hydraraptor.blogspot.com]

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wingmaster

Re: Any ideas to adapt a small spool for Mendel90 holder?
June 21, 2016 11:01PM

Registered: 9 years ago
Posts: 26

This is the spool holder I use on my Mendel90:
[www.thingiverse.com]

Nophead. Thanks for you great printer design !