Talk:SpoolHead

>> There are three proposed methods for this as well: Using superglue, using UV-curing resin, or using heat.

A fourth option may exist as a viable alternative - use mechanical means to secure the wire.

Print a layer or two with a linear recess with a small complete or segmented overhang, then press the wire into the recess, snapping it past the overhangs. The recess should be as close or slightly larger than the wire diameter, and the overhangs just slightly less... in cross sectional ASCII art:

  O   <- mechanical pressure forcing the wire past the overhangs.
__ __  
 (_)  <- surface created with a small recess allowing the wire to snap into it.

• Interesting method! This could work well for larger diameter wires than what we're considering at the moment (<0.5mm), but I don't think our resolution or accuracy are good enough for doing that on the small scales we're starting out with.

We are planning to use similar mechanical methods to help position the wire though; for example, we'll print guides on the inner radius of corners and such, so that the wire's tension doesn't pull it out of place.

By the way, can I ask who wrote the above idea? :)

--Jbayless 19:31, 28 January 2010 (UTC)