Computer Aided Project

Actually a CNC project to support my 3D printer operation. The filament reel stand that came with the printer was made to fit an 8mm all thread with nuts on each end. I found and printed a new hub system, then sized down an end nut assembly to suit me. Then, I needed something better to hold all that.

Drew this up in VCarve, cut it on my SO2 CNC.




At least it's woodworking of a sort!

That'll do! Very nice!

Very nice! I'd be interested in the files for that and the doodads on the end of the spool too.

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The spool holder is this one: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1241566/#files

I found a rod end "Thing" but it was a hair to big to fit easily through the hub nut. I imported it into SketchUp, reduced it to 95%: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2178043

To keep the end nut from tightening against the hub, I put a little thread lock on each one after leaving a tiny bit of space.

I have had one problem with this setup. With the bearings on all pieces, the reel moves so easily I have to be careful when loading not to get it going too fast!!!

Cool Beans Bill.

That's what these machines are for.

Tools - that we use to do what we need to do.

Leo Voisine said:

Cool Beans Bill.

That's what these machines are for.

Tools - that we use to do what we need to do.

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Yep, for sure Leo!

I'm routinely looking at Thingiverse and recently ran across quite a few things for CNC that can be 3d printed. It's a two-way street!