Universal stand-alone filament spool holder (fully 3D-printable)

[@jameskincaid7613]

I can appreciate the amount of quality thought that went into this design. The world needs more thinking like this. :)

[@CreativetoolsSe]

Thanks! We're glad you liked it. :)

[@Afzal1995]

It really matters that you share such crucial designs to help everybody's 3d printing experience! arent you the same people who made the all famous 3D Benchy? keep up the good work guys! much love from India!

[@CreativetoolsSe]

Hi Afzal! Thank you for your very kind words. It really made us happy to know that you appreciate our work. It is true that we also created the #3DBenchy STL benchmark part. It was designed by our team member +DanielNoree. We are astonished that it has become a popular model for so many #3Dprinting enthusiasts around the world! Some time ago, we made and used it internally as a tool for comparing 3D printers, materials and print settings. We then decided that anyone in the world should also benefit from #3DBenchy at 3DBenchy.com

[@monneratrj]

Man i just wanted to really thank you for providing us this tool... A side hug from Brazil!!!

[@einsteinx2]

This is fantastic!! I wanted to replace the stock FLSUN Q5 filament holder with a sideways version to reduce the total vertical height and be able to keep the printer under my workbench. I was about to start designing something from scratch but thought that surely someone must have tried this before... Not only did you try it, but your design is much better than anything I would have ended up with! Thank you so much for sharing this! I’m going to design Q5 printer mount and will share it on Thingiverse as well when I’m done and will add the link to this comment in case anyone with the same printer wants to use it.

[@sandrolauer350]

Excellent design work for targeted production method. Although I personally don't like the look, you showed off once more how well one can design for 3d printing without grabbing parts off the shelf to assemble or for motions.

[@AndrewStottisTheIndiWerWlf]

What do you use to clean/lubricate your filament?

[@CreativetoolsSe]

Hi *****! We use common lubricating oil such as used for sewing machines, bicycle chains, etc. It's purpose is to make the filament glide as easily as possible through the guide tube and into the extruder of your #3dprinter

[@JamesMD03]

Do you print these with supports?

[@wwproductions]

Would love to print this but every spool I find is more than 100mm which is the extent of my small printer.

[@lucas23453]

My creality ender 3's filament holder wasn't going to fit in my new 3d printer closet, (I live in an apartment so space-saving methods are a must) so I started 3d printing this in parts as I needed, babysitting my printer the whole way through. I will warn you all, if you need a new spool holder, don't wait up on printing it until your current spool holder is obsolete.

[@Mike_Neukam]

I'm new to 3d printing. What slicer did you use and what infill settings do you recommend? What type of filament?

[@CreativetoolsSe]

+Mike Neukam Thanks for your question and welcome to the #3dprinting world! you are going to enjoy this new interest! :) The filament spool holder kan be made on most commonly available #3Dprinters and #slicers. For best results and strength we recommend #3dprinting with PLA filament and opting for 4 shells (also called perimeters) in your slicing software. This will make the outer walls of the parts thicker and solid which yields stronger parts. There are many good slicers out there. A very popular one is the +Simplify3D slicer. It has many advanced features and is also compatible with most 3D printers. You can check it out at simplify3d.creativetools.se

[@Mike_Neukam]

Thanks! I have been using Cura, and I don't have everything optimized yet. I will try Simplify3d. There is definitely a learning curve to this.

[@akeyX]

what kind of oil do you use for lubricating the filament?

[@CreativetoolsSe]

Any kind of common household oil will do fine - such as rapeseed oil.

[@mandclu1]

@@CreativetoolsSe Canola oil is pretty similar to rapeseed oil, and in Belgium the two names are used interchangeably

[@TheNewProkuror]

Отлично! А чем капаете на губку? Масло? Какое? (Excellent! And the drip on the sponge? Oil? What is?)

[@CreativetoolsSe]

Glad you liked the design. The fluid is simply common lubrication oil as used for door hinges, bicycle chains, etc.

[@doin_something_holy]

What kind of liquid @2:50??

[@CreativetoolsSe]

It is common lubricating oil such as used for sewing machines, bicycle chains, etc. It's purpose is to make the filament glide as easily as possible through the guide tube and into the extruder of your #3dprinter .

[@doin_something_holy]

***** Thanks!!

[@joinn1710]

What type of sponge?

[@joinn1710]

I have an anet a6 and tried making a filter, but on the second print, loads of oil went through the hotend. Probably because I either used two much oil, used the wrong sponge(white packing foam) or a combination of both

[@CreativetoolsSe]

Any kind of common sponge for dish washing. The purpose is for it to just constantly wipe off any dirt from the filament. If you lubricate the sponge with only a few drops (3 to 6) of oil, it will make the surface of the filament more slippery and thus reducing friction. Only a few drops is enough.

[@pass-123]

What kinds of oil can be used?

[@joinn1710]

***** ok, thanks Oh Fudge any food oil or i think liquid libricant wil do

[@slickfast]

Looks great! What software did you use to design this?

[@CreativetoolsSe]

+Colin Bunting Thanks for your comment! :) We are glad you liked our design. We 3D-modelled the spool holder in #McNeel +Rhinoceros3D (bit.ly/1OeFKFq)

[@hunterpruett5455]

This is cool but if the 3D printer feeds at the bottom of the printer it might fail idk good job

[@littlesnowflakepunk855]

what printer feeds from below lmao

[@hunterpruett5455]

@@littlesnowflakepunk855 that’s a great question for me 3 years ago lol I don’t even know 😂

[@AlexCio]

great tool! Would love to own such one!

[@niklasvoigt5568]

Great job Thanks for sharing !! What Software do You use on Mac ?

[@CreativetoolsSe]

+Niklas Voigt Thanks for your kind words :) Two excellent CAD software solutions that run natively on #MacOSX are the following: - McNeel +Rhinoceros3D (bit.ly/1OeFKFq), which we used to create this model of the spool holder. - Autodesk Fusion 360 (bit.ly/1OeFKFq)

[@hugochialopez5140]

Do I need to use brackets?

[@biomushroom7227]

really cool... Starting to print in 3....2...1.... ^^

[@syang1115]

Genius idea!

[@XellosMetallium]

i hang mine on top of a da vinci top cover

[@RamLaska]

Wow!!!

[@armiakrolewska]

Thx you ;]

[@ronniepaulinc]

like a boss!

[@integrationofmanandmachine4714]

unnecessarily complex so i decided to design mine and it is already real good and simple