Re-use old spools?

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Re-use old spools?

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This looks interesting....a friend posted on Facebook a bit ago

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2009550
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That is a neat option, but would cost a bit of filament :)
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DidierKlein made a similar thing about a year ago: https://www.youmagine.com/designs/spool-organizer

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I can't get YouMagine to load....anyone else?
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Youmagine works fine for me.
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The big question is: how much filament do you need to waste to "re use an old spool"? It almost feels like the spool it's gonna end on printing these things to re-use itself :P
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antiklesys wrote:The big question is: how much filament do you need to waste to "re use an old spool"? It almost feels like the spool it's gonna end on printing these things to re-use itself :P
What a clever point. True

Some of those shelves take a couple hours!
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LePaul wrote:
antiklesys wrote:The big question is: how much filament do you need to waste to "re use an old spool"? It almost feels like the spool it's gonna end on printing these things to re-use itself :P
What a clever point. True

Some of those shelves take a couple hours!
Perhaps if we could find a re-use that doesn't require us printing anything or much less than that... :) Cardboard perhaps?
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