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Re-use old spools?

Posted: January 2nd, 2017, 1:16 am
by LePaul
This looks interesting....a friend posted on Facebook a bit ago

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2009550

Re: Re-use old spools?

Posted: January 2nd, 2017, 2:20 am
by Xeno
That is a neat option, but would cost a bit of filament :)

Re: Re-use old spools?

Posted: January 2nd, 2017, 4:17 am
by Meduza
DidierKlein made a similar thing about a year ago: https://www.youmagine.com/designs/spool-organizer


Re: Re-use old spools?

Posted: January 2nd, 2017, 12:46 pm
by LePaul
I can't get YouMagine to load....anyone else?

Re: Re-use old spools?

Posted: January 2nd, 2017, 1:26 pm
by Meduza
Youmagine works fine for me.

Re: Re-use old spools?

Posted: January 9th, 2017, 7:51 am
by antiklesys
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

Re: Re-use old spools?

Posted: January 9th, 2017, 9:26 am
by LePaul
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!

Re: Re-use old spools?

Posted: January 9th, 2017, 9:52 am
by antiklesys
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?