CubeX External Spool Holder with Filament guide by agarg

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

Please excuse the pictures of the object - my power "flickered" just as the print was in its last phase, and the CubeX couldn't retrieve the information from where it left off. You can see it can hang off the front of the printer, but it can actually hang on any side of the CubeX since the spool's rod is parallel to any side it hangs from. Coupled with the filament guide, the system provides minimal resistance when the gears in the print head pull the filament. The object functionally hangs, and the filament guide would have turned out just fine. The cardboard cubify cartridge spool fits on the spool rod with room for smaller spools too.
This model is a remix of this: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:401979
It is meant to hold a spool off the back of the CubeX, using a bulk filament spool that has an overall diameter of 225mm (aka, the distance between the spool rod and the wall of the CubeX will be 112.5 mm).
The remix includes a more compact and filleted design, and an added filament guide so that the filament can enter the print jet from an angle (about 40 degrees from the horizontal) as opposed to from a 0 degree angle.
The holes in the design are meant to save filament and weight.
NOTE: top cover of the CubeX printer must be OFF to use this
Any and all feedback welcome.