Capsule filler by gaellafond

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

I suffer from migraine. A few years ago, I discovered that Taurine, an amino acid, does miracles to fix them.
I can purchase taurine in different form:Energy drink
Pros:
Ready to consume

Cons:
Contains a lot of products I do not need (such as caffeine)
I don't like the taste
Quite expensive (compared with other solutions)
It is not recommended to consume more than one in a day
Short shelf life

Capsule
Pros:
Ready to consume
Somewhat flexible dosage (500mg per capsule)
Long shelf life

Cons:
Hard to find
Somewhat expensive

Powder
Pros:
Very cheap (when bought in bulk)
Easy to find
Flexible dosage
Very long shelf life

Cons:
Require preparation (mix with juice)
Require several minutes of mixing for the powder to melt (every minutes count when I have a migraine)

Solution
Buy Taurine powder in bulk
Buy empty gel capsules
Fill the capsules manually
I can buy the "tool" to fill the capsule in any pharmacy, but why doing simple when you have a 3D printer.
The files contains my 5x3 demo filler (for 15 capsules). I'm still experimenting with the idea. So far it works quite well.
[2018-10-07] I need to redesign the compactor. Compacting all capsules at once is a bad idea. Maybe I should make a "stick" to compact them one by one. I still need to think about it...