Prusa i3 Aluminum frame - Filament Spool mount by shrike88

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

I wanted to relocate my spool to the top of my printer so I designed this. It's designed to hold one (or several) filament spools on top of the prusa frame mounted onto 8mm threaded rod. I designed it specifically to feed directly into the extruder (also mounted to the top of the frame). I also left the top of the threaded mount open so you can lift the whole spool off without having to dismantle the mount.
For the internal spool reel that adapts the reel to 8mm threaded rod please see my desktop filament holder here: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2063287
For the extruder mount that is pictured: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2068108
I printed the prototype with 15% fill, although for anyone wanting larger than 1kg spools or multiple spools I'd suggest at minimum 30% fill (for structural integrity).