if you wonder what to do with empty spools here’s my 3rd iteration of Spool winder. This winder works with empty 1kg spools from PM (Plasty Mladeč) and can hold up to 20m of cord.
Improvements
new hexagonal rods which are printed horizontally to improve stifness
reduced number of parts including removed shaft washer and adapter cap
revised design of socket adapter insures better printability, less used material providing same functionality as before
new polygonal design
easier to print shaft screw
Bill of materials
3x Rod
6x Nut
4x Side
2x Bottom
1x Adapter screw
1x Adapter
1x Socket spool adapter
1x Socket ring
1x Shaft bolt
1x Shaft nut
1x Shaft washer
1x Handle
1x Bearing
Printing instructions
I recommend using PETG and I will mention only some parts here as other are trivial:
Rod – print horizontally with supports
Side, Bottom – unfortunately you have to use supports
Adapter – print horizontally with supports
Shaft bolt – print horizontally with supports
Assembly
Firstly, disassemble the spool. You can have a look at how I do this in v1 assembly video:
Next take Adapter, Socket ring and Socket spool adapter and put them together. Take two sides and click them around Socket ring. Now you can place the Bottom in place, insert three rods a secure them using Nuts. Take knife or saw and cut away section so that wire can run thought the center of the spool. On the other half of spool screw on Spool adapter using Spool adapter bolt. Put Shaft bolt through, place Shaft washer and Bearing on top. Handle comes next and once in place secure it with Shaft nut. Now you can marry the two spool halfs together, align Sides and Rods and click the spool into place.
And you’re done!
See assembly tutorial here:
Credits:
Lukes3D
Download 3D models
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