Filament Holder Interlocking by 3D2Life

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A1 mini

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0.2mm layer, 4 walls, 10% infill

Designer

1.5 h

1 plate

4.8(12)

Easy Slide Fit - 2 trays - 0.2mm layer, 4 walls, 10% infill

Designer

2.4 h

1 plate

4.6(8)

Easy Slide Fit - 1 tray - A1 & A1mini users

Designer

1.6 h

1 plate

5.0(5)

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Description

Simple filament holder for the table top for when you are switching rolls out and don't want them rolling around. I test fitted it with several different brands and so far everything seems to work well. I did design it around a Bambu 1kg spool. I was going through several to find the widest and the one is a snug fit but it will slide it while the other Bambu rolls fit with ease. I also wanted to make this so if you find the need to have more than one roll out for swapping you can lock them together. It is a snug fit. I have found letting the print cool off before sliding them together allows for a nice fit. This is also great by itself.

Attention: Before trying to lock these together let them cool down fully. I've made some more adjustments to the locking parts to allow them to go together better. Also adjust some print settings to decrease print time without loosing any wall strength. All my results show that it's easier to put them together after they have cooled off.

I just wanted to thank everyone that has posted some great feedback on my design. You all have really helped me get this to work tons better. This latest revision should still work with all other versions. Might be a bit tight with the older versions, but the latest version works smooth. You can see in the little clip I added. It works amazingly well now. They slide very well. The STL file is still the original design. So you can try it but they will be very snug. The print profiles have all been fixed to be smooth now. Thanks again for everyones help with this. Please let me know if you run into any other issues with the print profiles themselves. :)

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Comment & Rating (60)

@user_269738543

Great job. Just started 3D printer and bought a few too many filaments. This fit my needs perfectly. Printed 4 so far and 5th is in progress :) Thank you

The designer has replied

@3D2Life

Awesome! Thank you for the great comment! So pleased you really like these! I couldn't even begin to tell you how many I have!

@djdonago1

Print Profile

Easy Slide Fit - 2 trays - 0.2mm layer, 4 walls, 10% infill

Printed great with no issues! Printed them in a line for top of the printer storage and has been awesome!

The designer has replied

@3D2Life

Awesome to hear! Thanks so much for sharing this!

@MadMeower

Print Profile

0.2mm layer, 4 walls, 10% infill

I love these! thank you!! I scaled it up 4% to handle some spools that are slightly wider

The designer has replied

@3D2Life

Awesome to hear that worked out! Thanks for sharing this! Really appreciate this feedback!

@DarkIronPenguin

Print Profile

Easy Slide Fit - 2 trays - 0.2mm layer, 4 walls, 10% infill

I love the interlocking mechanism.

The designer has replied

@3D2Life

Thanks a ton for the positive feedback! Really glad to hear this is working well!

@HermitTabito

Print Profile

Easy Slide Fit - 1 tray - A1 & A1mini users

Works great for my needs.

The designer has replied

@3D2Life

Awesome! Thanks so much for sharing this picture! 😊

@AlienElement

Print Profile

0.2mm layer, 4 walls, 10% infill

printed 20 of those, had to use a hammer to get them together. so very very tight fit.

The designer has replied

@3D2Life

thank you for the 5 star rating.. I'll try to print them to see what's up. I ran into this from another up in the past. I've heard others running into similar issues with some of their tighter tolerance parts. Thanks for the heads up. really appreciate it.

@3D2Life

It's getting late but you was right! I just finished printing this straight from their site and 3 different bambu printers produced my file off. we are talking less than 1/64 of an inch on one of the locking sides and the exact opposite on the receiving side. it's enough to mess it up. that's not how it was printing last time I checked. Thank you again. I'll try uploading the fixed file tomorrow evening. I appreciate and apologize for the inconvenience.

@3D2Life

It's interesting with a few things I found with Bambu's latest update and certain printers of there's and several profiles. If you want to try one now it will print faster and should slide together fairly well. I had no issue on my A1's, P1S's, or X1C. Thanks again for the feedback.

@DarkIronPenguin

Print Profile

Easy Slide Fit - 1 tray - A1 & A1mini users

Awsome interlocking mechanism.

@chriswalter1

I love the concept -- simple and clean! However, I'm having a lot of trouble getting the joints to interlock fully. I can't seem to slide it fully into place. Any tips?

The designer has replied

@chriswalter1

nvm -- just needed to use a lot of force. They're quite durable so it wasn't much of an issue. They look great!

@3D2Life

Replying to @chriswalter1 :

Thank you so kindly! Really glad you like the idea and design. I really saw so many but didn't want to print this big storage setup. So I started to look at thinking on how something so small and simple could work for quick swap outs or even storage down the road. I just wanted to make it simple but tough enough to work out by itself or with more for those of us that have what seems like way to many rolls. ;-) Sorry you ran into a bit of an issue. I'm so glad it worked out. Yea I've noticed sometimes with some silks vs basics seem to play a difference in how easy or tougher they slide together. I will for sure look at making this a hair smoother and upload another profile. Thanks again for the great feedback! Really appreciate it!

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@3D2Life

I did add a few new profiles with an easy slide now. The groved side will glide together a ton easier.

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@emincan.ipekci

Print Profile

Easy Slide Fit - 2 trays - 0.2mm layer, 4 walls, 10% infill

Other Issues:it does the job but cannot connect together i guess its tolerance issue

The designer has replied

@3D2Life

if you don't mind me asking, what kind of filament did you use? Did you change any of the settings? Only trying to figure out why it wouldn't work. I've got 3 different Bambu printers and I haven't seen this issue. But I've only used Bambu filaments when testing this. So after all my adjustments still to tight. Did you let it cool down? That makes the difference in sliding or not.

@emincan.ipekci

i have used same settings nothing changed used Porima PLA Preminum on bambu lab p1p it doesnt connect together just tolerance is too high i guess

@3D2Life

Replying to @emincan.ipekci :

Thank you for this. I recently was doing some testing again with this print and managed to get a small warping to happen cause of cooling issues. I had never had it happen before but now I can see it needs more wiggle room. I was really trying to keep the part simple and small but I will for sure readjust some of the tolerances to make it slide together even under strange factors that could mess with this sliding ability. Thanks again for this feed back.

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