Filament Spool Winder by V3 Precision

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Print Profile(4)

All

X1 Carbon

P1S

P1P

X1E

A1 mini

0.2mm layer, 3 walls, 15% infill

Designer

21.6 h

5 plates

4.1(334)

Grouped for print V7 - 7 Plates - 0.2mm layer, 4 walls, 20% infill + spezial part-config 100% infill

28.7 h

7 plates

4.4(135)

0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill

18.8 h

4 plates

4.4(18)

0.2mm layer, 3 walls, 15% infill

41 h

15 plates

4.6(20)

Open in Bambu Studio

Boost

2104

3638

792

214

11.7 k

15.9 k

Released

Description

This is a spool winder for transferring filament from one spool to another. Inspired by the need to use certain filament spools for the Bambu Lab AMS. This build should speed up the process and give a nice tight winding. There is room for improvement, so feel free to give some feedback either on Printables or on the Youtube videos.

This version is 100% 3D printed (not including the mounting screws). Future versions will use bearings and possibly a motor to drive the gears.

The images show the assemblies mounted to a 2x6 for testing. The assemblies can be mounted to a similar board or to a base made from aluminum extrusions.

Printing Recommendations

I used PLA while developing the spool winder. I would recommend using PETG, or Nylon CF, or other stronger, stiffer filament.

The ‘worm’ gear can be tricky to print. In Bambu Lab Studio, I set the part upright and set support to tree (auto) and threshold angle at 10. Set a brim at 8mm.

The gears are easy to print and require no support or post processing.

The bases need some support and did well with tree (auto) and threshold angle of 30.

I used 4 walls and 15% infill on most pieces. The thumbscrews I used 100% infill.

Assembly

Most of the assembly is easy and self-explanatory.

Note that the rear driven gear is reverse threaded.

Specific instructions can be found in an upcoming Instructions Video …….

There will also be a link to the video on the V3 Precision website.

#best3dp2023

Documentation (1)

Assembly Guide (1)

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Comment & Rating (792)

@marv.d

I printed everything according the recommendations (PLA+), easy print, even the worm gear thing but the assembly is a Hell! Nothing fits like it should, none of the threading fit, there is literally 0,000 margin. Tried the other pieces, all the same issues. Wasted over half a kg filament. I would definitely not recommend this.

@SeattleDude69

Same issue as you. The "stands" should have been three pieces each to maintain roundness of the shaft holes. Every single part in this assembly needs shaft hole basis tolerances added to it. Additionally, all the pieces were uploaded as STL files instead of STEP, meaning you get that lovely grinding noise when printing and a distinct inability to increase the accuracy of the parts in Bambu Lab Studio. This model needs some serious help. I'd be willing to fix it because I like the idea of the device, but I'm not messing with STL files. Uploader needs to make the STEP files available to the community.

@user_100724150

same after spending 2 days on printing it! my fault i did not read comments.

@Glizzy5116

oh no I’m five hours into this project and just saw these comments 😟

@EFFEG

Print Profile

0.2mm layer, 3 walls, 15% infill

This project has fascinated me a lot! I’ve made some parts in PETG CF and others in PLA, but I think there’s too little tolerance, making assembly complicated and frustrating. What a shame

@affairesdu51

BONJOUR Avez vous pu tout de même l'assembler ? Comment avez vous procédé svp ?

@EFFEG

i don’t. I gave up the project

@LindyH

Print Profile

Grouped for print V7 - 7 Plates - 0.2mm layer, 4 walls, 20% infill + spezial part-config 100% infill

A super model that works like promised! I printed a bunch of spool Winders already. But in fact, this is the only one working direct after assembly! Incredibly good job.

The designer has replied

@LucynaKushinada

thx

@affairesdu51

J'ai essayé et pas du tout convaincu !

@user_958120774

That isn't the same winder as this model! I do like that design though, so I searched it. Here is the link to the model as shown in the photo above. https://www.printables.com/model/466883-pastamatic-filament-spool-winder-for-bambu-lab-x1c

@TheGrimSoul

awful for me. unfortunately cannot reccomend. I have 2 ruined spools now that I'm going to have ti hand wind. I tried adding additional tension aswell but nothing helped

@affairesdu51

idem pour moi !

@RasterImage

The print profile is no longer public

I printed with PLA and turned out nicely. I think printing wit a 0.2 nozzle would have been better than printing with a 0.4 like I did. Looks great.

The designer has replied

@Settlers

Thanks for sharing the result! It looks great 😃👍🏻

@RasterImage

Replying to @Settlers :

go ahead. not a problem

@affairesdu51

Vous n'avez pas eu de soucis pour l'assemblage ?

@PCHuDSoN

Print Profile

0.2mm layer, 3 walls, 15% infill

I printed in petg but the threads were very tight so had to post processing. however I think this was mainly due to my filament but model could maybe do with a bit more tolerance. apart from that it’s a very solid spool winder. thanks.

@gustave

quelle longueur fait la planche ?

@PCHuDSoN

Replying to @gustave :

depends on how far apart you want the donner spool. mine is 68cm

@gustave

Replying to @PCHuDSoN :

ok merci

@d4vidpgc

Print Profile

Grouped for print V7 - 7 Plates - 0.2mm layer, 4 walls, 20% infill + spezial part-config 100% infill

Print profile is not bad, i had reprint a part because it didnt have a brim, but turned out good. Tolerances are terrible i had to post process it for more than half an hour to be able to kinda assemble it.

The designer has replied

@LucynaKushinada

Tolerances are mostly a thing of filamentprofile calibration from my experience. thanx for the feedback.

@user_1801826379

Print Profile

Grouped for print V7 - 7 Plates - 0.2mm layer, 4 walls, 20% infill + spezial part-config 100% infill

Great file, printed parts were a bit tight, but everything fit. Look forward to using it.

@Rainer.greb

Print Profile

Grouped for print V7 - 7 Plates - 0.2mm layer, 4 walls, 20% infill + spezial part-config 100% infill

Es hat alles super geklappt außer Druckplatte 2 dort musste ich die Bohrung nachfeilen. Diese hat um 0.5mm nicht gepasst vermute das es am Überhang liegt.

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The designer has replied

@LucynaKushinada

danke für die Info. ich schau danach mal bei Gelegenheit

@jsavelsberg78

Wie lang ist das Brett wo der Rewinder drauf steht? How long is the Board from the Rewinder? thx

@Rainer.greb

Replying to @jsavelsberg78 :

80cmx17cm

@ExtremeElementz

Was super excited to print this but wow is this print testing my patience. Knobs keep breaking and the worm gear is something else.. lol I’ll keep trying though! Edit 10-23-23: I wanted to like this but I’m too frustrated at this point. Spent a lot of filament and time printing this out and even though I have printed the knobs in PETG 100% infill the treads are way too difficult to unthread and thread every single time I need to re-spool. Then for it to say it “tightly winds the filament” I can’t say I agree, after the spool was swapped over it barely fit the AMS and was touching one first stage feeders. I also noticed when swapping there isn’t enough (any?) drag on the host spool so it free spins and causes filament to wind up over the spool when you slow down. Sorry but this one isn’t for me I’ll be trying another spool winder eventually.

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