Storage Box for Filament Spool Remixed by elRonaldo

Remixed by

elRonaldo

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Print Profile(3)

All

X1 Carbon

P1S

P1P

X1E

Version 1.2

Designer

8.5 h

5 plates

5.0(7)

0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill

Designer

8.6 h

4 plates

5.0(2)

0.24mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill

Designer

9.1 h

4 plates

Open in Bambu Studio

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Released

Description

This is a storage container to keep your filament spool safe and dry. 1kg Bambu Lab spools fit well, not sure about other brands. The spool must have a maximum diameter of 210mm and not be thicker than 75mm.

Storing the spools in a plastic bag was somehow not elegant enough for me, but I couldn't find a perfect model. That's why I used the ingenious design by KS2ij as a model. My model is drawn from scratch, except for the key, it may have slight variations in all dimensions. The obvious changes to the original are:
- The brackets are less wide. I find it difficult to buy M3x50 screws.
- The bottom screw has been replaced with a printed lug to snap into place. The exposed thread of the screw in the original is not elegant.

Only use the print profile 1 (version 1.0) when you need. Print profile 2 and 3 are updated versions!

You need 4 M3x30 screws.

The model is version 1.0, the following improvements may follow:

Label to describe the contents
Nut as a counterpart for the screw so that it does not grip into the filament

19 March 2024 - Update to version 1.1

I made some updates to the design. So the 2nd print profile is now with version 1.1 while the print profile 1 is still version 1.0.

For version 1.1 you need 4 M3x30 screws and 4 M3 nuts.

Changes:

The thread for the silica gel container has been changed. It is now 'coarser' and should be quicker and easier to use.
The holders have been made slightly wider. This allows the screws to be placed further away from the body, making them easier to screw in.
The drill holes for the screws are now slightly larger. It is therefore no longer necessary to screw in the screws the full 30 mm. They can simply be pushed through.
A hexagonal hole for a nut has been added to the left-hand side of the bracket. This means that the screw is no longer held in the plastic but in the nut.
The latches and the gasket are unchanged

31 March 2024 - Update to version 1.2 :-)

Changes:

The thread for the silica gel container has been removed, it was simply too stiff when first used. It was also tricky to print.
A bayonet cap is now used instead of the thread. The cap has also been changed and made less massive. However, as it requires support for printing, it no longer has space on the same printing plate and has been moved to its own plate.
The top part of the container, gasket and latches have not been changed and are compatible between versions 1.1 and 1.2

also closed:

An elegant way of labelling the box with the contents (see linked remix)

Comment & Rating (24)

@LimeGuy

Boosted

i REALLY enjoy this model.... Prints nice, looks great... All is top notch, and works like a charm... 1 x Boost from me ^^

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The designer has replied

@elRonaldo

Thanks a lot. I'm happy someone else finds the design useful!

@Mr.G134

Hi, I tried this print, the updated 1.1 that is and I found that the thread for the silica gel container won’t print as well. It could be potentially an issue with my printer, perhaps but there seems to be problems with the layers that make the “spiral” of the screw at the end of the silica container. The layers won’t all stick and so I ended up with strings of layers that needed to be cut. The printer struggles to create this overhangs for the screw face. Not sure, but I’ll print another and check the slicer to see if this percist. All in all still a great print

The designer has replied

@Mr.G134

It occurred to me that one way to mitigate with this would be to make those treads smaller to avoid layers not sticking or overhangs altogether. My two cents…

@elRonaldo

Replying to @Mr.G134 :

Thank you for your feedback. I'm open to all improvements, what do you mean with thread smaller? First it was M48x2 and I changed it to M48x3. Then the thread pitch is greater and should be easier to screw in. At least that was my thought, maybe I'm wrong. (Fusion didn't allow me to make it M48x4 or M48x5, there was an error. Not sure why it is not happy with it.) Another option could also be to construct a bayonet fastener instead of a thread. But I need some time for that. For the thread in the gel container. I also had to remove a few little strings from it after printing so that the plug could be screwed in. But the thread was otherwise printed well for me.

@Mr.G134

yeah the print still pretty good. The tread connecting the middle container and the cap is pretty tight as well. It worked though but won’t screw all the way down, no big deal. I’m printing a second and after I’ll recalibrate and see if that helps. Nonetheless, thank you for your response. Great work!