Filament Rack for IKEA Billy Bookcase by Brent Peterson

Brent Peterson

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Filament rack (single plate, 0.20mm)

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5.5 h

1 plate

4.9(11)

Combo rack (single plate, 0.20mm)

Designer

8.3 h

1 plate

5.0(3)

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Description

Filament Rack for IKEA Billy Bookcase

I had an old Billy bookcase from IKEA that was gathering dust and had the idea to repurpose it to help organize all my 3D printing filament and accessories. After spending a bunch of time on some R&D I'm finally happy with the model and I'm making it publicly available for anyone to print. The entire filament rack is designed so it can be printed on a single build plate and mounted with four 20mm M3 socket-head screws, no additional hardware required!

Features

[NEW] Added print profile for combo filament rack and holder for up to four build plates
Prints on a single build plate and assembles in seconds; no glue or hardware required for assembly
Store up to four standard 1kg spools; designed to work with Bambu reusable spools (diameter of 200mm)
Low-profile truss design minimizes wasted vertical space; mix and match with your Billy shelves to make the most of your space
Top of the rack is completely flat allowing you to place the Billy shelves on top of an empty rack
Works on flat surfaces; spools sit above the bottom allowing you to move the rack to a work surface

Printing Tips

All testing and prototypes printed in Bambu PLA Basic; other materials might perform better but are not necessary
Parts should assemble with minimal effort; if you're having trouble getting pieces to fit try calibrating your flow rate
PLA can warp so ensure your build plate is clean or maybe use that glue you've been saving 😉

Related Models

Filament clip pictured
For a demo of the beams used checkout my Flex-Lock demo and print one for yourself!

Comment & Rating (24)

@RyanEwen

One request - could you adjust these to fit 5 spools? I am already using 5 spools on them as-is but the spools on each end aren't in the filleted area of the cross beams so they sit higher than the other 3 spools. I also think thinning the 2 end beams by 1-2mm would give the spools a little wiggle room. Only the area between the cross beams would need to be thinned really.

The designer has replied

@BrentPeterson

Thank you for the feedback, I can definitely look into it. To be honest the design went through a lot of revisions so at some point I settled on four spools and then never really reconsidered it once I got to the final design. I'm working on another project at the moment but I will try some things when I have print time and let you know!

@RyanEwen

Still hopeful about this :)

@user_1231182548

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Combo rack (single plate, 0.20mm)

Thank you

@weware

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Combo rack (single plate, 0.20mm)

Printed well and does look sturdy - however, I should check dimensions before printing lol my Billy is a bit too wide

@Gherry

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Filament rack (single plate, 0.20mm)

Super useful and very sturdy!

@Blu3Tig3r

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Filament rack (single plate, 0.20mm)

passt perfekt, gedruckt in abs+ von esun

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@S1Ken

Fits perfectly, now the rack finally looks tidy.

@CassFace

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Filament rack (single plate, 0.20mm)

I sometimes have issues with printing that very front piece, not sure why that happens, gets all spaghettied. But when this does print fine, as you can tell, I love it. I already had this bookshelf and I needed a place to store all my filaments. This does the job beautifully. I do put 5 on each instead of the intended 4. It still works. I still got 2 more to print when I get a free printer.

@techcomputing

Brilliant design! The pre-tensioning of the lower element of the beam is very smart, and combining that with the click-together joint - genius. My Billy is very pleased with himself.

@manz.design

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Filament rack (single plate, 0.20mm)

Works perfectly. Thank you

@manz.design

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Combo rack (single plate, 0.20mm)

Works perfectly. Thank you

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