MakerBot Spindle MK1
JohnA.
http://blog.makerbot.com/2010/06/25/friday-night-launch-the-deluxe-filament-spindle-kit-mk1/
I figured I'd just drop a note on this. I've had one for about a
month now (mine doesn't have the clear front) and have probably 40-50
hours of prints on it. It works amazing, and really automates
printing larger things. Now I can kick off a 3 hour build and not
have to worry about watching the spool of loose ABS that never seems
to uncoil correctly.
Highly recommended. Pics of building one here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/botbuilder/sets/72157624231182484/
JohnA.
ddurant
I was excited when people were talking about this earlier but need a
little convincing.. Help me out here, please.
On Jun 25, 7:48 pm, "JohnA." <john.abe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For anyone who didn't see, the Spindle kit's been released:
>
Charles Edward Pax
filament anymore. Gone are the primitive days of manually turning your
filament.
I designed the cardboard filament spool
(http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1550) to solve the problem and it
worked pretty well. The box from MakerBot is WAY better. The feed tube
is so clever.
Charles Edward Pax
blog: http://charlespax.com/
twitter: http://twitter.com/charlespax
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ddurant
it's a handfull of lasercut plywood and a piece of acrylic. Pix that
show off some of the other bits like the spindle would be good. Maybe
a picture of it all assembled but without the ABS.
Also, I actually like the height of my cupcake right were it is so the
idea of stacking a bunch of these under it isn't an idea I like. I
assume others also probably have their machines at a convenient height
already. A picture of a 3-stack of spindles next-to or behind a
cupcake would look good, too.
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jstnfirst
the odd dogbone looking pices of wood.
Other than being horizontal this is pretty much just like the
stratasys machines I use at work. FYI the desiccant bags will do
pretty much nothing for you unless you seal up all the extra holes,
including the triangular shaped one in the bottom of the box that
allows stacking, and the extra 2 holes for the lower filaments to come
out of.
ddurant
Mark Cohen
So I have had my spindle for two days now. It works well. All my plastic is
nice and neat now. It raises the makerbot up so now I can see the printing
with my laptop in front of it.
Some things to watch out for:
I think an improvement if possible would be to put finger holes near the
supports on the top so that it would be easier to line the things up.
Really good idea with tape for the embedded nuts. I had not thought of that.
The wiki probably needs to have instructions for changing the plastic.
If you seal the box with hot glue you might have trouble putting the spindle
back in the box and bolting the bottom down maybe. I don't know but it seems
that way. I assume you need to take it out as my fingers are probably too
big to just take the spindle top off and line the supports up.
I think there is an error when figuring out how long to make the tube. From
what I recall I think one thing said 750mm and another said 750+150 for
900mm. Something with the wording and the table from what I recall. I made
mine 900mm as I have the Plastruder board sticking up in the back of the
MK4.
When you load the plastic it is real easy for some of the wire to get stuck
below the spindle which will jam it. So watch out for that on the initial
load and carefully move that back on the spindle. You might not want to
screw down the lid as you might have to adjust it at the beginning.
When you order plastic be aware that some vendors do not ship it with a
small diameter center. The makerbot black fits nicely. The one pound of
white I think might fit. The ultimachine pla is also good. My Makergear pla
looks like it would fit. I just got some abs from Botmill, and it will be
too wide to fit in the box without rewinding it tighter, which I think would
be real awkward.
Regards,
Mark
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Dave M.
-- the files seem to have been removed from Thingiverse. Does anyone
know where else to get them?
JohnA.
http://wiki.makerbot.com/spindle-mk1
We've got one complete spindle kit, and one that was just the
turntable / spindle part put into our own box. Both have over 50
hours on them now with maybe 1 or 2 jams total?
It's probably the best thing we've done to help long-term prints.
JohnA.
Zach Smith
thingiverse: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3116
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Zach Smith
MakerBot Industries
Dave M.
James Markosky
spindle, I've had to pull filament out from under the spindle six or
seven times so far, when some sort of drag mechanism to keep the coil
spindle from spinning completely freely would have solved this
problem. All I did was tape a few pieces of cardboard to the top of
the spindle so that when the lid is on, it pushes down and causes
drag. Which is pretty ghetto for something that cost 110 bucks after
shipping.
On Jul 7, 9:37 am, "Dave M." <mr.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, Zach!
>
> On Jul 5, 8:06 am, Zach Smith <z...@makerbot.com> wrote:
>
> > oh noes! i forgot to publish the files. they're now live on
> > thingiverse:http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3116
>
> > On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Dave M. <mr.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Great tips, Mark. I'd like to see the prints for the MK1spindlekit
> > > -- the files seem to have been removed from Thingiverse. Does anyone
> > > know where else to get them?
>
> > > On Jul 2, 1:37 pm, "Mark Cohen" <markcoh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Hi,
>
> > >> with my laptop in front of it.
>
> > >> Some things to watch out for:
>
> > >> I think an improvement if possible would be to put finger holes near the
> > >> supports on the top so that it would be easier to line the things up.
> > >> Really good idea with tape for the embedded nuts. I had not thought of that.
>
> > >> The wiki probably needs to have instructions for changing the plastic.
>
> > >> If you seal the box with hot glue you might have trouble putting thespindle
> > >> back in the box and bolting the bottom down maybe. I don't know but it seems
> > >> that way. I assume you need to take it out as my fingers are probably too
> > >> I think there is an error when figuring out how long to make the tube. From
> > >> what I recall I think one thing said 750mm and another said 750+150 for
> > >> 900mm. Something with the wording and the table from what I recall. I made
> > >> mine 900mm as I have the Plastruder board sticking up in the back of the
> > >> MK4.
>
> > >> When you load the plastic it is real easy for some of the wire to get stuck
> > >> load and carefully move that back on thespindle. You might not want to
>
> > >> When you order plastic be aware that some vendors do not ship it with a
> > >> small diameter center. The makerbot black fits nicely. The one pound of
> > >> white I think might fit. The ultimachine pla is also good. My Makergear pla
> > >> looks like it would fit. I just got some abs from Botmill, and it will be
> > >> too wide to fit in the box without rewinding it tighter, which I think would
> > >> be real awkward.
>
> > >> Regards,
> > >> Mark-----Original Message-----
> > >> From: make...@googlegroups.com [mailto:make...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
>
> > >> Of ddurant
> > >> Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 5:01 PM
> > >> To: MakerBot Operators
> > >> Subject: [MakerBot] Re: MakerBotSpindleMK1
>
> > >> Sorry - I meant the turntable..
>
> > >> On Jun 26, 4:51 pm, jstnfirst <justinstilt...@gmail.com> wrote:
James Markosky
the spindle box would be nice.
jstnfirst
it will provide a good resistance force. after one or two spins round
the force should stay pretty constant for a long time, and would not
require any new parts.
Mark Cohen
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3556
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Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 12:10 AM
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Subject: [MakerBot] Re: MakerBot Spindle MK1
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peterr
i have a spindle kit on loan and i'm happy to return it...
made myself the cardboard spindle for '0' (zero) dollars and that one
works better then the spindle kit...
i had a few jams with the kit, and it's anoying to have to take it
apart to fix them...
i much more agree with having the spindle vertical then horizontal...
my 2 cents...
Tim Ballas - Bot#1461
Thanks!
-Tim
On Jul 17, 6:57 am, peterr <klin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> no offense, but that plywood box isn't worth a '100' dollars...
>
> made myself the cardboardspindlefor '0' (zero) dollars and that one
> i had a few jams with the kit, and it's anoying to have to take it
> apart to fix them...
>
> my 2 cents...
MakerBot Space2
sides for the Makerbot.
Thanks
Brandon
On Jul 21, 1:10 pm, "Tim Ballas - Bot#1461" <timbal...@gmail.com>
wrote:
JohnA.
worked great.
We're through two 5lb rolls of ABS on one, and almost through a full
roll on the other so far.
JohnA.
James Markosky
spindle? Did you goop your bearings? Mine just spun around so freely
that it would over-feed the amount of plastic, leaving extra loops to
get tangled up underneath.
JohnA.
on it. On the current 5lb spool I haven't had a single jam, and I'm
probably 80% through it?
No goop! The motor pulls at the filament so slowly that it's never
had a chance to overrun.
JohnA.