Wanted: Empty 3d printer filament spools

[nbezanson]

For some reason, the electrical industry likes to portion wire onto wastefully-bulky, brittle, awful spools. And when they break, they're such a pain to use that people donate them to us thinking we'll still use the wire because it's cheap.

They're right, but it's still a pain.

So, I made up some parts that make it easy to wind orphaned wire onto filament spools. They're great -- durable, small, and almost always exactly the same size. Being the same size makes them SO much easier to organize and store!

I'm releasing the winder design as open source under a CC-BY-SA license: https://www.printables.com/model/375391-filament-spool-winder

(On that page, you can see a whole stack of bulky empty wooden spools which were each only holding a little bit of wire, and the new stack of filament spools doing the same job in a lot less space!)

Trouble is, I don't go through enough filament to produce nearly enough empty spools for all the wire I'd like to clean up and organize! And the brand we use at work has switched to cardboard spools, which aren't quite as sturdy as the plastic ones.

This is where you come in -- if you have some empty plastic spools around, can you bring them to i3? If you're not a member, a great option is to pop in during Friday Night Tours. Just leave 'em in the graveyard (your tour host can show you where that is), and I'll swing by every few days to pick up the new arrivals.

Thanks in advance! 

-Nate-

[Steve Maas]

Great idea! I will bring some in when I have them. Unfortunately the last 2 I used were the cardboard type!

Steve

[Allen, Evan]

I really enjoy the new plastic filament spools for wire storage, I've got one or two coming up empty soon, but I'm on the lookout for more.  We have so much wire that could be on better/standardized spools it's crazy.  

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[Dave Hurt]

I have a tower of empty spools… I’ll bring them in with me next time and leave  them in the graveyard

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