i3 8mm Acrylic Frame Spool Holder

I made a spool holder to hold the original PVC tube supplied with the printed to hold 2/3-ish spools on top of my printer.

It goes really well with my Filament Guide, they fit snugly together on the top part between the LCD and the Z Top mount; http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1541411

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Print Settings

Printer Brand:

RepRap

Printer:

GEEETech i3 Pro B Metal

Rafts:

No

Supports:

Doesn't Matter

Resolution:

0.2mm

Infill:

35%

Notes:

I used a 35% infill to make sure the parts were a bit stronger because it would have to hold up ~2Kg of filament at some point.

2 outer perimeters, 2 bottom and 3 top layers are used in this print.

It took about 1h15m per arm to print.

How I Designed This

I took the measurements of the PVC tube and looked/asked around what standard sizes for spools are.

Using this info I designed the spool holder so that the filament has some elevation from the LCD screen but does not have to much wiggle on top of the printer.