Filament without spool

[chris 0]

Hi guys,

i hope my question is not too stupid, but I think it is!

I got some new filament from Faberdashery. Its really great. But I got the big problem that its

coming without the spool. And heres my question: How to get the filament reasonableon the old spool.

Its twisting and fully out of controle . What to do.

Thanks for your answers.

Chris

[helmforest 0]

Owen had a really nice idea concerning this issue:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:28440

 

[rewolff 0]

I just put it on the floor behind the printer. Make sure to uncurl the spiral between the stock and the printer every now and then. You can have a big "spring" like structure between the stock and the printer so that you can leave it alone for hours on end....

[jenschr 6]

Why don't you print something like this?

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:16921

That would solve your problem, wouldn't it? (or did you buy hundreds of meters? :-) )

[c-ernst 1]

Swing by a big box hardware store and ask if you can have one of their empty electrical spools... they throw them away.

I save $6 from Ultimachine if I order without a spool... so far I am up $18.

Chuck

[kwatts 0]

I got some filament from diamondage which was spooless.

I wanted to use the least amount of plastic possible, so i made these with some heavy duty cardboard from a large lcd tv box:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/prottiwatts/7702348514/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/prottiwatts/7702348142/

These are the first meshes i have made in sketchup and still need some work before i put them in thingiverse.