TLDR: A simple way to horizontally “stack” your spools for easy access/visibility without them rolling away. Each can hold up to four 1kg spools and help you lay them out in series or in a grid. Each strip is only 24 grams and you fit 2-3 on a single X1C build plate.
More info: Having spent the last few months designing and building a Filament Management System (aka, the FMS) for Build Board, I’ve had to spend a lot of time thinking about spools and how they’re stored.
I’m slowly working my way up to having an index system where each SpoolGrid “strip” has a code which can be synced with the FMS, but for now I’ve just focused on a physical storage system. The goal was simple. Design a simple modular/expandable system where I can put spools in a vertical orientation without them rolling away and where I can access each spool without having to move the others. A bonus goal was to have something that uses the weight of one or more stored spools to stabilise the strip. After three versions, I’m really excited to share what I’ve come up with!
Each strip is 24g and takes about 25 mins if you don’t mind printing in ludicrous mode on a BBL printer, plus you can easily fit 3 of them on an X1C build plate. In case anyone is interested in trying it out, I’ve included the Makerworld link below. If you do try it out, please do let me know how you get on with it and/or what I could improve. Also open to general feedback/suggestions.
https://makerworld.com/en/models/1561266-spoolgrid-by-build-board#profileId-1640851
P.S. Designed and tested for Bambu Lab, Fiberlogy and Polymaker spools. Happy to mod it for other sizes if anyone would like that 😊.
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