Gear bearing spool holder for Prusa Mk3
Gear bearing spool holder for Prusa Mk3
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Published 2019-01-21T18:25:19+00:00
Gear bearing, customized as an Prusa Mk3 spool holder improvement.
This parts fits on the 2018/2019 T-shape spool holders from Prusa Mk3 (for two spools).
Printing this so that the gear bearing has less friction ratio than the spool directly on the bar is difficult. So far the bearing seems to be a tiny bit better.
While the extruder motor does not care about the difference,
those two problems can be reduced.
1. Swivelling of the spool, which is caused by small alternating movements of the filament, when the spool does not advance, but keeps the same contact point due to static friction.
2. Filament on the spool builing 'knots' due to chaotic winded filament on the spool (Prusament does not have this issue, but some cheap ones do). In theory, less force on the filament for rotation should mean less force tightening those knots.
I got the original gear bearing from here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:53451
I used Prusament PLA for printing, with 0.1mm DETAIL MK3 settings, Slic3r Prusa Edition 1.41.2
Results with 0.1mm are better than 0.15 DEFAULT MK3.
You will need to print two bearings per spool.
The planets will sit quite tight. Let the part cool down, carefully loose them. I used the flat side from a screwdriver to pop the planets a little. The use the bearing helper tool to even things out with an electric screwdriver (6mm) for a few minutes.
| Date published | 21/01/2019 |
| Support Free | YES |