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Filament Ballast – 3D printable model from Thingiverse Thingiverse

Filament Ballast

by Bo_Ris
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Since I started using my low friction Universal Spool Holder published here http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1614533 once in a while, when extruder rapidly pulls the filament, several convolutions of the filament become loose. They then overlap each other and eventually may block the filament flow. This causes print to fail.
The solution ended-up being very simple. I used old 608 bearing as a ballast which hangs on the filament. Initially I simply hung it on a paper clip, but then decided to design and print this thing that holds the bearing and has a hook that will fit both - 3mm and 1.75mm filaments.
When using with Vertex K8400 printer, this ballast brings another benefit - filament entry angle into the extruder is not as steep as the original, especially with the smaller pool sizes.
Source
Thingiverse
What you need to print this: Intermediate Low confidence
Single piece Hardware needed
Supports 1/3
Assembly 0/3
Settings 1/3
Bed size 0/3
Post-process 1/3
Printer
FDM / FFF
File format
STL
Material
Post-processing
Hardware
Software
Cura, PrusaSlicer, or similar
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