{"id":79,"date":"2009-09-18T19:38:37","date_gmt":"2009-09-19T02:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/?p=79"},"modified":"2009-09-18T19:43:49","modified_gmt":"2009-09-19T02:43:49","slug":"makerbot-update-one-awesome-spool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/18\/makerbot-update-one-awesome-spool\/","title":{"rendered":"MakerBot Update &#8211; One Awesome Spindle Holder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0304.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-76\" title=\"MakerBot Spindle Holder\" src=\"http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0304-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"MakerBot Spool Holder\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0304-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0304-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I saw this awesome MakerBot accessory over at <noindex><a rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"MakerBot Spindle Holder\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:965\" target=\"_blank\">Thingiverse<\/a><\/noindex> and had to make one.\u00a0 This thing glides nice and smoothly and looks freak'n sweet.\u00a0 I also managed to find a place in town that I can get roller bearings from for cheap in the process, by the hundreds if needed!\u00a0 This spindle is headed down to the space for use with our (hopefully) soon to arrive MakerBot.\u00a0 I made a few minor changes to the design and will probably make a few more when I make one for my personal bot.\u00a0 One issue I encountered that I hadn't even noticed till I dropped this baby off at the space is the fact that the separation between the two outside plates had grown as I spooled the plastic onto the roll and many of the bridging pieces weren't making contact with the second plate.\u00a0 I'll have to try and address this problem as well as the\u00a0 fact that the filament likes to unravel when there's no tension on it in the next one.\u00a0 Here's some additional pics of the assembly of the bearing clamps if you want to make your own:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0298.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-77\" title=\"Spindle Bearing Parts\" src=\"http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0298-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Spool Bearing Parts\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0298-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0298-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0301.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-78\" title=\"Assembled Bearing Clamp for Plastic Spindle Holder\" src=\"http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0301-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Assembled Bearing Clamp for Plastic Spool\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0301-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0301-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw this awesome MakerBot accessory over at Thingiverse and had to make 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