Filament Extruder and winder

[seaton]

Over my holidays I purchased a filastruder and winder to make my own filament or any colour I like

Takes about 24hours to do a Kg of ABS with the 12V supply I have, but will look at replacing with a 19V one

Flickr Alubm can be found here https://flic.kr/s/aHskyK2UrU

Initial testing


onto something more permanent



The filament made works perfectly well on both of my 3D printer. Currently I'm playing with ABS as this works extremely well. Sizing is 1.75 +/- 0.04mm



After running out of my plastic spools I designed up a cardboard spool that can be easily cut either by hand or laser to suit the amount of filament you want, i.e. 250g, 500g or 1kg.

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1517735

cutting out from scrap 3mm cardboard


finished spool (250g capacity)



Also mount I designed so I could easily mount the extruder vertically.

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1508688

[parkview]

That's turning into a handy little setup there. Love the cardboard spools - innovative and cheep!

Won't the pellet hopper need to be redesigned as well?

[seaton]

That's turning into a handy little setup there. Love the cardboard spools - innovative and cheep!

Won't the pellet hopper need to be redesigned as well?

someones already done it: this is the one I've used and will hold 1 kilo of pellets easily http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:277996

[BeJay]

That is brilliant! I'll put that on the list of things to make for sure