Jumping spools

Wondering how you all have solved your spools jumping in the AMS. Usually when I get down to 2/3 of the spool, the AMS struggles to change back and forth on a spool giving me errors after errors. Just wondering how you all have solved that problem. Thanks

Dessicant holder filled with dessicant in the spool’s center.

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There’s a bunch of spool weights on Makerworld. I used this one - it uses batteries to get weight. You can fill them with other things - nuts, screws, etc.

I’d just stay away from sand or anything like that which could get in threads and jam up. Spool weights will spin with the spools and you don’t want particulates being sifted out and into your AMS.

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If you look for AMS saver on MakerWorld, they will also help with entanglement. I no longer need my dedicated spool weight holder since I installed some.