Does anyone here have a Spool Rewinder to get various AMS incompatible spools rewound onto AMS compatible spools?
I have some questions.
The one I have chosen looks well designed but I am curious as to how much distance is optimal between the donor spool and the spool to be filled.
What is too short between the spools and what is too wide.
How amenable to respooling a 3kg or more onto a 1 kg spool are these rewinders?
‘The one I have chosen’
‘How amenable to respooling a 3kg or more onto a 1 kg spool are these rewinders?’
which one?
There doesn’t seem to be too much in the way of significant differences but the one I am in the process of printing is this one. They all seem to have the same basic geometry and don’t look like they will accommodate big bulk reels.
Just print the right section where the final reel is. The donor reel holder can be anything that stays firm and allows the reel to roll smoothly. For example, you can use the spool holder on the back of P1S for this. I use my own spool holder for this purpose.
Really, just a piece of tubing and 2 pedestals support the tubing firmly are enough for that, like sticky tape them together and all.
What’s the width of the 3kg spools? I use this one and it’s been great so far. V-Spooler by Fyrby Additive - MakerWorld
You can set a 90mm wide spool on top.
If you are trying to load a lot of filament on a spool I found it difficult to keep the side walls from flaring out, which then becomes too wide for the AMS.
I’ve been using the V-Spooler X (wide body: V-Spooler X by Fyrby Additive - MakerWorld ) for a few weeks now. Once I found a hex drill bit long enough to fit it, it’s been great. (I really don’t want to hand crank entire rolls)
You can also order pre-built ones, or part kits, from Etsy instead of building them yourself : https://www.etsy.com/listing/1716538588/v-spooler-x-respooler-for-large-spools?variation0=4491990612&variation1=4491990624 Though, that may take a while given holiday shipping.
I made this drill adapter for it.
The designer/maker of the rewinder I am in the process of printing bears almost no resemblenseto the rewinder he did remix from. Looks decent and fits my need to be portable but when I first started thinking about it as my choice, it is confusing but once I figured it out, it isn’t too complicated.
My original question was about ability to handle bulk reels because they appear to be significantly larger than a 1KG spool.
Seems like making a wider assembly for 3KG spool may be my contribution (in the future) as ALL these rewinders seem based on a 1KG spool.
Good choice. That is the one I am also getting ready to build. Looks really good and has been thoroughly tested. I am gathering hardware parts now and will print the rest soon.
Hi I have been chasing something like this. any chance you would share the stl please it will run perfect in the spot i have picked thanks
There is no single STL file for this rewinder. There are a bunch of files that require printing and then assembly. We’re talking about 50 separate parts. some things you can print multiple parts at once. Others, primarily the base plates are large enough that only one part can be printed at a time.
On Printables.com, Storm Design is whose design I used.
I did make some changes and if I were to do it over there are some other things I would change.
Most of those changes would be where OCD overruled good engineering principles.Those I am willing to discuss off-line.
I did buy a motor with a gear reducer which is a deviation from the design but works well.
The designer has made changes from the posted model I usedand I am open to giving you the STL files I used, but off-line to not clog up the thread.
I also made a motor mount of my design to drive the winder.
On top of that, I bought a variable volt/amp power supply that does a bang-up job of regulating the speed of the winder.
Winder Files but not all
If you followed the link I provided you will notice there are 44 stl files just on that particular module of the overall device. The person who created the project, Storm Design, has other what I would refer to as modules.
It’s overall a good sturdy design with a very few items I would correct were I to build another one.
I’ll also say that that thing will turn up to some pretty impressive speeds and is steady as a rock.
I think I was able to swap a cardboard spool to a Bambu Lab spool in well under 5 minutes when I decided to see what it was capable of and fully expected it to hit some speed harmonic where it would shake but it never did.
Entire Winder
Motor Drive Closeup
