#1 Empty Capsule Filler - filling medical gelcap

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#Size 2 Capsule Filler - filling medical gelcap WHAT IS IT? It's a device to speed up the filling of empty gelcaps with powdered supplements that you want to be able to swallow. (making your own capsules) I created this because my body typically needs less medicine than is sold in health food store capsules, so I needed to find my own dosage then find the capsule size that will store the amount of powder I need for my dose. I use these most frequently to make capsules (for Targeted Amino Acid Therapy) so I've honed it a lot to get it where I want it. I've learned to get the dosage fairly precise +/- .015g and can tweak the dosage by choosing to either: lightly fill the capsules just till full, or filling then tapping the whole rig 1 or more times (to get the powder to compact slightly) then fill again, or not caring and just packing the capsules all the way using the packer (compactor) to press the powder in tight and keep adding more till absolutely full. I've created identical units for these four capsule sizes: size 2- https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4080178 size 3- https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4079394 size 4- https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4079607 size 5- https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4079997 This is a remake of the original #Size 1 Capsule Filler - filling medical gelcap, with some minor changes to improve performance. Parts: 5- Packer (optional) Once you fill the capsules with powder, if you want them to have the maximum amount in them, press the packer into the full capsules to compact the powder, then refill powder. Repeat until powder no longer packs down. (The part works best when orientated with the rounded corners facing the open tray). 6- Paddle This is the scraper you use to move the powder over the holes to make sure all the capsules are evenly filled. FILAMENT/FLOW: Select a filament that gives you a nice flow with smooth surfaces (or tweak your temp & flow rates) to get the surfaces as smooth as you can. The smoother your top surfaces are, the less chance of whatever powder you're using to stick in the tiny spaces between lines. Some filaments will naturally do a better job... some can be a bitch to calibrate and get the holes nice. Use your most cooperative filament :) SLICER SETTINGS: (Cura) Speed: use whatever speed you can get accurate parts from, slow down if needed. I used 60 (first layers 20) Layer Height: .28 (or finer if you like) Rafts: No! (we want a smooth surface on bottom) Supports: (only for packer) Infill: 15-20% (I like cubic) IRONING: Yes! For the base ironing is OPTIMAL - useful to get a nice smooth surface (so powder doesn't stick in the ridges of the plastic) I'm using: enable ironing [ON] Iron only highest layer [OFF] ironing pattern: zig zag ironing line spacing: 0.1mm ironing flow: 1% (this will vary based on your filament... this may be closer to 10% for you) ironing inset: 0.2mm ironing speed: 23.33 Adaptive Layers: (optional) To smooth out some of the curves you can use adaptive layers in Cura. But it doesn't really add to the functionality, so you can skip if you want. Use adaptive layers [ON] Adaptive Layers Maximum Variation: 0.04mm Adaptive Layers Variation Step Size: 0.04mm Adaptive Layers Threshold: 100.0 SOURCE FILES: https://www.tinkercad.com/things/eNAU1PJm5qx-2-capsule-filler-assembly/