Anycubic Mega Zero - Filament roller with bearings

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A filament roller that does not need supports to print and makes use of 2 pieces of the stock bearing F605Z and the stock endcap on the Anycubic Mega Zero. Note that there are two screw caps. Both are needed since one is for the clockwise thread and the other for the counter-clockwise thread on the roller. The pens for the bearings are 5mm in diameter as this fits perfectly for me, but if you need it smaller then use a file to reduce the size slightly until you can press fit in the bearings. == I had these two bearings left over since I switched over to geared teeth pulleys for my X and Y belts, see: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4668064. And since it is snowing over here and I had nothing better to do I wanted to create something with them. I set myself the challenge to make parts that are printed without supports and to make parts that are threaded since I've never tried that before for 3D printed parts. The result is this filament roller. It rotates smoothly and it fits great onto the Anycubic Mega Zero. I especially like it that it uses the existing cap with the Anycubic logo. With the two screw caps you can make it fit tightly and also regulates the amount of friction of the roller. Before anyone asks about the reason for this awkward construction of the clockwise and counter-clockwise screw threads. Yes, I was lazy and I just mirrored it XD In the end it was a very well spent afternoon; I learned new things and the parts work! So now I still have two of those bearings left =) **If you have any ideas on what I can do with them or if you have any other ideas for parts for the Anycubic Mega Zero, please post it in the group: https://www.thingiverse.com/groups/anycubic-mega-zero** === Update -7-03-2021 (Added Frame for ID55mm spool.STL): Made a frame part that fits filament spools with an inner diameter of 55mm.