Chiron total mod - SPOOL HOLDER and FILAMENT GUIDE

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Main purpose of this mod is to place a spool holder on the side and save a lot of space around Chiron. Before You start, it's a good idea to move the LCD on the front panel like in my mod https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3230700. This makes room for the spool on the right side of Chiron. A) 1kg Spool Holder The 1kg spool holder consists of three parts. The spool base goes inside Chiron's aluminum profile, next is the spool holder with a separate cap for easier printing. Print them with 3-4 walls and 40% infill or more to make them strong. You can glue the base and spool holder together with super glue, acetone, or plexiglass glue, but it's not necessary. It depends on your printer quality; these parts can hold together without glue. B) Filament Guide to Extruder The most important part is the filament guide to the extruder. The filament needs to be turned 90 degrees into the extruder so that it doesn't break. You can use this part with or without a filament sensor. To keep it in place, change one M3 screw of your X-axis cable guide into a longer one so it will block the whole part in place. Look at my photos. C) 3kg Spool Holder The 3kg spool holder consists of two big pieces. I haven't printed it, so it's not tested. I don't use 3kg filament yet, so I don't even have a spool this size. You can try and leave a comment. D) Cable Guide The cable guide is to keep cables in place and away from the filament. It's not necessary to print. I'm working on a normal cable guide like the one on the X-axis, so this part will be replaced. But for now, I use it and it works. EDIT: Some users reported that the hole for the tube in File Filament_guide_to_extruder was too small. I've added a copy of Filament_guide_to_extruder2.stl with a hole 0.15mm wider.