FF Adventurer 5m TOP MOUNT Spool Holder

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DANGER!!Please use caution not to damage your cord The clearance for mounting hardware is small, a 4.7mm thick nut crashed into the gantry but using 3.8mm thick nuts worked for meI don't know if this works with the PRO version as I don't have one, and the non-PRO version comes with a bunch of holes in the frame I can only assume are used on the 5M PROUsing 2 M5*8mm bolts and 2 of the skinniest M5 Nuts I could find I used two of the holes on the top of the frame to mount - PLEASE MOVE THE GANTRY BEFORE TURNING THE MACHINE BACK ON TO ENSURE IT WONT CATCHDon't let the file name fool you, this is more like the 10th revision - and yes I did get the cord stuck (and damaged) preventing homing more than once. To solve this, I added a little "clip" to hold it up. If you want/need to mount in a different location you could probably leave the Bowden Tube and just trim it out of the way but such that it still holds the cord up. This design feeds from a spool mounted above the printer directly into the print head, bypassing the runout sensor. Personally I have no desire for this feature, and I'm fairly sure it's turned off by default anyhow.I think all the holes across the top of the frame have the same spacing so you could mount it any which way wherever you please mirroring in the slicer if necessary, just WATCH OUT FOR THAT BLEEPING CORDIt is designed to fit diagonally on the bed and should take about 2.5hrs with 2mm walls. some unmeasured destructive testing (I tried to break it by hand and had a lot of trouble) on earlier versions give me enough confidence to say you can put a 3kg spool on here at that wall thickness.I hope this helps you solve the biggest problem with this machine!!!Edit 3/13/24Use a piece of ptfe at least 130mm from the hot end and connect to the cord to ensure it stays out of the way (the one pictured is ~150mm with the zip tie [I lost the original connectors] at ~130mm). I added a double spool holder, it is taller so it can actually fit a 3kg spool 🤦. I'd recommend way upping the bottom and top layer count as it will sag way before it shearsEdit 5/23/24Here is the list of new features to the double spool holder named "5M_SpoolHolder_DoubleV8". Holes for 4mm heat inserts on the back, I used these to attach a metal plate (I just used some scrap I had) to prevent drooping - this has worked very well thus far, will update if this changes.A loop such that a rubber band can be used to keep the cord out of the wayAdditional holes so that each roll of filament can have its own PTFE tube, and said tube can be looped back out of the way. This is my favorite and very handy to have.IIRC I also increased the size of the dividers between spools and at the end, but it shouldn't affect how the model prints