Filament Shelving System

myminifactory

I'm a product design student, and I took my idea pretty far. I developed an entirely new system for the shelves, complete with a rail along them instead of just a simple bracket on the front. This means it's probably going to be quite a lot of printing for this project. There are new brackets to design, filament spool holders, rails, and carriages that go on those rails. The shelves need a bit more space too - I increased the gap from 9.5 inches up to 11 inches. It was a great way to fill my University summer break. As a student, money is pretty tight for me, so I don't have my own printer and even if I did, with the size of things I've designed, it would take weeks to print. That means this project hasn't been tested except in CAD software yet. My goal was to be creative and I ran with that idea. Taking inspiration from sliding ladders you find at some libraries, I came up with the filament carriages. Now, you can easily move the filament up or down the rail if you need to get to one on a shelf behind. It's all printed parts - no bearings or anything are used. It should still work just fine... I wanted everything to be printed and have no external components. You can find the full Fusion file here if you want to take a look at how it goes together: https://a360.co/2PrKgoD. The file is password protected, so drop me a message and I'll give you access.