Flanged Axle for Packing Tape Dispenser

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The original axle comes off one side of the dispenser too easily, so I redesigned it and added a flange. Because of the flange, it has to be assembled in order to pass through the spool, so I threaded one end and made it two separate parts. I successfully printed this in PETG (Amazon Basics) on my Prusa Mk3. The threading is tight but works perfectly. You may need to scale down the small piece by a percent or two on the x/y axes (don't touch the z-axis!) to make it screw in easily, depending on how well your printer is tuned. Update 12/25/2019 - Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Festivus! - Inspired by hypnolobster's bolt-head add-on for this axle, I added something similar so that they can be printed in one piece. Since they are not a specific size, I made them 10 sides rather than 6. It is intended to be assembled by hand. I have not yet printed/tested this new model, but it should be just as good as the old one, since it's just a modification of the original.