ICE Filament Drawer System

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ICE Filament drawers + Stand + template All you need to recycle your ICE filament spools (750 gr.) into a drawer system: - Drawers with 1, 2 or 3 compartments, full and half height. - Stand that can be printed on small-platform printers. - Template for drilling holes in the spools. # Instructions: * SPOOLS Using the template, drill 4 holes on one face of the spool: Insert a short M2 bolt or 2mm nail into the smallest hole of the template. Use a Dremel or other tool to drill a 2mm pilot hole through the largest opening of the template. Turn the template 90 degrees until the bolt or nail catches in the hole. Afterwards, use a 6 or 6.5mm drill to enlarge the 2mm pilot holes. * DRAWERS Print four full-height drawers or eight half-height drawers or a combination of both... per spool. The drawers are mounted inside the spools using M5 x 50 bolts. No need for these bolts to go through the bottom of the spool. * SPOOL STAND: Spacers keep the spools centered - the center hole of these spacers is tight (M8). Feel free to widen if you want the spools to spin around easier. These spacers are composed of one center-cylinder and two flanges. Assemble one center and two flanges into one spacer. Print spacer-parts between the spools. Press the center part inside two flange-rings - see pictures. Print two half-height spacers that sit at the top and bottom of the stack of spools. Print the center-cylinder at 50% height and add one flange. Print a top-handle or any other 'knob' for M8 you can find on Thingiverse that can serve as a handle. Print a stand center, either round or triangular. Print three legs. Use super glue and 2mm bolts to assemble the stand base (center + three legs) - make sure the large opening with the hex nut faces down. Insert an M8 nut with or without glue. Cut a threaded M8 rod of 29.5 cm for a stack of four spools. Cut a longer or shorter M8 threaded rod as needed if you want more or less spools in the stack. Install the M8 rod in the stand base. Next, install a half-height spacer on the stand and tighten it, flange touching the stand base. Add the first spool and a spacer. Repeat. On top of the last spool, install the last half-height spacer, flange facing up. Install the handle - I used an M8 cap nut but a normal M8 nut will do. Enjoy!