side-entry filament guide for ender 3 s1

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I wanted to be able to feed filament from a filament dryer at the left side of my Ender 3 S1 printer. This design fits into the spool arm. It comes in two parts which push together. It can be glued if necessary but I didn't need to. The filament rails aren't very deep but I found it to be fine, with no danger of the filament popping out. The cross-brace pattern of the arm is visually consistency with the Ender 3 spool arm. **Note 1: this is only suitable for feeding filament from the left side of the printer.** **Note 2: this is designed for the Ender 3 *S1* model. I doubt it will fit any other model, except perhaps the S1 Pro.** I printed the arm with supports. The only places they are needed are the two grooves in the connector block. I used the 'lines' support pattern in Cura 5.1.0 and found the supports popped out easily and left a decent surface. It's one of my first designs and I'm a 3d design / printing beginner, so apologies for any mistakes and happy to receive advice on how I could have done it better.