Spool Winder Drill Attachment

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I've been really enjoying my Makerbox subscription and printed some spools to hold the filament neatly. This design by spradlinb is exactly what I was looking for: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2419066. However, manually winding the filament onto the spools was proving to be frustrating. So I came up with this simple design to attach to a power drill and wind the spools much quicker. I added a little hot glue to the base of the screw piece to help grip the spool more securely. I highly recommend using two spools for this project. One should sit the filament in initially, while a second is attached to the drill for winding. Overall, this thing does an excellent job and I can now wind up 4 spools in the time it used to take me to wind up one. I also included a file with the screw split in half which I then glued together. This modification should make the hexagonal shaft even more robust and better equipped to handle the potential torque being put on it.