Test filament spool

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<p>Sick of your very limited test filament tangling halfway through? I gotcha!</p> <h3>Print instructions</h3><p>Prints equally well in PLA or PETG, if you need to dehydrate your filament, you'll probably be better off printing this in PETG for the better deformation temperature.</p> <p>This spool will hold about 15m of 1.75mm filament. 3mm filament isn't really catered for as I don't have any to test, but while the holes won't hold the filament you will be able to wind it on the spool. I designed this spool to hold the dual colour filament I was making:</p> <p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/prints/32509-3d-printed-filament">https://www.prusaprinters.org/prints/32509-3d-printed-filament</a></p> <p>Print side 1 and 2 of a similar type (Lite, semi-lite or regular). the female side has a hole for the filament to feed through to start it off. How annoying is it that there is only a single filament clip/holder around the edge of most spools? well, the outer edge of this spool also has a lot of holders so you won't have to wind too far to secure your filament. (although the 10mm gap between the sides might be a little finicky)</p> <p>So, what are the different types? well, the full version is nice and chunky and will hold up to most things you throw at it. The semi-lite has a thinner side but is still well supported in the center, and it uses a lot less filament. The lite version uses less filament again. Both the lite versions will probably best suite printing in PLA due to it being stiffer.</p>