Wild Child Spool Holder Hex Edition

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This spool holder is designed to fit the bottom of a Wildone 4L Airtight Food Storage Container, turning it into a filament dry box for use with a 3D printer directly or with any number of multi-material units by using a separate filament buffer solution. This spool holder/dry box combination accommodates filament spools up to 64 mm in width and can easily be adjusted to fit spools that are more narrow. You will need to print: 1x Base 2x Rail 2x Inside 2x Outside Print Settings: All parts should already be properly oriented. Parts have been designed using the cross-bridge hole method to allow floating holes to be printed without supports. For best results, print using a 0.2 mm layer height. I used 40% infill, but you can experiment with other infill densities if you’d like. Bill of Materials — for each spool holder you will need: 4x 608 bearings — I like the price, quality, & tolerances of [these](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07216D1SZ) from Amazon 4x M3x12 socket head cap screws 4x M3x6 socket head cap screws 8x M3 hex nuts If you don’t already have an assortment of fasteners, I recommend [Bolt Depot](https://www.boltdepot.com/) Additionally, since this spool holder is designed to fit the Wildone 4L Food Storage Container (or one of the many look-alike containers), you will need one of those. Available [here](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089LY3S5F). To complete the filament dry box build, you will need a way for the filament to exit the dry box. There are many different solutions available, but I like the [Dry-box Filament Pass-Through](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3024407) by motocoder. Also, to keep the filament in the dry box dry, I like the [Silica Gel Canister](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2070351) by papabravo. It can very easily lay in the bottom of the dry box to the front or rear of the spool holder without interference. *“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.”* — Isaac Newton This spool holder utilizes the same base shape as rf1989’s [Filament Drybox for Wildone Food Storage Container 4L](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4762952). It fits perfectly in the food storage container it was designed for. It also draws on design elements from the original [TUSH - The Ultimate Spool Holder](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2047554) by filamentry and the [TUSH2 - Sliding Positions](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2853619) remix by spongybob1958.