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A1 Mini Ball Bearing Spool Holder

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Ball Bearing Spool Holder for the A1 mini. Replaces factory spool holder

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Ball Bearing Spool Holder for A1 Mini, bolts on in the factory location. The tension on the spool holder is adjustable by the nylon locking nut.  If you want a finer adjustment you can get M8x1.00 fine thread hardware.

 

I printed the arm with a heavy wall count, Open side (Spool Side) down.

 

Print the Spool Screw and Spool Nut at 0.16 or less layer height standing up with the 3 sided handle ends down, only support the hole where the bearing goes.  Print this way and there will be no thread clean up needed at all.  I also printed these with a heavy wall count but im not sure how necessary that is. 

 

You will need -

Printed Parts

(1) A1 Mini Spool Holder arm

(1) Spool Screw

(1) Spool Nut

 

Store Bought

(1) M8x1.25x120 bolt / screw 

(6) M8 Flat Washer

(1) M8x1.25 Nylock Nut or regular nut and lock washer.

(2) 8x22x7 Bearings

(2) M3x12 screws

*If you prefer SAE you can use 5/16 hardware in place of M8. The bolt would be 5 inches long.

 

UPDATE 10042024 -

I added a slimmer arm that can be printed with the open side facing up.

 

 

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