Embroidery floss swift
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Swift for pull skeins of embroidery floss when winding onto bobbins
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All models are designed to print at 0.25 mm layer height, without support when oriented as is.
Required parts:
1 × 608 ball bearing (8×22×7mm)
About 15 cm threaded M5 rod
At least two M5 nuts, optionally some washers.
6 × rivets, split pins, or similar
2 × 15 cm of solid 2.5 mm² wire
Glue
M5-8mm-filler.stl is used to make the threaded 5 mm rod into a smooth 8 mm rod. The model is 12.5 mm tall so about a dozen will be needed. Use an M5 tap to thread the inside of each filler piece, then screw them tightly together onto the rod and sand them all down to a seamless pole. By adding a thin coat of CA you can easily sand/polish it up to 1000+ grit.
One of the hubs (the top one in my assemblies) is attached to the central rod by nuts on both sides of the bearing. The bushing M5-608wash.stl keeps the rod centered in the bearing. For the stationary hub print one of each of hub-608.stl, hub-608-cap.stl and M5-608wash.stl.
The other hub should be able to move freely along the rod and does not need a ball bearing. Print one of each of hub-plain.stl and hub-plain-cap.stl.
Inside of the hubs there's a 2×2 mm groove for a metal wire, or similar, to hold the bars in place. The cap needs to be glued to the hub.
With the stationary hub on top, you can use a spring, clothespin, binder clip or such as an endstop below the bottom hub to keep from falling down. bottom_endplate.stl can be used to provide a flat surface for the hub to spin on with reasonably low friction. With the stationary hub on bottom, gravity might suffice.
I've provided four different spoke/bar sizes ranging from 75 to 95 mm, any pairing (six of each size) will do. Using slightly shorter on the bottom hub will make it easier to put a skein onto the swift, but for simplicity you can start off by printing 12 copies of bar-90-50.stl.
Note that the hubs have chirality, in that the bar slots will not align when the model is flipped. So be mindful not to mount the hubs with their bars both leaning the same way.
My clamp model requires 2 × M5 nuts and a 40-45 mm hex head M5 screw, but the swift can be attached to anything that the M5 rod would fit into…