Ergonomic Grips for Adjustable Spool Holder

About

I really liked humebeam's Adjustable Spool Holder for Silica Gel but found they were sometimes difficult to get tightened down onto the spool and sealed.

This is a collection of tools I designed from scratch to make using these spool silica holders easier and more accessible. Personally I've been using 1 Mega Grip + 1 Mini Grip.

Variations

Mega Grip

A funnel-shaped tool that serves several purposes:

1. Bottom: Grip for the wavy outer faces of the original Spool Silica Holder
2. Top: Driver for the lid that seals in the silica
3. Inside: Container to easily remove the silica from the spool holder without making a mess. Just place the tool over the open end and flip upside down

Outer Diameter: 76.405mm
Height: 69.2mm

Mini Grip

A smaller grip if you need a bit more leverage or for keeping the other side from rotating

Outer Diameter: 75.33 mm
Height: 15mm

Micro Grip

An even simpler & thinner grip

Outer Diameter: 76.7mm
Height: 10mm

Lid Grip

A small driver for the desiccant lid

Outer Diameter: 28mm
Height: 14.5mm

Print Settings

• Supports: None
• Orientation: All stl files should already be oriented correctly for printing. Print with the wavy side on the print bed.
• Adhesion: The wavy grips have fairly limited bed surface area and should be printed with a decent brim (I needed 6mm inside & outside with 0 spacing) or they may lift off the bed
• Strength: I used 6 perimeters and 50% infill but you could use less if your silica holders aren't difficult to tighten
• Resolution: Layer height isn't critical. Maybe pay attention to the indentation around the inside base of the grip. I used automatic adaptive layer height.
• Fuzzy Skin: Enable fuzzy skin (optional) for extra grip
  • Mega Grip: To prevent interference with the lid tool you may want to enable fuzzy skin as a layer modifier (25mm - 64.5mm was used in the attached photos)