Filament Guide Wall or Shelf (by Nigeke)

Filament Guide Wall or Shelf

If you, like me, have your filament rolls not on the T-bar on top of your Prusa Frame then this could help. This Filament Guide can be used with or without PTFE tubing and fitted anywhere you think it can be useful. (It can be used in combination with: Filament Faucet (by Nigeke))

What you need:

1. The Printed Part

2. PC4-M6 PTFE Hose Connector (Collet)

3. M6(sp1) Bolt

4. 5 mm flexible tube-brush

5. PTFE-tubing; Outer diameter 4 mm; Inner diameter 2.5 mm

6. Fixing shelf: 3x20mm screw; Fixing wall: 5 mm wall plug and 3.5x30 mm screw

7. Hammerdrill / Screwingmachine / 5 mm concrete drill bit comes in handy

How to:

1. Print the part, in material of your liking, use 2 mm shell thickness and 20% fill;

2. Use M6 Bolt to clean the printed thread with moderate force and keep straight;

3. Screw in the PC4-M6 PTFE Hose Connector (Collet);

4. Clean the hole with the flexible brush;

5. Fit on position of your choice, either wall, panel, shelf (no DIY course here)

6. Connect your PTFE tubing.

Notes:

1. Only .stl provided, no bgcode/gcode files:  Use Prusa slicer to make your own (they are printer/material dependent anyway)

2. Use Material of your choice, I used ABS as it smoother but also more brittle than PETG, so maybe PETG is best choice

3. Don't use a M6 thread cutter on the Printed Part to clean the thread, it shreds the material. The bolt method works better, if needed you can also warm-up the bolt.

4. Make sure to use correct PTFE tubing: Outer diameter 4 mm Inner diameter 2.5 mm. Lot of sold tubing with the said inner diameter is NOT that, check it when you receive it if anything below 2.3 mm send it back, as you got old standard dumped on you. A smaller Inner Diameter can cause difficulties with leading the filament through and that is incredibly annoying! 

As PRUSA said: HAPPY PRINTING!

Nigeke