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Spool

The spool on its own: fixed and removable side, step by step, with the parts and the videos.

    🔒 Assembly guide (PDF)🔒 All files (ZIP)

    The finished spool with a cable
    The finished spool with a cable

    Bill of materials

    QtyItemCategoryNote
    18Screw M3x10, countersunk headScrews12 fixed side, 6 removable side
    1Screw M5x20ScrewsClip bender
    12Insert M3Inserts6 in the fixed side, 6 in CORE-REM
    1Insert M5InsertsClip bender
    1Spring D8.6 / d0.63 / L16MechanicsButton of the removable side
    2Spool sides SIDE-FIX and SIDE-REMOVABLEMechanicsPrint, laser cut or buy

    GuideSpool

    The spool has two sides. The fixed side carries the core, the segments and the clips. The removable side slides onto the core and is held by a spring button. The two sides are built separately, the fixed one first, then the removable one. Each has a chapter of its own.

    The finished spool with a cable in the Spooler
    The finished spool with a cable, hanging on the handle of the Spooler

    What you will need

    QtyPrinted partsSide
    102-00-104d-CORE-FIXfixed, core
    302-01-025-SEGMENTfixed
    302-00-106d-CORE-CLIPfixed, clips
    102-00-108f-CLIP_BENDERfixed, clip bender
    102-00-105e-CORE-REMremovable, core
    102-00-107e-CORE-BUTTONremovable, button
    102-00-109a-BUTTON_HOLDERremovable, button holder

    The spool sides

    The spool has two sides, SIDE-FIX (fixed, 0.4 kg) and SIDE-REMOVABLE (removable, 0.3 kg). Each is a disc 300 mm in diameter and 3 mm thick. The other parts of the spool are always printed.

    A. Print3D models (STL), you need a printer with a 300 mm bed

    The sides are available as 3D models: 02-01-001-SIDE-FIX and 02-01-002-SIDE-REMOVABLE. Each is 300 mm across, so you need a printer with a large enough bed. A side does not fit on a 256 x 256 mm bed.

    B. Laser cutDXF, STEP and drawings to download, 3 mm plate

    The drawings are for a 3 mm duralumin plate. Each side has a 40 mm hole in the middle and 24 countersunk holes Ø 3.6 mm (90° countersink, Ø 6.94 mm). The files for a laser or CNC (DXF, STEP and PDF drawings of both sides) are here to download. You can have them cut by any laser cutting service, for example SendCutSend.

    SIDE-FIX: DXFfor laser or CNC cutting

    SIDE-FIX: STEP3D model for CAD

    SIDE-FIX: PDF výkresdrawing with dimensions

    SIDE-REMOVABLE: DXFfor laser or CNC cutting

    SIDE-REMOVABLE: STEP3D model for CAD

    SIDE-REMOVABLE: PDF výkresdrawing with dimensions

    Spool sides (DXF, STEP, PDF)for laser or CNC cutting

    Drawing of the fixed side SIDE-FIX
    Fixed side SIDE-FIX: Ø 300, duralumin plate 3 mm, 0.4 kg
    Drawing of the removable side SIDE-REMOVABLE
    Removable side SIDE-REMOVABLE: Ø 300, duralumin plate 3 mm, 0.3 kg
    C. Buy them ready-madePainted aluminium sides, a set of 2 in the e-shop

    Painted aluminium spool sides (a set of 2) are in our e-shop. Then you do not make SIDE-FIX and SIDE-REMOVABLE yourself.

    Next you build the fixed side and the removable side.

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    Step 1Fixed side

    Exploded view of the fixed side of the spool
    The fixed side: side, core, segments and clips

    1. Press the M3 inserts into the core

    Press the M3 inserts into the underside of the core CORE-FIX. Three of them can be seen in the animation, there are six in all (marked red in the drawing).

    Inserts under the core
    Inserts under the core (from the assembly animation)

    2. Screw the core to the side

    Put the core CORE-FIX in the middle of the side SIDE-FIX and screw it on from below with M3x10 countersunk screws. The drawing shows 12 screws for the whole fixed side.

    The core in the side, screws from below
    The core in the side, screws from below (from the assembly animation)

    3. Assemble the clip bender

    Press an M5 insert into the middle of the core, put on CLIP_BENDER and screw it down with an M5x20 screw.

    The clip bender in the middle of the core
    The clip bender in the middle of the core (from the assembly animation)

    4. Fit the segments

    Fit the three SEGMENT parts around the core (green in the drawing).

    Three segments around the core
    Three segments around the core (from the assembly animation)

    5. Push in the clips

    Push in the three CORE-CLIP parts. The fixed side is done.

    The finished fixed side
    The finished fixed side (from the assembly animation)
    The video opens after you buy this guide.
    Spool: the fixed side

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    Step 2Removable side

    Exploded view of the removable side of the spool
    The removable side with the spring button

    1. Press the M3 inserts into the core

    Press six M3 inserts into CORE-REM.

    Inserts in the core CORE-REM
    Inserts in the core CORE-REM (from the assembly animation)

    2. Insert the spring

    Put the spring into CORE-REM.

    The spring above the core
    The spring above the core (from the assembly animation)

    3. Fit the button and the holder

    Put CORE-BUTTON on the spring and secure it with the ring BUTTON_HOLDER.

    The button above the core
    The button above the core (from the assembly animation)
    The button holder
    The button holder (from the assembly animation)

    4. Screw on the side

    Put SIDE-REMOVABLE on and screw it down with six M3x10 screws. The spool is done: the fixed side and the removable side, which is held by the button in the core.

    The core screwed to the removable side
    The core screwed to the removable side (from the assembly animation)
    The video opens after you buy this guide.
    Spool: the removable side

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