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OmniStand Top Mount Filament Spool Stand v1.01

PRINTER COMPATIBILITY

• FlashForge Dreamer
• Dremel 3D Idea Builder

The OmniStand Top Mount Filament Stand is a quick connect filament spool stand for the FlashForge Dreamer and Dremel 3D Idea Builder printers.

FEATURES

• Stand base mounts to existing holes on the printer
• The printer lid still fits after the stand base is installed
• Quick connect stands remove easily from the stand base
• Compatible with all OmniStand filament stands, rods and spacers
• Supports more filament spools than the original OmniStand
• Compatible with the original printer filament spool rod

The OmniStand Top Mount Filament Spool Stand is a new version of the OmniStand (see http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:652415) designed to hold filament spools that are too large to fit inside the printer.

The OmniStand attaches to the top of these 3D printers using existing screw mount holes (longer bolts are needed). The stand allows many different sizes of filament spools to be used. It can hold 2 spools.

The OmniStand Top Mount set is compatible with other OmniStand spool stands, rods, rod spacers, and locks.

The OmniStand Top Mount stand base is the only thing that attaches to the printer's body. The detachable quick connects stands, once removed, allow the printer's lid to be placed on the printer without removing the OmniStand Top Mount stand base from the printer.

FILAMENT SPOOL COMPATIBILITY

• Up to 280 mm (11.02") in diameter
• Up to 102 mm (4.01") wide

This set can accommodate filament spools as large as 280 mm (11.02") in diameter and 102 mm (4.01") wide. Spool rod holes (hub holes) must be 19.5 mm (0.76") in diameter or larger to work with this set.

The OmniStand Top Mount Filament Spool Stand fits all the filament spools that fit the standard OmniStand set. Spools tested which fit both sets include:

• ASAPTech TPE (0.7 kg white tested)
• ColorFabb (0.75 kg CopperFill tested)
• Dremel (all filament tested)
• ESun (0.5 kg bronze tested)
• Filamex (0.5 kg spools of ABS/PLA tested)
• FlashForge Dreamer (all filament tested)
• Hatchbox (1 kg and 0.45 kg spools of ABS/PLA tested)
• Magic Cube (0.45 kg ABS tested)
• MakerBot (0.5 lbs small spool of PLA tested)
• MG Chemicals (0.25 kg of PLA/ABS tested)
• NinjaFlex (0.5 kg Fire color tested)
• Taulman (0.45 kg of T-glase tested)
• USAFilament (0.5 kg PVA tested)
• Zen Toolworks (1 kg pools tested)

In addition to these spools, the OmniStand Top Mount set also was tested to fits these filament spools which don't work with the standard OmniStand set because they can't fit inside the printer:

• Filament Outlet (1 kg spool of HIPS tested)
• Gizmo Dorks (1 kg spool of HIPS tested)
• MakerBot (2 lbs large spool of PLA tested)
• Octave (1 kg spool tested)
• Shaxon (1 kg spool of ABS tested)
• USAFilament (1 kg spool tested)

These are just the ones that have been tested. Many other filament spools are also compatible.

FILAMENT STANDS

The quick connect stands have a sliding switch with two positions. The switch is designed to move easily, and snaps into either the locked, or unlocked position. When switched down, the switch locks the stand into the base. When switched up, the stand can be easily removed from the base by sliding it towards the side of the printer.

The quick connect filament stand included in this set has it's center spool rod connection point at 145 mm from it's feet. It is much taller than the stands that are part of the standard OmniStand set. It can fit the standard OmniStand base, but should not be using inside the printer because it is too tall. Only use this quick connect stand outside of the printer in conjunction with the OmniStand Top Mount base in this set.

FILAMENT ROD SPACERS

The filament rods are 19 mm (0.74") in diameter, and made to accommodate 19.5 mm (0.76") filament spool holes. Some spools will fit better if a spacer is used. This set includes 6 filament rod spacers.

• 24x102 mm (0.94x4.01")
• 29x102 mm (1.14x4.01")
• 34x102 mm (1.33x4.01")
• 39x102 mm (1.53x4.01")
• 44x102 mm (1.73x4.01")
• 49x102 mm (1.92x4.01")

The filament rod spacers slip over the filament rods and expand the rods to 24 mm, 29 mm, 34 mm, 39 mm, 44 mm, and 49 mm in diameter to accommodate filament spool holes over 50 mm in diameter. The 39 mm, 44 mm, and 49 mm spacers have a 5x2 mm lip on them to keep the spool in place, so they reduce the rod's spool width capacity by 2 mm. The spacers fit the 125 mm long filament rod in this set.

FILAMENT RODS

The OmniStand filament rods are compatible with the FlashForge Dreamer and Dremel 3D Idea Builder filament rods. They use the same connector design, are the same diameter, but are much longer.

This set includes 1 spool rod that's 125 mm long.

The 125 mm rod in this set can hold spools that are up to 102 mm wide.

Additional rods are found here:

OmniStand Adjustable Filament Spool Stand

OmniStand Extra Long Filament Spool Rods

SEE ALSO

OmniStand Adjustable Filament Spool Stand

OmniStand Extra Long Filament Spool Rods (These are shorter than the rod in this set)

Non-Quick Connect OmniStand Compatible Filament Spool Stands

OmniStand Compatible Quick Connect Filament Spool Stands

VERSION UPDATES

1.01 - 3/1/2015, Fixed a problem in the spacer STL models. There was a bug making the models slice completely solid.