Cell Spool Winder
Assembly instructions by chronos00
⦁ Clean the supports for the double threaded shaft.
⦁ Clean the supports for the worm-gear reader (the small device that follows
the threaded shaft, and guides the filament). Double-check that the small arc is able
to rotate freely in its case.
⦁ Insert the short shaft into the hole corresponding to the brown gear shown in
the picture. You need to insert it from the inside of the mainframe, and rotate it until
it fits into the hexagonal hole.
⦁ Place the biggest washer on the outside (flat face towards the mainframe) to
lock this shaft.
⦁ Put some lubricant on the last section of the shaft. Slide the brown gear into
this shaft, small gear towards the outside.
⦁ Put some lubricant on the flat face of one of the smallest washers and place it
into the end of this shaft (flat face towards the gear) to lock the gear in place.
⦁ Grab the worm-gear reader (aka filament guide), and insert its flat bottom into
the rail of the mainframe. You can use some lubricant to lubricate the rail and slide
the filament guide back and forth to distribute the lubricant. This part of the
mechanism might require some time to run in.
⦁ Lubricate the upper holes of the mainframe.
⦁ Insert the threaded shaft through the upper hole (you'll notice a bigger and a
smaller hole, so there is only one way to insert this shaft). Don't push it all the way
through yet. You'll need to slide the worm-gear reader near the small hole to have
enough room to place the threaded shaft onto it. Be careful to fit it correctly into the
threaded shaft (any orientation will be fine, as long as it fits along the shaft's thread).
After this, you can finish pushing the threaded shaft into the small hole.
⦁ Lubricate the flat face of the last small washer, and place it at the end of the
threaded shaft (flat face towards the main body), to lock the shaft in place.
⦁ Insert a pair of threaded phalanges on each side of your target spool (empty
spool) and screw them until you get a tight fit. Optionally, add the big "washers" if the
center hole of your target spool is too wide. Do the same with your source spool (the
one with the filament you want to transfer).
⦁ Lubricate the lower holes for the last two shafts.
⦁ Place the target spool between the lower holes, near the short shaft. Insert
the small geared shaft through these holes and the threaded flange of the target
spool. The shaft needs to be aligned correctly with the threaded flange.
⦁ Lubricate the flat face of a medium washer and place it at the end of this
shaft, to lock it in place.
⦁ Place the source spool between the holes on the opposite side, and insert the
last shaft all the way through the holes and source spool. Make sure that the
filament unwinds clockwise, so it can be fed into the worm-gear reader.
⦁ Lubricate the flat face of a medium washer and place it at the end of this
shaft, to lock it in place.
⦁ Insert the square rod into the square hole of the handle. Insert the side
marked with the arrow first, and then push the rest of the rod through.
⦁ Insert the handle's rod into the main gear as far as possible.
⦁ Push the feet into the mainframe. Both feet are the same, but you need to
orient them with the tabs facing the mainframe. You might need to add some
lubricant to let the tabs slide and snap into the mainframe's socket.
⦁ Get a 4mm diameter PTFE tube, and cut it to 80mm (±10mm) long. Insert it
into the worm-gear reader, leaving approximately the same length on each end.
⦁ Crank the shaft a couple of turns until the worm-gear reader reaches one of
the edges of the threaded shaft.
⦁ Thread the filament through the PTFE tube in the worm-gear reader and into
the target spool. One way to attach the end of the filament to the target spool is to
tape it against the inner face of the spool, near the top (as shown in the video).
⦁ Crank the shaft, and enjoy the show.
Notes:
After transferring the filament to the new spool, don’t forget to remove any tape left
to secure the first section of the filament (just cut the first section of the filament).
This way, when you are printing with the filament on this spool, and your printer gets
to the end of the filament, it can use the filament until the end, without getting stuck
or pulling nasty tape into the printer’s extruder
