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This is a filament guide designed to ease the path of the filament and prevent it from over-bending.

I've put the 3D printer into a cabinet and feed the filament from the top and through the side (as seen below the guide). I was using a PTFE bowden tube as a guide previously, but since the spool is on top of the cabinet, I needed a support structure to avoid pulling straight down.

Turns out, this simple guide without the PTFE tube entirely reduces the friction by more than half, since a minimal increase in tension will cause the spool to unroll immediately, without letting the filament touch the guide most of the time.

There are two parts: the guide, and a small clip that snaps on top which prevents the loose filament to exit the guide. The clip is open, so the filament can be inserted from the side. I used weak double-sided tape to affix the structure to the side of the cabinet.

I use this https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2791247/ spool holder (another TUSH variant) sitting on top of the cabinet, combined with these hooks https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2923602 for the display panel.

Print Settings

Rafts: No

Supports: No

Resolution: Any

Notes:

No infill, supports or high precision required for this support. Print flat to have smooth layer lines in the direction of the filament.

Sand lightly the bottom pads to have good adhesion prior to taping/gluing.

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Radial filament guide for cabinet mount

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filament-guide-clip.stl

filament-guide-clip.stl

filament-guide2.stl

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