Ender 3 V2 Side Spool Holder

Imported from THINGIVERSE (2020)

After hearing about CHEP's side mount clearance issues, and having them myself with the otherwise great looking @xbost remix, I decided to design one myself.

With the lightweight design that I much love, tight to avoid any unwanted movements and noise, and most importantly, with enough clearance for 200mm spools with 20mm of extra space to the X axis motor.

It does not need any extra hardware, although it allows the option of securing it with a T-Nut in the vertical side of the 4040 profile.

As with all my profile inserts, it is very tight. Please make sure your printer is correctly calibrated before attempting to print this model. You might even have to give it a couple taps with a small hammer to slide it. This way you don't need any extra hardware but it does not move a single bit.

Also works with the CR series.
 

Notes: 

Print it on its wider face. That way you get the most accurate rail inserts.
In terms of supports, they are not required, but recommendable to get prettier external holes.
Depends on your printer performance. I have not tried to print it without them.

If you decide to use supports, do the following:

In the part where the metal arm screws in, there will be 4 supports possible. Remove the inner ones. The external ones are easy to punch in and let the support slide off the cubic holes.

• In the T-Nut hole, leave the external support enabled but remove the support for the smaller hole.
  This way you can use a punch pin or similar to easily punch out the support of the external hole from the inner hole.

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