Most 3D printers come with a pretty basic filament holder — often little more than a bar to hang the spool on. [Ivan Miranda]’s 3D printers run bigger spools than most, though, so he had to ...

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If you have a 3D printer ... skimped out on the design of their filament holder. It’s okay though, it’s not like having a toilet roll holder for your spool will result in failed prints ...

But one of our test samples (the CubeX) used a filament spool that costs $100 and weighs about 1.36 pounds. Each 3D printer comes with software that prepares your 3D design for printing.