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Kitchen scale spool support
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Weighting your spools is a great way to know how much filament remain on them. This little accessory allows to easily weight your spool on an inexpensive kitchen scale.How to use that :Put the support on your scale then turn the scale on, the scale should display 0Put your spool on the support read the weightTo get the quantity of filament remaining, substract the weight of the empty spool to the weight you readExample: you read 800g, your spool weight 250g, you have 800 - 250 → 550 g of filament leftWeight of some empty spools :Bambu spools : ~250g (spool + cardboard ring)Overture / eSUN cardboard spools : ~160g Prusament plastic spools : 200gYou know the weight of empty spools from other brands ? write it down in the comments, that may help others. How to get the weight of an empty spool :You have a brand new spool, just weight it. The picture below is for a Bambu PLA spool. The total weight is 1250g, it contains (1kg) 1000g of filament → the weight of the spool is 250gYou use refill
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