An improved thread-out alarm

I’ve uploaded an improved version of my thread-out alarm for any 3D printer using 1.75mm filament and once Thingiverse’s caching catches up it’ll be here:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5930651

This is just an alarm. It doesn’t tell the printer to stop, it just yells so you can know you need to come in and set up the next bit of filament. The advantage is that it uses cheap nonsense and also it doesn’t interfere with a printer-halting thread-out detector so you can use both at once if you want a custom alarm.

You’ll be able to tell if the version Thingiverse is showing you is actually the current one by making sure the project has four .STL files instead of just two, both the new ones (version 4) and the old ones (version 3).

Version 3 worked fine with good filament coming off a new spool; version 4 works fine with that too, but also works well with random bent-up bullshit which – hey guess what – turns out is when I actually want a filament alarm!

Also version 4 has a speaker grille for louder but harsher-sounding alarm. That’s kind of why I left version 3 up there; if it was loud enough for you already, you can use version 3’s speaker case with version 4’s thread holder and it’ll all snap together just fine. Or if for some reason you like the old thread feeder better but want louder, you can pick the opposite pairs and that’ll work fine too. The pieces are interchangeable.

Anyway, enjoy.

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