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Weighted Cassette Tape Dispenser

This isn’t a very complex remix. All thanks to the original model including the .step file.

I’ve added screw holes for real screws and included hollow areas that can be filled with buckshot, fishing weights or sand (if using sand wad some paper over it so the cooling fan doesn’t blow it all over the place) to give the tape dispenser heft.

To use the hollow areas. Print with the top of the cassette on the build plate and introduce a pause step in the slicer just before the top layers are completed. Fill the voids with weight. I have included the gcode that I used for mine.

All the other parts (hubs and cutter) can be grabbed from the v2 parts of the original model.

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