How many spools at once is a lot?

[MemeGuy]

I ordered 10, my dad ordered 5 or 6, and I have 2, totaling 17 or 18 total. Is that a lot at once and if not, what is?

[curious aardvark]

if those are full 1kg spools then - yes that is an awful lot :-)

Given that I tend to print smallish items most of the time and always design for a slittle plastic use as I can - 17kg would last me several years at my current rate of usage :-)

Heaviest things I ever printed were telescopic legs for a garden trough - think in total the 4 pieces were close to 1kg. But normally it'll take me months to run through an entire roll.

[EagleSeven]

It's really great to have at least one spool of 'Every Color' that is available !

[Sebastian Finke]

Or just one colour and lots spraypaints...

[3dex ltd]

Given that we are filament suppliers I think the answer is that "too many" spools of filament is impossible! Ha

For my personal use, 9 spools covers all of my printing needs. 7 of them are different coloured PLA

[LambdaFF]

To give you a general idea of what's what : to showcase a new concept I am making a scale model of a prototype barge. When I have all the pieces it will be a 1m long model. It will still be less than 1kg. Still, it will take over 50 hours overall to print. With 17 kilos... I'd be good for about 2 years.

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[Sebastian Finke]

That look awesome. What material is that? And why the dovetail? Curious...

[LambdaFF]

That look awesome. What material is that? And why the dovetail? Curious...

PLA, I'll paint it afterwards. It's a display thing, not supposed to withstand much.
Why the dovetail ? It's a 1m long object, I had to cut it in 5... for length. Makes it easier to reassemble. There are at least 10 other parts for a nice support and a special mechanism.