2015 Recommended Upgrades for the Printrbot Simple (Model 1403)

It's almost been 13 months since I first powered on my Printrbot Simple (Model 1403), and I figured I should share my little secrets on how I ran my 3d printer smoothly for more than a year.

Frankly, all I needed to do was to add some cheap stuff and printed parts to my Printrbot Simple.

Here's what I added to my Printrbot Simple, in order of importance.

I laid a rubber mat below my Printrbot. This stopped my 3d printer from sliding across the table and dampened much of the printer's vibration, preventing any damage to my table surface.

I added Printrbot's Alu Handle for Simple to my Printrbot Simple, which muffles noise during print jobs and holds my filament holder firmly in place.

I printed a filament spool holder for 1.25'' spool holes to mount on my Alu Handle for Simple. It fits Hatchbox filament spool (which have tiny spool holes), spaces the filament away from the printer's y-arm and has a filament guide. Pretty much the perfect filament spool holder.

I printed a cable holder to add to the body of my Printrbot Simple, so the cable connected to the extruder doesn't sag on the print bed (I can't find the design file anymore, but this should do the trick: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:910309)

I printed a slide-on extruder arm for my printer's extruder arm, so it's much easier (and less painful) to hold down the extruder arm.

I printed An Improved Fan Duct/Shroud to mount on my printer's fan for improved ventilation of the hot-end.

I printed feet for my Printrbot Simple to reduce noise/further dampen vibration from the printer.