Ideally the hot air exhausts should have been routed to the edges of the box so that the chamber heats up more evenly rather than just blow on the filament.
@@mbwoodbutcher did this not work? I just got this dryer yesterday. I was using the hot heat as a Pro instead of a Con for this product and just deflect the heat around like you did.
@@austenelam134 i'm wondering the same thing. I hope to get a reply. I just picked up this dryer. Most dryers doesn't get this hot, so i used the hot heat as a pro instead of a con and was hoping to just deflect the hot heat around.
@Woodbutcher and the Mighty Termite Could you post dimensions for your heat shield please? I've ordered one of these, and am not set up to print anything yet. I could make the metal shield though.
April 2023, mine came yesterday. Only just seeing the issue now. 9 months since this video released, who has come up with the best idea around this issue? I like the idea of what you were doing with the sheetmetal, I think you would get away with 1 side only, restrict both sides and you increase the chance of overheating. I am thinking of mods I need to do already such as increase feet height to give more air flow from underneath and my version of a sheetmetal deflector. Typical made in china, no R&D just D.
imagine blowing 160 dollars just to go home and fix what you paid for.. which is the boat I'm on right now. I bought this janky thing too and already experienced the fillament sticking.. following their own instructions on heating PETG to 65c...
I didn't notice this was fusing my petg filament reels until I'd dried about seven of them. One of them seems okay. I had to throw away all the rest. 😞
I dried my PETG and ABS at 65C and had no problems. Haven't tried PLA yet. I recently bought a dryer. However, I immediately replaced the fan with NOCTUA NF-A6x25 and it became MUCH quieter, now the dryer is almost inaudible. As a DIY project, I want to completely redo the dryer electronics, put a normal TFT display, electronic temperature and humidity sensors, electronic scales inside, make a normal control board on STM32. But... when there is free time... :)))
Have you noticed any issues with the Noctua Fan modification? I also installed the same fan on my Eibos recently because the thing was louder than my printers. It seems like the Noctua is more of an airflow focused fan vs being static pressure focused. I can feel some warm air spilling back through the fan intake. So far it's been working fine for the past couple of hours, but it doesn't exactly make me feel comfortable leaving it running overnight. I looked for a 60mm Noctua industrial fan in 5v, but I guess they don't make one.
@@mrhouse3796 I didn't notice any problems. I left Nylon to dry at 70С for 8-9 hours. Everything works perfectly. Haven't tried it overnight, I don't leave anything to work overnight. PS The external temperature sensor shows that the temperature inside does not exceed 62-65С, even if you set 70С
@@dr.emmettbrown8466 Ok, ty. As for the temps, I figured it doesn't fully get to 70C. Even when I set it to 60C it doesn't cycle the heater relay like it does when I set it to 50C. It was the same way even with the original fan. For stuff like PC I just leave it drying longer than they say is needed to make sure it's dry. Thanks again for replying.
Ideally the hot air exhausts should have been routed to the edges of the box so that the chamber heats up more evenly rather than just blow on the filament.
Precisely!!!!
Thank you for the well engineered heat deflecter! I had this unit TORCH my reels. omg
Glad I’m not the only one…. Waste of money. I’m too scared to use it for fear of killing another roll, even with the blast shielding…
@@mbwoodbutcher The heat deflector didn't do the trick for you?
@@mbwoodbutcher did this not work? I just got this dryer yesterday. I was using the hot heat as a Pro instead of a Con for this product and just deflect the heat around like you did.
@@austenelam134 i'm wondering the same thing. I hope to get a reply. I just picked up this dryer. Most dryers doesn't get this hot, so i used the hot heat as a pro instead of a con and was hoping to just deflect the hot heat around.
If only there was a way to turn the heat down.
people have made printable risers for this which work much better than a deflector
Wow, i did not know that, i had no idea, does it rise the spool? Still a design flaw with the hot air blowing on the filament.
@@mbwoodbutcher look for eibos riser on printables. it raises the spools and helps the circulation work better.
@@mbwoodbutcher i have the same problem.
@Woodbutcher and the Mighty Termite Could you post dimensions for your heat shield please? I've ordered one of these, and am not set up to print anything yet. I could make the metal shield though.
April 2023, mine came yesterday. Only just seeing the issue now. 9 months since this video released, who has come up with the best idea around this issue? I like the idea of what you were doing with the sheetmetal, I think you would get away with 1 side only, restrict both sides and you increase the chance of overheating. I am thinking of mods I need to do already such as increase feet height to give more air flow from underneath and my version of a sheetmetal deflector. Typical made in china, no R&D just D.
imagine blowing 160 dollars just to go home and fix what you paid for.. which is the boat I'm on right now. I bought this janky thing too and already experienced the fillament sticking.. following their own instructions on heating PETG to 65c...
I didn't notice this was fusing my petg filament reels until I'd dried about seven of them. One of them seems okay. I had to throw away all the rest. 😞
Man. I feel for you. That is a lot of filament…
I’m still not using mine….
Your microphone is only coming out of my left channel. The music is fine. (Ahh, you fixed it into the video!) 😹
Your mike produces good quality audio.
Excellent! Thank you for the update!!!
I dried my PETG and ABS at 65C and had no problems. Haven't tried PLA yet. I recently bought a dryer. However, I immediately replaced the fan with NOCTUA NF-A6x25 and it became MUCH quieter, now the dryer is almost inaudible.
As a DIY project, I want to completely redo the dryer electronics, put a normal TFT display, electronic temperature and humidity sensors, electronic scales inside, make a normal control board on STM32.
But... when there is free time... :)))
Have you noticed any issues with the Noctua Fan modification? I also installed the same fan on my Eibos recently because the thing was louder than my printers. It seems like the Noctua is more of an airflow focused fan vs being static pressure focused. I can feel some warm air spilling back through the fan intake. So far it's been working fine for the past couple of hours, but it doesn't exactly make me feel comfortable leaving it running overnight. I looked for a 60mm Noctua industrial fan in 5v, but I guess they don't make one.
@@mrhouse3796 I didn't notice any problems. I left Nylon to dry at 70С for 8-9 hours. Everything works perfectly. Haven't tried it overnight, I don't leave anything to work overnight.
PS
The external temperature sensor shows that the temperature inside does not exceed 62-65С, even if you set 70С
@@dr.emmettbrown8466 Ok, ty. As for the temps, I figured it doesn't fully get to 70C. Even when I set it to 60C it doesn't cycle the heater relay like it does when I set it to 50C. It was the same way even with the original fan. For stuff like PC I just leave it drying longer than they say is needed to make sure it's dry. Thanks again for replying.