Drying 3d filament really helps. Even PLA can get brittle in year or two. I keep mine in large plastic box with lot of silica gel on bottom. (cat litter type is dirt cheap, even if one uses a couple of inches layer on large box). My box has rods to hold filaments and teflon tulbes (think of bowden tubes) to get them out to printer. Small tubes don't let much moisture in the box.
@@hoggif I keep mine in a drawer with loads of silica packs, it probably does nothing now though as I still need to actually dry the silica every once in a while so it can carry on absorbing moisture.
Mine is more like a "dry box" you can print from. I have a lot of silica gel on bottom and need to dry it something like yearly. Plastic container permiates very little moisture, even if the lid has no seal.
If it blows dry air, or with just heated warn moist air as long as it blows 24/7 you don't need seals if it maintains a positive air differential. So far with normal PLA i don't seem to have much of a problem, my reels stay on the printer until they run out. maybe I'll put it in the air fryer and see if there is a difference.
@@TheDefpom yes the moisture is meant to turn to steam and make bubbles in the melt. but so far I've not noticed any ill affects but I only print things for the toy room. I go to a maker space to print smelly filaments like ABS etc.
@@MartinE63 some materials are fairly tolerant to moisture, PLA for instance, however you will always get a better result if you dry it first, like I mentioned I have never dried my filament, but know some of my prints really suffered as a result, you really want to dry PETG and you have to dry ABS.
@@TheDefpom I keep most of my stock filament in ziplock bags, some with a sachet of silica gel and I don’t appear to have any issues (six year old Prusa i3 not in an enclosure) But having said that I nearly always use PLA and PETG less often, anything else and I currently get it printed commercially because of the fumes. I might just try a dryer just to see if my prints improve.
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Drying 3d filament really helps. Even PLA can get brittle in year or two. I keep mine in large plastic box with lot of silica gel on bottom. (cat litter type is dirt cheap, even if one uses a couple of inches layer on large box). My box has rods to hold filaments and teflon tulbes (think of bowden tubes) to get them out to printer. Small tubes don't let much moisture in the box.
@@hoggif I keep mine in a drawer with loads of silica packs, it probably does nothing now though as I still need to actually dry the silica every once in a while so it can carry on absorbing moisture.
Mine is more like a "dry box" you can print from. I have a lot of silica gel on bottom and need to dry it something like yearly.
Plastic container permiates very little moisture, even if the lid has no seal.
I've been told the filament dryer will allow the 3-D printer to produce a superior print. Enjoy.
@@bblod4896 it does help, and is essential for some materials.
Heeeyyy, you smashed my beer glass when throw that box... (5,04)
@@sveinfarstad3897 oops
If it blows dry air, or with just heated warn moist air as long as it blows 24/7 you don't need seals if it maintains a positive air differential.
So far with normal PLA i don't seem to have much of a problem, my reels stay on the printer until they run out. maybe I'll put it in the air fryer and see if there is a difference.
@@TheEmbeddedHobbyist it will help a bit, one advantage is increased toughness (less brittleness).
@@TheDefpom yes the moisture is meant to turn to steam and make bubbles in the melt. but so far I've not noticed any ill affects but I only print things for the toy room. I go to a maker space to print smelly filaments like ABS etc.
Lots of Chinese orange tape. They love to use that stuff.
@@TheDigitalAura yes they do
We use 3d printers in the uk, without drying the filament. It rains a lot here!
@@MartinE63 some materials are fairly tolerant to moisture, PLA for instance, however you will always get a better result if you dry it first, like I mentioned I have never dried my filament, but know some of my prints really suffered as a result, you really want to dry PETG and you have to dry ABS.
@@TheDefpom I keep most of my stock filament in ziplock bags, some with a sachet of silica gel and I don’t appear to have any issues (six year old Prusa i3 not in an enclosure)
But having said that I nearly always use PLA and PETG less often, anything else and I currently get it printed commercially because of the fumes.
I might just try a dryer just to see if my prints improve.