Expanding Dryer for Plastic/Silicone Bags

Expanding Dryer for Plastic/Silicone Bags

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Print in Place - 0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% gyroid infill
Print in Place - 0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% gyroid infill
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40 min
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Thick Silicone Bags (4.5-5mm thick walls, wider stretch)
Thick Silicone Bags (4.5-5mm thick walls, wider stretch)
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Note: This is a print-in-place design. To free the two pieces and allow them to slide apart, it's easier to twist the two parts first instead of pulling them apart.

 

Here's another attempt at solving one of life's minor inconveniences. Silicone, reusable, bags are nice but they can be annoying to clean and, especially, dry. This little gizmo will hold the bag open allowing it to easily dry. It also collapses down so it won't take up so much room when not in use. 

 

This can be used to dry anything from the smallest size up to 1-gallon bags. It can even be used on the disposable, single use, plastic bags (like a Ziploc) but they're more prone to flopping over, so proceed with caution. The silicone bags are a little more firm and have no problem staying upright. 

 

This is designed as a print-in-place model and takes about 40 minutes on my X1C. When taking it off the printer, it might need a little, gentle, “twist” to separate the two pieces so they slide easily. 

 

Thanks for looking and let me know if you have any suggestions to improve the design.

 

 

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Did not print in place. Broke the piece trying to snap it together. What did I do wrong?
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It's not designed to be printed separately and assembled. It should look like this in the slicer. Here's a screenshot I just captured in Bambu Handy, directly from the file online. If they're showing up as two separate pieces, I'm not sure what happened but they need to be printed as shown.
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I updated the file so the parts are an assembly now, which should prevent them from printing incorrectly. Let me know if you're still having issues.
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Replying to @chugalug :
thank you!
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omg... I made the mistake of selecting multiple copies to print from bambu handy app... it pulled the 2 pieces apart to print multiple copies of and now I can't put them together.
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The same thing happened to me, if you can manually join them, do so slowly
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Replying to @user_3410597198 :
I ended up using brute force to push them together. it worked.
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Replying to @hugh.b.anderson :
I re-uploaded the model yesterday (Jan 21, 2025) with the two pieces as an 'assembly' to hopefully prevent this in the future. Sorry about that!
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good print.
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Did you extend it fully? There should be a little resistance when fully extended and it should help keep it from closing. If you only extend it partially, it will likely close on its own.
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Replying to @chugalug :
just did and it worked. not sure what happened the first couple times I tried. editted my review
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Replying to @BrianW79 :
Great, glad it worked out!
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Desperately needed these! My partner and I have switched almost exclusively to these bags and these dryers work great. I printed 6 of them using the app easily on my A1 Mini.
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Thanks for sharing, love to hear it!
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looks good in petg!
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awesome, thanks for checking it out!
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Sehr gut geworden.
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Just the job. Printed perfectly and put straight to use. Thanks for sharing your design.
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Exactly what I was looking for! Printed on Sport Mode on my A1m and it came out perfectly - gave it a little twist and with a satisfying little snap it works perfectly.
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Superb, incredibly easy to print My girlfriend was absolutely delighted with this little helper
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What a great little print. Works great.
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