Desiccant container for Spool Remixed by Jorge Rui

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Jorge Rui

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Desiccant container 0.2mm layer, 3 walls, 15% infill

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This design is free for the benefit of the community, but If you like my designs and want to contribute, you can make a donation to buymeacoffee or paypal, that will be greatly appreciated.

Introduction

In the first use of the AMS of bamboo, I found that the humidity level was very high, so I put all the bags of silica I had inside it, and try to solve the problem. After having dried all my material in an oven at 60ºC, yes, I know it is dangerous, but the truth is that it worked, and put it back on the AMS.

The silica bags remained on the AMS, giving a horrible look to a piece designed with so much care in mind...

You can see my first solution here, not good at all.
Checked where I could "hide" the silica, but none of the ideas satisfied me....

Eventually, the extra desiccant will no longer be needed. But in the meantime, the best place will be inside the spools. In this case it can accompany the spool when I put it in outside the AMS, when no longer need it.

This design was good and elegant: https://www.printables.com/model/65922-silica-gel-spool-container,

I analyzed it and, re-created it from the ground-up to meet my construction and tolerance requirements. I share my work with this great community.

This is an excelente complement for the Sunlu S4 filament dryer

Note

After some requests I've made one with the mini thermometer/digital hygrometer embedded in the lid. For now is only available for members of my club in printables.com.

Change log:

(20-07-2023) - Added an updated version, that I think it will be easy to print, removed the fillet on the Cap, and added a conic fillet on the bottom on the container (last image).
(09-09-2023) - Complete reconstruction of the model. The openings are now narrower for better bridging. the logo is embedded on the lid. File pre-configured for bambu studio
(29-09-2023) - Added step files.

Comment & Rating (834)

@Xjjeep300zx

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1h print

not only for filament drying. you can fill it with fabric softener beads and put all around the house, car and bathroom.

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@AeonJoey

Genius! and it's stylish, I'm diong this! thank you! and to Jorge Rui!

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@dragonprint

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Desiccant container 0.2mm layer, 3 walls, 15% infill

the bottom is very thin and will break when it drops. you don‘t want that. just do not drop it

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@JorgeRui

that’s the first time I see this issue. strange. is the filament temperature ok?

@dragonprint

it fell down full with Silica, printed in PLA+ (right part in the photo). The left one was a replacement printed in PETG (more glossy). I hope it will not drop again.

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@acticom.x1

Just finished cleaning up the mess ;-) I actually had one container inside of the spool when using it in the AMS - changed filament in the middle of the night and forgot there was the container inside and it fell down, broke exactly like in the picture above, spilling all the micro silica marbles throughout the room. Using a boom didn't help as you shoot the stuff around ,.... So it would be perfect to increase the robustness for this neat container ( ... and create a version that fits the Bambu spool exactly, maybe along with a small hook that holds it in place for increased security?) Still: 5 stars as throwing it down full of silica should be avoided anyway ;-)

@Saxamaphone

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One Color, 0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill

Printed perfect, looks great. I was surprised how well the threading worked, I think it is also helped that I used a non-matte PLA so it turns smoother. I have a bunch of single role filament boxes and this is working great to take down the humidity for longer term storage.

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@Bunko_

Yes! Matte filament seems to work the best. Glad it worked out for you!

@Amethyst3D

omg I love this photo. And is that the Q10? I have the same keyboard!

@Coiffio

What filament box is that? I've been working on my own storage box but if this does what I need it could save me tons of time.

@Cptn

Trying out different materials, lids are translucent petg with pla glow for the logo, kinda surprised that worked but they came out amazing. white petg, black pla, pla glow. At 108% scaled up and still slips right out the Bambu spools I might print the next ones at 110.5%

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@JorgeRui

Fantastic ! Thanks for sharing this

@Akhanson94

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Desiccant container 0.2mm layer, 3 walls, 15% infill

I have printed this twice now and plan to print even more! Fantastic model and highly functional, caps screw on securely and easily right off the print bed. 5 stars and very useful for filament spool storage! Filament used in my photo: Bambu Lab PLA Basic Gold

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@JorgeRui

thanks. I’m truly glad that it works for you like it worked for me. still can’t understand way it is failing to some members…that bothers me since I can’t understand why it happens

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@Akhanson94

Replying to @JorgeRui :

My filament wasn't dry enough, or rather some of my spools weren't dry enough (other print files weren't working, as always it was issues with my stuff). I knew my PLA Gold was dry enough so I used that filament going into this print to spectacular results! I had also upped the number of copies printed, via Bambu Handy, to 4 and they all fit neatly on the P1S print bed.

@igalarzab

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Desiccant container 0.2mm layer, 3 walls, 15% infill

It prints great and works great inside of sealed bags. I stored one of them with a hygrometer and it keeps the filament well below 7% humidity (already for more than 2 weeks). Thanks!

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@JorgeRui

Thanks for posting that. And the history shown on that graphic from Home Assistant, really helps to understand the effectiveness of the container.

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@TrendtB

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Desiccant container 0.2mm layer, 3 walls, 15% infill

Printed well - 4x on single plate - Bambu Labs PLA Tough (Blue) and BL PLA Matte (White logo) - X1C. Caps screw on nicely, lovely design.

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@JorgeRui

looks very nice there. I like the colors ;)

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@garywood75

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Desiccant container 0.2mm layer, 3 walls, 15% infill

absolutely brilliant little container, increased size to 108.5%, its a squeeze at the open end, but just catchs the lip on the Bambu spools at the other end, just what i was looking for!

@iamdariobarrera

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Desiccant container 0.2mm layer, 3 walls, 15% infill

LOVE this design but wish it fit my spools better. Has anyone found a way to make this item fit different sized spools?

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@nakleh

Why not just increase the size in the slicer a bit? You can probably bump it up a little bit before the holes get too big to allow the silica beads to fall out EDIT: I just printed these at 108% size and they fit the inside of the Bambu spools perfectly now (and none of my loose silica beads fall out either).

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