I’m thinking of making a dry box for my printer, however I have some questions:

  1. Will using PVC pipe as a “roller” (if that’s the right word) that I’ll place my filament spools on be good enough? Or do the spools need to go on something more concave? Maybe I can cut some grooves for the spools to sit in? I know there are dry boxes that use like holders that you screw in, but I want to limit the amount of holes in the box.

  2. Does filament have to be spaced or can I put the spools in the box to where there is no gaps but they can still move freely?

  3. Does it matter if I use M6 or M10 pneumatic couplers to feed the filmanet through or is it just personal preference?

  • chrischryse@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    10 months ago

    For my first dry box I’m currently using a 1.5 diameter PVC with 8 spools I haven’t noticed any sagging (should I upgrade to a bigger PVC pipe though just in case?)

    I just don’t trust it as much as I thought and don’t want as many holes which is why I was wondering if I could place the filament for muy second dry box on like two PVC pipes and have them be used as a roller

    • bigredgiraffe@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I mean if it’s working then it’s probably fine, two tubes would be interesting, I would think that would be a hassle when you have to take it in and out to change the filament. I ended up switching to using rollers on the bottom because of that anyway. I was going to try that one I linked before but I started designing my own similar one that used 1/2” EMT and bearings as rollers, I should finish that hah.