Comment on DIY dry box questions
chrischryse@lemmy.world 7 months agoFor 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.world 7 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.
chrischryse@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Here is what I was thinking www.thingiverse.com/thing:2494109
But not sure if it would work
bigredgiraffe@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yeah that is similar to what I was thinking but 4 individual sets of rollers, one for each spool. This version would be annoying in a drybox because all of the filament spools will probably spin at the same time which will make them all unspool since you will probably have them fed into 4 couplers and not clipped like on a shelf. Might work though if you don’t plan on having one output for each box and switching the “active” spool but I try to not open my dry boxes in general to keep air moisture out.
chrischryse@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Ah thanks for the input…I didn’t think about all spools spinning the samed until you mentioned it so I just decided to print the individual rings that I would put the bearings in then I’m gonna put them on a metal rod.