Was it left open + maybe in a humid area? Brittle usually means wet filament.
WTF why my filament exploded?
Submitted 1 month ago by Moonrise2473@feddit.it to 3dprinting@lemmy.world
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Shadow@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Moonrise2473@feddit.it 1 month ago
I bought it before COVID but I opened the box just one week ago. It was wet (lots of stringing) but after a quick drying session it printed ok (photos coming soon). Then I put it back in my IKEA dry box
roofuskit@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You didn’t dry it enough. You only dried the outside, the inside was still wet and brittle. Once you used up the dry stuff it broke.
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
How quick is quick? I have a heated dry box, so all new filament gets at least a 24 hour spa treatment. If I know it’s wet, it lives in it until color indicating silica gel no longer changes, then another day for good measure.
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 month ago
I opened the box just one week ago
Was it in an air-tight bag in that box?
rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 1 month ago
Looks like a defense response. Didn’t sneak up behind it and scare it did you?
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 1 month ago
^This
OP spooked it good. Next time announce yourself when you come into the room and this shouldn’t happen. Also, so all that other stuff commenter’s are recommending, but mostly the annouc8ng yourself.
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Hi, filament expert here
This is not funny
Filaments only do this when they are under extreme distress
peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 1 month ago
I can just hear it go “pssp, pssp” as it slides through the hot end
grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
Can’t fool me, that’s clearly a pile of Twizzlers around an empty filament spool.
BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Mmm twizzlers…
8bittech@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Moisture.
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Entropy?
Wilco@lemm.ee 1 month ago
You were trying to print big tiddy hentai statues and it rebelled.
lefixxx@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Your bed needs leveling
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Degradation over time?
roguetrick@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The stress is from cooling the filament and then winding it around the spool. Lots of reasons why the plastic would weaken that stress might suddenly give way, but most of them involve time.
kooks_only@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Op says the roll is pre-Covid, so the time piece checks out.
Glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
You could sit there and feed each piece into the hot end one at a time, I’ve done that with spool ends but totally not worth it here :p
Moonrise2473@feddit.it 1 month ago
Glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Makes perfect sense, beyond saving at this point. Good luck with the next spool, wait to unbox it until you’re ready to print a few things in a row 😁
zipsglacier@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Why is it on the ground?
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Forbidden Spaghetti
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
sorry, that was Cthulhu’s spool :(
Donkter@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Filament died of cringe 😔
expatriado@lemmy.world 1 month ago
after printing three Dick Butt in a row
Brickhead92@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Three Dick Butt? Those are rookie numbers, you gotta pump those numbers up!