Was it left open + maybe in a humid area? Brittle usually means wet filament.
WTF why my filament exploded?
Submitted 2 weeks ago by Moonrise2473@feddit.it to 3dprinting@lemmy.world
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Shadow@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Moonrise2473@feddit.it 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
I opened the box just one week ago
Was it in an air-tight bag in that box?
rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 2 weeks ago
Looks like a defense response. Didn’t sneak up behind it and scare it did you?
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
Hi, filament expert here
This is not funny
Filaments only do this when they are under extreme distress
peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
I can just hear it go “pssp, pssp” as it slides through the hot end
grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Can’t fool me, that’s clearly a pile of Twizzlers around an empty filament spool.
BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Mmm twizzlers…
8bittech@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Moisture.
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Entropy?
Wilco@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
You were trying to print big tiddy hentai statues and it rebelled.
lefixxx@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Your bed needs leveling
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Degradation over time?
roguetrick@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
Op says the roll is pre-Covid, so the time piece checks out.
Glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
Glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
Why is it on the ground?
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Forbidden Spaghetti
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
sorry, that was Cthulhu’s spool :(
Donkter@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Filament died of cringe 😔
expatriado@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
after printing three Dick Butt in a row
Brickhead92@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Three Dick Butt? Those are rookie numbers, you gotta pump those numbers up!