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WTF why my filament exploded?

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Moonrise2473@feddit.it⁩ to ⁨3dprinting@lemmy.world⁩

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  • Donkter@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Filament died of cringe 😔

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    • expatriado@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      after printing three Dick Butt in a row

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      • Brickhead92@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Three Dick Butt? Those are rookie numbers, you gotta pump those numbers up!

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  • Shadow@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Was it left open + maybe in a humid area? Brittle usually means wet filament.

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    • 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

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      • 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.

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      • 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.

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I opened the box just one week ago

        Was it in an air-tight bag in that box?

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  • rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Looks like a defense response. Didn’t sneak up behind it and scare it did you?

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    • 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.

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  • 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

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  • peoplebeproblems@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I can just hear it go “pssp, pssp” as it slides through the hot end

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  • grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Can’t fool me, that’s clearly a pile of Twizzlers around an empty filament spool.

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    • BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Mmm twizzlers…

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  • 8bittech@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Moisture.

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  • ramenshaman@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Entropy?

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  • Wilco@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You were trying to print big tiddy hentai statues and it rebelled.

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  • lefixxx@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Your bed needs leveling

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  • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Degradation over time?

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    • 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.

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      • kooks_only@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Op says the roll is pre-Covid, so the time piece checks out.

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  • 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

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    • Moonrise2473@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I tried it with the longer strings but looks like I have to throw everything

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      • 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 😁

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  • zipsglacier@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why is it on the ground?

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  • ThePantser@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Forbidden Spaghetti

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  • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    sorry, that was Cthulhu’s spool :(

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