All Metal Silica Gel Holders & 3D Printing Tips

[@SeraphimKnight]

Every video is honestly masterpiece. Every creator on this platform should strive to get to this level of polish.

[@alun7006]

Superb! I have printed gel holders, and I just dump the gel beads onto a baking tray when they need drying out. Your solution is far more polished, and the video a joy to watch. Great stuff!

[@Dellpodder]

Wow, this is seriously well presented! The shots of the color changing of the tumbling silica gel and the condensation on the mirror were so well done! I really like the tool setting function of the arbor as well. Great tips for speeding up repetitive operations.

[@jimsvideos7201]

Thank you for an elegant solution and presntation of it.

[@ChriFux]

awesome video! i would've just printed friction fit plug out of TPU ^^

[@zxspectum]

Well I didnt know about reusing silica gel! lots of handy tips for when I eventually get a 3D printer!

[@sandorhaias537]

Excellent video and just the solution i was looking for.

[@Jim_One-wl4ke]

Awesome work 👍..learned something from you. Thanks for sharing your work❤

[@alcalina636]

You are the sir Attenborough of 3d print

[@chemicalvamp]

Very nice solution.

[@HorochovPL]

Nice mass production process

[@MrFactotum]

Hi Matt Brilliant,👍👍👍👍👍👍 i know nothing about 3d printing, but know much more theory now, you've got this sussed down to the N'th degree, i bet it took much much much longer than the 15 min. video suggests!! Masterclass😉😉 regards Kev

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

Thanks for the encouraging words Kev 👍

[@stefanguiton]

Excellent work!

[@johncarey9149]

Have a look at a cheap air fryer in place of your final design sketch. I think they would tick most of your boxes, and I've had great results with my little unit. There are more elaborate units out there that incorporate a rotisserie, but I'm a cheapskate.

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

Thanks for the tip 👍 🇬🇧

[@bejay69]

I keep my reels of PLA etc in re-sealable vacuum bags.

[@niallsommerville9813]

Excellent project/s, good tips, well detailed, real world feedback and well put together as usual, thank you. Especially helpful as I've been trying to work through much the same issues 🙄 It would be great if you'd be kind enough to share a pointer to those fish tank strainers. The gauge holder is neat, much better than my double sided tape, did you design it yourself?

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

If you head over to AliExpress and do a search on 'Stainless Steel Filter Inlet Case' they'll come up from an assortment of sellers (no affiliation). Yes, the gauge holder is of my own design (more info in video description). Thanks for watching!

[@niallsommerville9941]

Thank you 😊

[@Hichamhasan]

Just brilliant 🤓

[@ecliptix1]

I dry my gel in a food dehydrator for a few hours, seems to do the job and it doesn't get nearly hot enough to damage the indicator color. I imagine if you lived in a very moist climate it wouldn't work as well (I live in a desert).

[@barthanes1]

I've been looking for a product like this for years to reuse the silica gel packets I get in my pills. I've resigned myself to sewing some mesh bags out of copper wire and aluminum screen.

[@robwgeorge]

Very nice. I'll be buying some of those cereal containers for sure. What model of Ikea cabinet did you use for the printer enclosure? Thanks for such great content.

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

I've added a note to the video description. Thanks for watching 👍

[@Kyran31]

Have you thought about a filament dryer which you can leave a roll in while running the printer? I bought one for about £35, I use it to dry a roll of filament if I’ve not used it for a while because I don’t store in containers

[@radishdalek]

I wonder if you could use a filament dryer to dry out the silica gel

[@matthewlee8917]

Great work. I’m a sub. But you could just print the cross bars. Dump the silica into a tray to refresh and refill?

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

I wanted to avoid moving the loose beads as much as possible as they tend to escape and go everywhere. But absolutely yes, the end closure could be made in any number of ways. I tend to think in terms of the facilities I have available to me (any excuse to use the lathe and mill!). As @ChriFux suggests a printed bung made from TPU might hold up just fine (if the drying temperature wasn't excessive). Thanks for watching 👍

[@ollysworkshop]

I use some plug in dehumidifier things with blue/pink silica inside, clearly the ban on the blue stuff doesn't extend to dodgy ebay purchases!😂

[@alcalina636]

I was thinking if was possible on this container to put a ballbearing and use the filament from the box direct to the 3dprinter. But I dont know if have space to roll

[@MisterkeTube]

Stopping a print by killing the power leaves the cold-end of your printhead uncooled and hence heat can creep up from the hotend and melt the filament in places where it should remain cold and solid. In short: don't stop a print in that way. Of course, if it is your only way to stop a disaster, it's better than nothing, but decent remote control of Klipper or OctoPrint (or Bambu) is much better!

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

I wholeheartedly agree. A controlled shut down is always preferable. Killing the power is a blunt tool, but an unequivocal one. I know for certain everything is rendered safe until I can get look at it first hand. Fortunatly it's not something I've had to do very often. Kilpper and OctoPrint don't really fall under 'as it came out the box' but are something I hope to explore at some point. Thanks for watching and commenting 👍

[@Aubreykun]

Wouldn't it be easier to simply use a small rectangular bar of the right length and the single penny washer? If it needs to be centered then using a slightly smaller penny washer in between would do that as well. Then you only have to cut, drill, and thread 1 small piece instead. Heck since these don't have to be torqued down very hard, epoxying (if it will withstand the heat) or tack welding a nut to a piece of pipe strap would be even easier maybe. Some types of bicycle handlebar end caps might also work as well, they use a rubber insert that expands when a screw is tightened.

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

There are absolutely other ways to achieve the same goal. I tend to think in terms of the tools and materials I have on hand though. If my hobbies included carpentry, my solution would probably have involved wood. When I’m in the workshop it’s about the journey, not the destination. I enjoy my time in there. Sometimes quicker, easier or cheaper is preferable, but more often that not I just let the project take me where it will. Thanks for watching.

[@Aubreykun]

@@TheRecreationalMachinist Thank you for the reply! My approach I guess is more of the "as long as it looks square, it is square" type due to all my dabbling in different things (and my main focus is artistic, which is really not precise at all - Bob Ross happy accidents and all).

[@badjaeaux]

now let's see what the rappers are up to

[@ArseniySorokin]

Hi! Which IKEA cabinet exactly are you using? Is it a floor-standing Metod with a countertop?

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

I've added a note to the video description. Thanks for watching 👍

[@moth.monster]

I keep a fire extinguisher in the same room as my 3D printer. Never had to use it. But it's a good precaution.

[@barthanes1]

What's the thickness of cigarette paper? I always used notebook paper and assumed it was 3 thousandths.

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

They appear to be 0.025mm. 1 thou seems like a nice round number if you were setting a thickness on your paper mill. Thanks for watching 👍 🇬🇧

[@njproppreserve]

Couldn't use use PEEK, PEKK, PEEK-CF or even ASA or ABS and print them?

[@cthulpiss]

Are those hpl951 containers wide enough to fit filament rollers, and print with roll enclosed?

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

It would be a squeeze. Something ultra low profile might fit, or something that extended through the sides, but that would make it a bit more complicated. Thanks for watching 👍

[@UberSlackr]

The first part is interesting.. but lost interest once it started talking about something I wouldn't be able to make myself without spending hundreds on machining equipment.