Low quality 3D printing with moistened filament. Can this Sovol SH01 Filament Dryer be a fix?
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2021
- In this video, I will find out how moistened filament affects print quality and how to fix it. I saw that some people put moistened filament into a food dehydrator or an oven and dried it for a few hours, and it seems these methods work pretty well. However, I would prefer to get a filament dryer rather than putting some plastic filament in a food oven. A filament dryer should be a very simple device: a plastic enclosure with a heating element inside. It doesn’t need to be too hot or the filament will melt. Once it heats up to around 50 degrees Celsius, it should dry the filament.
When I searched on Amazon, I found that there are quite a lot of the same filament dryers, but with different brand names. I am interested in some of them, like Sunlu, eSun, and Sovol.
Most dryers with a 1-spool capacity cost around $50. The one from Sovol has a 2-spool capacity, and the price is $70. But when I checked their official website, the price was just $55. So, I decided to get one from Sovol as I am quite happy with their SV01 3D printer. I also did some upgrades on the printerm so if you're interested, you can watch some of my previous videos.
Today, I will test it out and see if it really works. I will start printing a 3D benchy with a new roll of filament, which is supposed to be in perfect condition, so we can have a reference on what kind of print quality we can expect.
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Although no one would deliberately soak their 3D filament in water for days, I think this video truly exemplifies why purchasing a filament dryer makes perfect sense. I haven't seen anyone doing a video on moistened filament quite like yours. Well done to you and your brother. After spending hours looking at your UA-cam channel I have already learnt so much and without a doubt I had already subscribed to your channel. Thank you for your all your educating videos particularly in 3D printing and aluminum milling. Cheers and stay safe. You and your brother have a very bright future ahead of you.
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I was septic about those products before but after your video and test there is no doubt that I need one of those products 😀😀😀👍
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Great video, I’m glad you addressed this topic.
It would be interesting to see the experiments with more hygroscopic filaments, where the results is likely to be more noticeable.
Some drying boxes allows for connecting to the printer with a PTFE tube, whereby the filament can stay in the drying box while printing. Or create an enclosure around the printer, and add the spool holder inside the enclosure. The generated heat from the bed, the hot-end and electronics should help keep the filament dry (as long as it’s dried before printing).
I would love see more print manufacturers designing printers that way. But in the race to the lowest price, that’s probably not going to happen.
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Good job Aurora!
This was excelent video! Keep posting such content! You rock!
Great video, thank you
Great video as always 👍
Great video very thorough
Keep up the good work 👍
Been thinking on a purchasing a dryer recently, but really having thoughts on if they really truly work. I got about 50 rolls of filament just sitting in their boxes with the silica gel packs.
If I want too print something I would have to plan on drying my filaments 6 hrs instead of grabbing the roll and just printing. Great video keep them roiling 👍👍
Flexible, cheap, multiple filament drying solution:
If your project workflow requires multiple filaments and printers, you need more drying capacity than a single or double specialty unit. You can't waste hours drying one or two spools at a time and the cost of larger units is prohibitive. Try to avoid an oven unless you have no other choice.
A temperature regulated food dehydrator using a 5 gallon plastic bucket will provide you with more flexibility if set up correctly allowing you to simultaneously work with a number of filaments across multiple projects and printers to meet your workflow.
Use a circular dehydrator motor, heating housing unit large enough to fit over a 5 gallon plastic bucket. Drill 5, 1/4 inches holes at the base for air flow. I use a NESCO unit with continuous temperature settings.
Drying temperature will vary by filament type and should be matched below it’s glass transition temperature.
This allows drying of up to 5 spools (typically 1kg) at a time. Has worked perfectly for PLA, PETG, flexible's, and speciality filaments like carbon.
Amazing video! Thanks for making it!
This was really helpful in making a decision, thanks!
Maravilha de teste... você como sempre mostrando como realmente funciona. Parabéns pelo vídeo
I'm still deciding on what 3d printer to get for my first but at least I know that living in a desert will have it's upsides for me with printing.
Good approach to testing young lady. What I still would like to know, is how moistured filament would perform if you keep it a while in a sealed bag together with silica gel? There are those vacuum storage bags from Sovol where you put the filament roll and one bag of silica gel in them. The only worry I have at the moment is that with summer humidity and one roll always mounted on the printer the filament will get moistured over time. Have seen filament that breaks when you leave it on the printer overnight, have other filament that is not harmed at all. Maybe also depending on the brand of filament. Nevertheless, thank you for your research and the nice video.
With you on quality of product over looks, it may be ugly but it works 😊
adorei o vídeo, estava em duvida de comprar uma, mas depois de ver esse vídeo vou comprar
Question: was this PLA filament or a more hygroscopic material like PETG ?
What type of filament did you use?
I'd like to see you test a more susceptible filament like nylon or polycarbonate
Hi I have some 3 d printer issue to consult. How can I send photo for you to take a look? Thanks
I found the filament doesn't un spool correctly when using the dryer. The extruder can't pull the correct amount of filament.
It seems your test used PLA. From what I've read, PLA is the least hygroscopic of all the available filament materials. Nylon and Polycarbonate are far more hygroscopic and are adversely affected by that moisture during printing.
Great video - as always
I do have one concern in that there does not appear to be a fan in the unit so the obvious question is, how does the heated air(carrying moisture) escape from the enclosure ??
Also, where does the fan pull air from?.....the moist air.
The manual recommend to leave the cage a little bit open, so the humidity could run out. When the 12h heat process ends, you can close the door
Смотрю и понять не могу, это просто маленькая девочка-азиатка, которую озвучила взрослая женщина с липсинком или это карлица, которой повезло не получить телесную диспропорцию в ходе взросления ?
Так много вопросов и так мало ответов...
I erally wasn't gonna watch this - and then 1 min in I was thinking "this girl is better at youtubing about 3d priting than that tom guy." No one likes him or his weird sweaters anyways.