Hi there Snapmakers! I want to tell you about one of my first projects I did for my U1. I use PETG for most of my work and this stuff is known to be hygrscopic, more or less… And I think that it is not very good for the filament reels to hang in the open for probably long time, especially at my place because I also have a tropical aquarium that will evaporate water thereby increasing the humidity in my room. So I decided to create protection against that and I designed a cover that will prevent this. The cover is printed in parts on my Anycubic Kobra 2 max because this printer has a 45x45 cm printbed wich is just big enough to make the parts in one piece. All in all it took me around 3 reels of 1 KG of white PETG and one reel of black PETG for the two baskets that have to contain the silicagel bags that come with every reel that I get buy. So NEVER dispose of them anymore! So here is a photo I took today of my first prototype.
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Looks great! Need more pics, does it have a side cover to fully enclose and seal it? Its difficult to fully seal up because of those holes on the side of the printer. But looks good!
You may have a look at my Discord page:
• Discord | “I made a cover for the filament reels on my U1” | Snapmaker Official
Thanks for your support!
I don’t use Discord, sorry.