Basic dry filament storage

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This Is A Very, Very Basic Dry Filament Storage Solution. It'S Nothing Fancy. I Dd Not Add Bowden Tubes To Feed The Filament To My Machines, And I Did Not Use Rods To Hold The Filament Up Because I Wanted A "Grab & Go" Solution. All You Absolutely Need Is An Airtight Container & Some Reusable Dessicant Tins. The Other Bits Here Are Just Because I'M A Little Bit Of An Overengineer Sometimes. I Used The Iris 62 Quart Weathertight Storage Box Available On Amazon (Link Below). I Did So Because It Had The Greatest Storage Capacity For The Average Dimensions Of Standard 1Kg Filament Spools. I Can Get 2 Rows Of 8 Rolls Each Into A Box, Total 16 Per Box. Lots Of Boxes Were Too Narrow For 2 Rows Of Filament. I Did Not Want Filament Spools Stacked On Top Of One Another- I Wanted Easy Access. (With 500G/750G Rolls, You Can Obviously Get More Than 16 Rolls In A Bin, Depending On The Width Of The Rolls) I Also Put 2 40-Gram Silica Gel Dessicant Packs Into Each Box. Also Available On Amazon (Link Below), And They Are Reusable. They Have An Indicator That Changes Color When They Are Saturated & You Just Bake Them For A Few Hours To Dry Them Out Again. Mine Have Now Been In Use For 8 Months, And Are Still Going Strong. Here'S Where I Went A Little Overboard. I Decided I Didn'T Want The Filament Resting Directly On Those Dessicant Tins. I Can'T Even Tell You Why- I Thought A Little Air Gap Would Be Good, If For No Other Reason Than Circulation. So I Bought Some 2" And 3" Pvc Pipe From My Local Hardware Store. For The Specific Bins I Am Using, I Cut 2 Lengths Of The 2" Pvc To 20" Each For The Outer Edge Of The Bin, And 1 Length Of The 3" Pvc To 19.75" For The Center Of The Bin. The Reason For The Thicker Pvc In The Center Was To Force The Rolls Towards The Edges So They Wouldn'T Try To Overlap In The Center Of The Bin. (Again, I Overthought This) ***You Will Want To Measure Your Own Containers If You Decide To Do This. Remember To Measure At The Bottom, Because The Top Is Always Wider. Also Remember To Measure Inside Any Curved Edges So Your Tubes Fit All The Way To The Bottom Of The Bin. Of Course, The Pvc On The Edges Would Be Pressed Into Place By The Weight Of The Spools. But The One In The Center Might Move Around If The Weight Was Not Evenly Distributed, So I Made Some Brackets To Lift It Up Slightly, And Then Glued Some Scrap Rubber To The Bottom To Make Them Slip-Resistant. It'S Not Perfect, But Removing 1 Or 2 Rolls Won'T Let The Center Tube Slip & Slide. I Didn'T Use The Stickiest Rubber Possible. Yours May Work Better. Links To Items Used: Iris 62 Quart Weathertight Container: Https://Www.Amazon.Com/Gp/Product/B003Kwj9Ts/Ref=Oh_Aui_Detailpage_O01_S00?Ie=Utf8&Psc=1 40 Gram Silica Gel Reusable Dessicant Tin (Use 2 Per Container): Https://Www.Amazon.Com/Gp/Product/B0001Ejixk/Ref=Oh_Aui_Detailpage_O00_S00?Ie=Utf8&Psc=1

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