alexw – i make things

Short and to the point: I don’t think the Polymaker PolyDryer desiccant compartment works well, at all. On the plus side there’s a very simple fix: don’t use it.
TL;DR:
Instead of loading color changing desiccant into the front window as the box is designed, just use a looser-fitting pack inside the center of the spool where it has better surface area exposed to air. As a bonus, you can fit more in that spot if you...

When we think about humidity, we usually think in terms of %RH, relative humidity. Mostly that’s because that’s what’s easiest to measure, and what drives most physical phenomena that matter to us. But it’s not the whole story, especially when we talk...

TL;DR: sous vide bags suck and shouldn’t be used for filament storage, and past two weeks, genuinely offer no advantage over just leaving your filament out on a shelf.
So anyway, here I am trying to figure out JUST HOW moisture permeable my sous vide filament storage bags are, because it sure looks like they’re ~useless for filament storage....

Similar to the last post, I whipped this up like a year ago and just realized today I’ve never posted it.
The house I live in right now has a central hallway connecting the front to the back, where the “front” includes the one bathroom (door in top-right of photo) and the “back” includes the two bedrooms (doors on left and behind photo)....