November 11, 2024
Description
A small container for silica, designed to be fast and reliable to print, and be truly transparent when using a transparent filament.
I have created this because while there are other models out there, the ones I have come across were slow (1 hour+) to print and were opaque even when printed with transparent filament.
As per the title, this can be printed in 15minutes (and 30 seconds), excluding the printer warmup time (6 min on the A1). This is with the default printing speed, I'm sure one can push it faster if needs be.
It holds about 10g of silica if filled to ~90%.
The transparency is achieved by using vase mode and a 0.8mm nozzle, the print profile is included with the model.
The model has gentle curves, meaning it will not only print nicely in vase mode, but also won't puncture or damage a vacuum bag.
Even though only one side is perforated, it has no issue absorbing moisture, see the images.
The cap is a simple press on design, I have had no issues so far with the becoming loose. The tolerance was tested on a Bambu Lab A1 with 0.8mm nozzle.
There are two plates included, one with a single model and one with 3 identical ones.
Note: The perforation overhangs will most likely droop, but this is expected and will not cause any issues.
License:
BY