Snapmakers, & Such

So, I finished my build 2 weeks ago.

I have to say the build turned out gorgeous, especially if you postprocess and paint it. Kudos to Enrico for such a beautiful design.

However here are my observations to help the other members and others considering doing this build.

After lots of testing here are my observations and the issues that I faced that you will and might run into:

• The Spoolbox in it's current design can't maintain humidity at 10% (even with super fresh silica) for more than few hours, and in my experience my silica is completely consumed within 3 days while maintaining humidity drops to 20% after few hours and reaches up to 40% by day 3.

• It also can't be used to dry, after continuously running the Polydryers at full power for 48 hours, the maximum temp i was able to reach was 39C which is not even enough to dry PLA.

• The mesh of the desiccant holder needs large beads, any broken beads or smaller ones will fall into your Polydryer, and if not caught by the grill will go inside the Polydryer, so make sure to really sift the beads to get rid of any broken or smaller beads, or maybe modify the design to have smaller grills.

• When planning your build, 2 feeder tubes will not work, number 2 and 3 are just too short, so buy extra tubes for replacement (2.5 ID is the size used by snapmaker) here are the ones i got Ptfe Tube for Bambulab 2.5mm ID Tube Ptfe 3D Printer Filament Tube Connector with Cutter, 4M, Grey : Amazon.ae: Industrial & Scientific

• Even with the drawer lifting up the printer, the clearance under the Polydryer is too small, so expect to get some help to tilt the printer, if you want to remove the Polydryer and use it for some other purpose.

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• Since drying wont currently work, you might be able to use save yourself from printing the lower parts (DBLH) since the clearance will be enough, you could also skip the need for the drawer to elevate the design altogether, however your would have to find or design you own TPU seal for the bottom, an you will need to squish the desiccant holder design on the z axis to fit.

  

• Speaking of squishing the snapdryer holder will most likely not fit, you need to enlarge it by 101-102% for it to fit

• if you got the drawer, watch out there are 2 versions and V2 is the correct one with the magnet slots.

• if you print the white pieces with the suggested settings then it will be semi-transparent and the gyroid infill will be visible from outside during the day or when you use the LED (if you decide to install it), whether or not you would like that i don't know, i personally had to post-process all the pieces and paint them since the look really bothered me. (i dont have a picture of this so i am using the image by Corey Punches)

  

• another observation is that the spool holders are really hard to remove, and requires lots of force, a tip that can help is to use some lubricant to ease removal

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• Speaking of lubricants, apply some to the rails of the drawer to help make it's movement smoother.

• For those wondering about the drawer, the drawer is sturdy and with silicon feet it is quite stable, so your prints wont be affected, but i noticed a minor decrease in print quality, more testing might be needed and maybe using hula feet could help

These were my observations i hope it helps you make an informed decision before and during attempting the build, and I really hope that this project reaches its actual potential with participation from the community to help troubleshoot and fine tune the design.