u/IGetDistra-Squirrel

I have always loved making things. In high school I took as many different Tech classes I could. I installed hardwood floors in my parent’s house when I was 16. When my wife and I bought our first house with a garage I was so excited to have a place to keep my tools. (Read buy and use tools)

My hobbies have started to collide. I use my 3D printer to design enclosures for electronics. I used electronics and wood working to create a self regulating dry box for my 3D printing Filament.

I recently decided I wanted to try laser engraver and cutting. Naturally after using it for nothing more than engraving my initials into a few things I decided it needed to have an enclosure and exhaust system. A trip to the hardware store (okay several trips) I have a laser engraver in a custom designed enclosure with an exhaust fan I’m pretty sure moves more air than a crack in a space station window. Custom designed corner brackets I’ve printed and change and reprinted the times. It’s amazing, but I haven’t used the laser except for cutting the positioning square for the honeycomb bed. But it looks great on the shelf.

Hi my name is Ryan and I am a Maker!

Just some tongue in cheek but I this is the way things seem to go for me. I once found a bandsaw on marketplace for $50. It sat in the corner of my garage for 5 years and got used twice until I sold it on marketplace for $50.

What sort of Rabbit Holes have you gone down being a Maker?

After a lot of trial and error I wanted to share the finished(?) project. It maintains the humidity to 10% and I only need to change the desiccant every 4 or 5 days.

Holds 40 spools of filament.

Everything is monitored with an ESP32 and home assistant so I can track humidity and can control the speed of the fans if needed.

Here is what ended up working:

IKEA Billy Bookcase and Door
Door weather stripped and the glass sealed with silicone
All exposed partical board sealed with Aluminum tape (back and side of shelves, unused shelf holes.
Entire back sealed with Aluminum Tape and insulated with high density foam mats
The center shelf drilled with approximatly 40 10mm holes to allow air flow
Two 60mm speed adjustable blower fans mounted at he top and bottom at 45s to keep airflow
A heater in the bottom constructed with 4 3D printer heatcores and a CPU heatsink. This isn't really nessicary but it can turn the entire thing into a Filament Dryer

The thing that really worked was when I designed an active air drying canister. The canister holds between 350g and 375g of Activated Alumina or Molecular Seive. I use four of these canisters, 2 with Molecular Seive near the top and 2 with Activated Alumina in the bottom half.

I've posted the desiccant canisters to Makerworld if anyone wants to skip the trial and error i went through. https://makerworld.com/en/models/2801100-active-desiccant-blower-container

Hi, my name is Ryan and I have a Maker problem!

Totally Ridiculous Over Engineered Dry Box (Update)