About: Hi. I am a military automotive engineer passionate about 3d printing area/ cad design / or just about anything in and around this subject. My gf , who helps me in my projects , is now a registered nurse in the…

I had the idea for this project after experiencing a lot of defects in my prints , mainly caused by humidity ( thanks to British weather ) and dust. The defects , clogging and you can observe them in the pics , courtesy of the website simplify3d.com (https://www.simplify3d.com/support/print-quality-troubleshooting/) and also due to the humidity , you would hear a small cracking while printing coming from the nozzle.The printer i used for this project was the Rostock Max V2 I received from SeeMeCNC and the hairdryer is a Bosch model (I made it so , you can add your hairdryer adapter and don't have to search on ebay for the model that I used).



Currently working on a cooling module for those of you who use a little more powerful hairdryer , and you don't want your filament to exceed 50-55*C. The hairdryer that I use has a off-half power-full power button , and I use it on half power for now. The temp goes up to 35-40*C so it's in the OK range for ABS and other high temp filaments , not so much for PLA.

Future developments: You can also add a filament sensor , to notify you when you are out of filament or it has the wrong diameter.



The design of the rollers was inspired by this project:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1185076