I bought a massive bag of 2-5mm silica gel, then when I tried several holders found here on Thingiverse, all the holes were too big and the beads escaped making a mess and being a safety issue for my son, so I made my own.
The design uses triangles instead of squares or lines this means that the area for the bead to fit between is much smaller. I have incuded two sets of modles, the first set which begins with 'N4-' are optimized for 4.mm nozzles.
The second set which is preprended with 'N6-' are optimized for 0.6 mm nozzles (which is what I use).
The are three sizes (small = 27 mm high, medium = 42.5 mm high, large = 52 mm high) the diameter is 49.5mm and fits inside a standard spool for storage in a zip lock bag or vacuum bag.
I have another list for the quick print version, they are the same container just without the triange pattern on the side of the bottle, they print much quicker and are stronger.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4911013
Print without supports lay the top of the lid and the bottom of the container flat on the build plate.
The small triangles are not the prettiest once printed, but the canister really does the job well of holding small beads of silica.
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Print Settings
| N4-DessicantJar-Large-Base.stl | 3.3MB | |
| N4-DessicantJar-Lid.stl | 1.0MB | |
| N4-DessicantJar-Medium-Base.stl | 2.6MB | |
| N4-DessicantJar-Small-Base.stl | 2.0MB | |
| N6-DessicanJarLid.stl | 985.0KB | |
| N6-Large-DessicantJar.stl | 2.8MB | |
| N6-Medium-DessicantJar.stl | 2.5MB | |
| N6-Small-DessicantJar.stl | 1.7MB |
