Hello there! My friends gifted me an Ender 3 printer, and I achieved my first successful print today! I have a few (probably stupid) questions:

  1. I will store it in my garage, in a shelve among other things. It is quite dusty, so I’m thinking of building a plexiglass hermetic box to keep it while powered off. Would it be a problem to keep it closed also while printing? This would change the type of box I’ll build, because there is not much space and I’m trying to save the most of it
  2. How do I store the filament? I (currently) have only one filament (black PLA), so I see no need to remove it from the printer each time, but leaving it “connected” (I don’t know how to say it) will not allow me to store it in a different way the printer is stored. Do I need to store it in special ways or can I leave it connected? (And bonus question, what is the correct word to say it?)
  3. If I don’t move the printer, how often should I calibrate it?

Sorry if these are basic questions, I’m taking my first steps into this magic world… Thanks in advance!

  • FuglyDuckEnglish
    3•11 months ago

    (The peanut gallery can argue in the comments just how high the temperature needs to be, but it’s better to just not risk it.)

    Uhm, you shouldn’t be printing with your bed above the glass transition temp anyhow. So, your enclosure shouldn’t be getting above that; there is heat coming off the hot end, but I’ve never seen it push the ambient temp in an otherwise-not-heated enclosure above the bed temp. unless you’re, like going hog-wild on insulation or something… leakage should be enough to keep it down.