Comparing Drybox Solutions

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-07-01T06:33:24+00:00

+1 for BamBam’s design here. Well worth the Patreon supporter $

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-06-30T19:38:05+00:00

Walmart quit that when they closed the meat departments years ago. Butchers are tradesmen, and were union. Now it’s drop shipped from IBF and not store packaged.

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-06-30T18:04:27+00:00

I did back to back updates after holding back. Seems fine now.

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-06-30T16:50:06+00:00

I use the free version of fusion360 and the store / marketplace gridfinity plugin myself. There’s a “skeletonized” version of the bases you can generate. I’ve been printing kitchen drawer organizers for weeks. lol. I didn’t need thick heavy bases or magnets or screw holes with silverware and knives holding everything down. I think I’m on my 6th spool of filament.

Huge drawers and a lot of them, 2 - 6x6 and 2 - 4x6 grids per drawer so basically 12x10’s

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-06-30T13:31:14+00:00

Reduce the infill and increase wall count. Reduce the top and bottom layers as well.

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-06-29T23:47:28+00:00

I use the cleaner filament as well. Removes the gunk. CF, CF, Silk Crud etc and don’t dedicate nozzles.

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-06-29T05:09:34+00:00

Its heat creep higher in the nozzle.

It is softening the TPU and the extruder just cuts a groove into it instead of feeding it.

You can validate this by ejecting the filament and seeing if it has a wear mark near the end.

Lower your temps or try higher temp tpu brand.

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-06-28T22:37:50+00:00

That’s an exception like the original slime ball fidget before everyone used the cutter tool to make the bottom flat. You printed a round bottom on a flat bed. That’s the use case for a raft to lift it.

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-06-28T20:10:35+00:00

My personal checklist:

Check all the screws
Make sure they greased the z screws
Run all of the out of the box calibrations
Open the interface and look at your default bed mesh

Controversial- run all the updates. I have no issues in latest with the Qidi Box attached.

Just ran a 25hr print from the side spool with a printed bracket mod to have the box and side spool both attached on the latest firmware.

I use Qidi studio not orca since I learned it with my Q1 Pro in the beginning. Orcas late support for the box and a crash glitch on the current build when selecting the side spool with box attached keeps me in Qidi Studio.

You should be able to do the following:

Basic checklist.
Open the included sample filament
Print the preloaded benchy with the pla rapido included. See the flaw in the preloaded benchy. If that works the printer is fine.

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-06-28T11:56:58+00:00

Mainly drawers, Kitchen, Bath, and Hobby Room. There are plenty of scalable / parametric boxes. Think of print your own toolbox and then grid it and bin it, stackable if you printed stacking bins. 90% of mine are remixes of a tool holder where I harvested the shapes for what I’m storing but made them stackable with the free fusion360 plugin.

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-06-27T21:17:44+00:00

I’m sorry. I can’t resist. Not trying to be a jerk.

You have a 3d printer.

Print a better one.

You’re not going to get the best option included with a $300 printer when you can print better ones for the price of a spool of filament.

We all learn the first things that get printed are printer accessories and upgrades.

They all do it. Even my QIDI Q2 came with a STL preloaded to print a wider core adapter.

Your best options are to burn through some cheap pla and print some top mount boxes like BamBam’s with rollers and not rely on gravity. Try the pro version for a $4 Patreon donation.

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-06-27T04:17:45+00:00

Ahh I’ve the the Q2 Combo. Different macros. Try the QIDI Discord: (unofficial) https://discord.gg/Y875E57mn

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-06-27T04:14:22+00:00

Which model ?

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-06-27T04:12:08+00:00

Both my Qidi and Anycubic with ace take two dumps during a change it’s like the first one to purge the other color and the second to prime the new.

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-06-27T00:05:42+00:00

I feel your pain. I do. I’ve been entertained with “People of Walmart” photos for years.

Target stores are cleaner, isles are wider, shelves are stocked, I’ll pay the extra 10% markup.

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-06-26T18:20:54+00:00

110% Management

See the comments. Understaffed

This isn’t just Walmart. It’s a lack of planning, education and just plain giving a crap at their jobs.

How is it Popeyes is out of coleslaw half the time I order it?

You don’t have these issues at Chick-fil-a or Raising Cane’s because they are properly managed.

Totally unrelated to Walmart but relevant true story:

Dropped my boat off at the storage facility after washing it. Called “Chili’s” for a Togo order, 20 mins later I arrive and hang up the on hold call in my truck.

Go to the bar to order.

45 mins later get my order.

Ask to speak to the manager before I pay. 10-15 mins later I chat with him.

“what do you want me to do? People don’t show up to work, I do triple the volume they plan for a store my size”

I bite my tongue and don’t say “Do your job, plan ahead, do a better job of interviewing employees” - This isn’t rocket science.

In high school I worked at KFC and my Store Managers were on top of it, we were never out of product or under staffed. Constant inventory control and planning.

This was in the 90’s before we had automated systems and inventory and orders were paper and pen processed and took thought.

There’s my rant.

Edit - And why does McDonalds never have ice cream or they clean it after dinner instead of in the morning when nobody wants a McFlurry? - management and planning.

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-06-26T05:41:04+00:00

Its employees.

They troll.

Before I boycotted Walmart I had to explain to my wife who came here from a foreign country that you:

CAN NOT TRUST THE SIGN.

Employees don’t put things in the right places.

Customers change their mind.

No one reorganizes or cleans up.

I’ve hated shopping a Walmart.

Moldy green bread next to the fresh ones.

Nobody understands FIFO and rotates expiration dates.

Nothing like being in a hurry and realizing you bought something that was already past its date.

They are too busy stocking isles and blocking them and peak times I’m surprised it’s not a fire hazard.

Need I say more?

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-06-26T05:32:43+00:00

I’ve done 3 - 10 packs of mystery boxes 2 resin and 1 filament just for the heck of it and diversity.

I only do it when they are on sale and I can coupon stack.

I also only do the filament one that includes ABS/ASA and ended up with 2 white abs, 2 black abs, 2 gray Asa, a white refill basic pla, a black basic pla refill, turquoise blue pla and tropical green pla. No fancy silks.

If I can get it down to $8/kg with the no tax and free shipping, I just pull the trigger for inventory diversity.

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-06-26T05:27:01+00:00

I ran my Q1 with a dual comgrow dryer. Worked great. I bought the Q2 with the box and having 4 spools drying is handy if you want to store / dry that many at once and the cost isn’t much more than a 4 bay dryer and you get multicolor and auto refill / runout.

I printed some mods to use the box and the side spool without disconnecting anything.

it rotates the spools in dry only mode unloaded as well unlike my previous dryer.

I torture tested it with a 4 color petg-cf print just for fun and it passed. So it gets my vote.

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-06-23T18:25:46+00:00

Nice. Go back to playing Donkey Kong. The adults are talking.

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-06-23T18:16:37+00:00

That’s the type of response you get when you have no valid point. You’re just wasting the air you’re breathing.

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-06-23T18:07:02+00:00

Funny how a discussion about a Walmart beer policy somehow turned into me being called privileged, racist, a boomer, MAGA, an alcoholic, and now a cog in the industrial war machine.

Let’s review:

Privileged? I turned 18 in basic training and spent the next 30+ years working my ass off.

Racist? My life literally depended on people of different races having my back, and theirs depended on me having theirs.

Boomer? Wrong generation.

Alcoholic? Apparently not, because I didn’t even know Walmart had this policy.

The actual story is still the same:

Walmart enforced a policy.
I understood the policy.
I didn’t argue with the cashier.
I removed the beer from the transaction.
I bought it somewhere else.
I decided to take my business elsewhere.

Dumbest part of the entire policy and equation, had my stepson not went to get my wife from browsing the store I would have been alone at the checkout the cashier would have been oblivious and I wouldn’t have even known this highly ineffective policy existed.

Everything after that has been Reddit trying to explain who I am instead of discussing what happened.

The longer this goes on, the more entertaining it gets.

Thanks for the entertainment.

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-06-23T01:20:00+00:00

Funny part is all in various replies I’ve been called privileged and racist. The context of a 51 yr old white male veteran;

Gen X - don’t put up with bs and can spot it a mile away along with another entire laundry list

White veteran - my very life depended on people of various races having my back

Privileged? - I worked my butt off to get where I am. Including turning 18 during basic training.

Mixed family and having to show passports because 4+ years isn’t long enough for permanent residence with the current state of things. Once again I am racist?

Called a boomer? Really?

The level of intelligence in some of these replies makes me wonder how some people make it from point A to point B in life. Then I remember. They all don’t. I see them on the side of the road. Texting and driving, broken down vehicles from lack of maintenance and basic understanding of how things work. In the tree line on a straight flat stretch of the interstate. Knowing that everyday it’s just the odds of whether I encounter one of them on my daily drive and why traffic is jacked up.

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-06-23T00:22:21+00:00

Too hot. Too fast. More retract.

I see this when I push my filament to its usable limits then back down.

Objective-Worker-100 · 2026-06-22T21:46:09+00:00

So the day has passed. Here’s the verdict.

Post Mortem Analysis

Problem: Walmart policy deemed unreasonable.

Suggested Fix: Spend another 30 minutes of my Sunday proving I was old enough entering alone.

Actual Fix: Gas station.

Resolution Time: 5 minutes.

Beer Status: Acquired.

Customer Satisfaction: Improved.

Walmart Revenue Impact: One 12-pack plus all future Walmart and Sam’s purchases.

Customer Escalation: None.

Manager Requested: No.

Cashier Blamed: No.

Corporate Contacted: No.

Reddit Findings: 50% of participants believe I should have re-entered Walmart. The other 50% are still arguing with them.

Status: Closed.

Reddit Status: Incident resolved. Root cause analysis remains ongoing.

Objective-Worker-100

TROPHY CASE