This project has been on my mind for a while, but since wet gloves are a seasonal thing (for me) it seems I needed winter to come back to get it done. And, now I need a lot fewer pairs of gloves lying around since I can dry them between outings. This snap-together design is super effective.
I have for some time thought circulating air through wet gloves would be a good way to dry them and it turns out it is. My initial testing shows it is about 4 times faster to dry gloves with this dryer compared to no air circulation.
This glove dryer accelerates the glove-drying process by circulating air inside the glove. To be clear, there is no heat so this needs to be used in doors.
The design is completely snap-together and a fairly easy print. Making this dryer for a pair of gloves requires two sets of everything except the Palm part. That should be mirrored I your slicer to make it a right Palm. But even if you do not mirror it, you can just turn it around in the base.
The glove dryer is snapped together and requires no fasteners or other hardware other than a 6015 blower-style fan. I used a USB-powered model (linked below), but I suspect any 6015 blower fan will work since they are generally standardized in size. If you have 6015 that does not fit, please let me know.
I am in Canada so I used this… click here.
Some USA equivalents appear to be…. click here or here.
The glove size capacity of the dryer might also be an issue for some. If you find you have gloves that do not fit, please let me know and I will explore making other sizes of the “hand” assembly. The base should be able to stay the same and just snap in other “hand” sizes.
Printing
Functional designs (such as this one) generally require more strength than non-functional designs and more strength than the typical default slicer settings provide, so please review your slicer settings carefully.
This product was designed for a 0.4mm nozzle, a 0.2mm layer height and the following settings:
- Material = PLA or PETG recommended (any material should work fine)
- Line Width = 0.4mm
- Wall Line Count = 4 ( 4 x 0.4mm = 1.6mm walls )
- Top and Bottom Layer Count = 5 ( 5 x 0.2mm = 1.0mm top and bottom )
- Detect Thin Walls = ON
- Wall Generator = Arachne
- Infill = 40% (Cubic)
- Ironing = Not required
- Brim = No, except for Palm – add if needed.
- Support = No, all required support is incorporated into the design.
- Print orientation = As per the STL/3MF files.
Assembly Notes
After printing, please remove the built-in print support from the Base and Release as shown.
And, then assembly of the dryer is as shown in the following images…
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