Container for heated Acetone vapour-bath

Have you done a search here, there are probably a half dozen solutions to this problem already discussed in great detail here.  My suggestion would be the presto part finisher, seems the simplest solution.

yes, I did have a look but couldn't find anything. Feel free to post a link to a previous thread.

Would PP be resistant to the heat? Would it not melt?

In terms of heat I've poured boiling water into such a container to etch PCBs and experienced no problems. Acetone will pose no problem at half the temp.

Some people are having success with a 1 gallon metal paint bucket from your local home store (Home Depot, Lowes, etc) they are just a couple dollars. They are a little small but sound like they work okay. I am looking for a metal 5 gallon bucket for mine. i plan on using an immersion heater to heat mine. There are some coffee warmers that will keep the heat just high enough to vaporize the acetone without risk. I plan to use a piece of glass over the top to view progress.

hey zarni, cheers for that !!

will this cooker comfortably take a 6" cube? In particular the height... how is the seal on the lid? does it let any vapour escape?

thanks!

Ah, bugger.
Made a cardboard cube out of the box it came in.
It will fit in two dimensions but not height

That gap is around 30mm

BUT.
These are the cyberman legs I made which I scaled up 300% but had to reduce the height to get the to print and they fit in the bottom nicely.

So if you ever print a full 150mm cube then this won't work for smoothing, but in the real world I can't see a problem big enough to worry about.

Hmmmm, if it ever comes to that, I'll make up an extender ring, thick card should do for a one off, unless I can be bothered to go in the garage and cut a strip of steel.

Also good for cooking frogs

Thanks for all the suggestions.

However, I am looking for a square container to put on the heated bed of my printer that would fit FULL SIZE prints. Then I could print and smooth with 1 machine, rather than buying an additional product like a rice cooker.

If I find anything in the UK I will post here.

Whatever you find will probably not cost much less than a cooker.  The cooker is also more efficient.  I can have a smooth print 3 minutes after taking the Presto out of the cabinet.

In the past I too was looking to just use the heatbed as it seemed like a simple solution just sitting there after the print, I then found a picture of a guy with a reprap doing just that with a big mason jar.
After some playing around with different solutions the "Presto" solution is so simple that having that about isn't a chore and I doubt I will change my mind. Ian was right in the first place, damn his forward thinking

One thing to be aware of is the amount of vapour heating acetone creates. The lid on my rice cooker can be covered in condensation very quickly if this was inside the printer you would need some pipework to vent it otherwise all sorts of bit would start to fail. Don't just think a lid will hold it, that'll be pushed off in no time.
Anyway as mine is setup up in my Ikea unit I can't do that anymore which is one reason I tried to get the vacuum method working.

Saying that though, working from Tealvince's suggestion if I could find the right bowl/lid combo I'll give it a try, I wonder if some Pyrex kitchen things would do the trick. I guess having a few different sizes wouldn't be too bad to store.
Also PP stuff should be OK, things like microwave bowls are sometimes PP but I'm not 100% about the direct heating of a bowl, it might go a bit funky rather quickly.......hmmm, that might need some testing.

One last thing, remember the thickness of the container base will make it just about impossible to do a real 6 inch cube as it will start to interfere with the print head, but as I have the same issue with my rice cooker that is a minor point.

Never say never, and never give up trying.