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I have a concept of a plan for desiccant spool weights (lemy.lol)

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Which is to say, not very far on this at all but I think I have a good idea on how have my cake and eat it too for desiccant for my spools.

I am finding I can't get the humidity below about 50% in my AMS and the silica I am using needs constant refreshing.

Well it seems there is stuff called activated alumina that is pretty good and honestly about the same costs as silica beads, but I need to be able to put it in the oven to refresh it. Which doesn't work well with my 3d printed desiccant holders.

Insert, cheap tea strainers.
It seems I can get ones that are 4cm in width by 6cm in height that are made out of stainless steel that I can actually put straight in the oven.

So, I am working on getting the parts and items but was wondering if anyone else has done this or have any suggestions before I start grabbing stuff?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Probably got a wet filament but they are all new and I have tried to give them a quick run through the dehydrator I have which is part of the goal of getting a better desiccant.

Also it's like 80% humidity where it prints so at 45% it's not a small amount reduced.

Also, silica is fine but there are other desiccants. Holding onto the past cause it's good enough never explores if there is something better.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Thought you were joking with the title but if you're really a Trump type thinker go for it.

Quick run through is no way to dry out a wet filament. Try all the new stuff you want and report back but doing things properly still works better.

Fuck Trump

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Speaking as a Mod: What is the deal with the Trump comment? That seems uncalled for and random IMO but perhaps I do not understand. I have no issue with your opinion of Trump. I'm wondering why you are accusing someone else of being a "Trump like thinker" that is a pretty hot jab to wield randomly without context.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 minutes ago

"concept of a plan" is a trump quote. Not random at all

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

I was joking. I have barely started on this and thought it was funny. Why rush to insult for nothing?

And I don't care to share any of my findings with you if you downvote conversation and jump to insults.