Re: V10P Headstock Fiber Gear Replacement
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Trouble with silica gel based units is you still have to have a way to dry silica gel :) Depending on whether it has moisture indicator and what chemistry it's based on, some are supposedly safe to put in the oven, while others are not. I wouldn't put either one in the oven I use for food :)
I print PLA as-is and never had any serious issues re moisture, though I see people documenting their woes from time to time. I went through 2-3 spools of PLA I bought from some random guy who kept it in a garage (price was phenomenal). Since I didn't care I stuck it in my (decidedly huimid) garage. When I finally came to them (at that point 4-5 years old filament) it printed like a champ and these were open spools, no bag, no desiccant, nothing. I do notice however that old PLA spools I have (5y+)? tend to get super brittle. Think just short of almost uncooked spaghetti brittle. They print fine if they don't snap in the reverse bowden tube.
I use a food dehydrator to dry out my filament & desiccant packs.? The BEST thing I've come across is the Stacker F-Box:
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This allows you to keep your filament dry ON the printer.? Depending on how crazy life it, I can take a month or two to go through a roll of filament.? If it sat open on the printer, even with PLA, I would get lousy print quality by the end.? Nylon would probably go to hell a lot faster.? I have some small hygrometers from Amazon and a 3D printed bracket that goes inside:??
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I've had a spool of PLA on the printer for a month, and it's still at 14% humidity.? Admittedly, it's winter, but I've seen similar results when the dehumidifier in my shop runs around 40%.
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I can also take a filament roll off the printer and swap it out, dry box and all, and leave it in the F-Box.? It makes changing partial rolls of filament much easier
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There are two catches:? 1) They aren't cheap (my wife is always looking for gift ideas, and is delighted to help me in this regard), and 2) Stacker no longer sells them.
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Apparently, Stacker sold the product line to Printed Solid, and they should have received their first shipment of parts about now.? I sent PS an email, and they said they expect them to be available again around the end of April.
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Doug White
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