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?
Why does your silica need constant refreshing? Has it always been that way? Perhaps you have a moist reel or two in there that need a good cook off in a filament dryer. I would look for more root cause for the humidity issue rather than hope another desicant will be a Gosend. Silica is pretty good stuff, I think you may end up dissapointed with this strategy.
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.
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
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.
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.