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    Dehydrating filament

    This is the phenomenon you are referring to: Confirmation bias - Wikipedia Moisture tends to only be an issue with PLA over extended periods of...
    Post by: DavidR, Mar 28, 2021 in forum: Filament
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    Dehydrating filament

    Yes those almost certainly are cobalt II chloride. The hexahydrate is pink, dihydrate is purple, and the anhydrous form is blue. I just double...
    Post by: DavidR, Mar 24, 2021 in forum: Filament
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    Dehydrating filament

    I am surprised with all the other "maker" work you seem to do you haven't strayed from PLA into other filaments. The Sunlu is fine for PLA. The...
    Post by: DavidR, Mar 24, 2021 in forum: Filament
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    Dehydrating filament

    Also, while we are on the subject of measurements, RH is not an ideal metric to gauge how well the dehydrator is working, especially if you are...
    Post by: DavidR, Mar 23, 2021 in forum: Filament
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    A question about nozzles

    What caused the reduction in diameter? That I think would be closer to the true cause you need to identify, and yes, my solution, in as much as it...
    Post by: DavidR, Mar 23, 2021 in forum: General Questions
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    A question about nozzles

    They make nozzle cleaning kits that are effectively just blunt tipped needles. A good way to prolong nozzle life is to use cleaning filament when...
    Post by: DavidR, Mar 20, 2021 in forum: General Questions
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    Dehydrating filament

    The Sunlu ones suck. They only get to 55 Celcius. The Esun ones are better. They have a fan that blows on the dessicant (so its active as opposed...
    Post by: DavidR, Mar 20, 2021 in forum: Filament
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    Make your own anti-stick nozzle

    Both Matterhackers and E3d offer nozzles that are "anti-stick" so that the filament doesn't stick to the nozzle. (Matterhackers' "clean tip...
    Thread by: DavidR, Feb 28, 2021, 0 replies, in forum: Mods and Upgrades
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    One Piece snap lock box

    On the subject of the ideal filament--Polypropylene is the go-to for living hinges. TPU is full-blown elastomeric. You want something that has...
    Post by: DavidR, Feb 20, 2021 in forum: Show and Tell
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    Auto Bed Leveling?

    If you could do two things really quick I may be able to help. First. Type in this sequence on octoprint (wait for each command to finish...
    Post by: DavidR, Feb 19, 2021 in forum: General Questions
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    G-Gode Command for Control of 12V out on Microcontroller

    Is there a way to toggle the fan that connects to the 12V out on the arduino board? (The one that physically blows on the board to keep it cool)....
    Thread by: DavidR, Feb 2, 2021, 3 replies, in forum: Software
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    Good Build Plate I've Found for certain hard to print filaments

    Yes. In this instance though the IR leveling won't work (the plate must scatter the light chaotically), it just drills into the bed. So my...
    Post by: DavidR, Nov 27, 2020 in forum: Mods and Upgrades
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    Good Build Plate I've Found for certain hard to print filaments

    Its not glass. I'll try but my experience with the design has been even when all four corners of the heated bed are identical, there is a slight...
    Post by: DavidR, Nov 24, 2020 in forum: Mods and Upgrades