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  • Janger
    Janger reacted to PeterT's post in the thread 3D Printer Happened with Love Love.
    Yes. I'm just saying we forced to be aware of moisture implications when 3DP printing because when saturated causes us printing related...
  • Janger
    Janger replied to the thread 3D Printer Happened.
    I see the latest filaments I bought from Bambu say they are NOT dry and need drying before use! But they do have that little packet of...
  • Gearhead88
    That Montessa is a Trials model , designed for use in trials competition so it will be geared short for low speed use . It is in nice...
  • TorontoBuilder
    TorontoBuilder replied to the thread 3D Printer Happened.
    This is the engineering approach.... Not one, but two potential issues related to the hygroscopic nature of a plastic. Nylon is our...
  • TorontoBuilder
    TorontoBuilder reacted to PeterT's post in the thread 3D Printer Happened with Like Like.
    Yes. I'm just saying we forced to be aware of moisture implications when 3DP printing because when saturated causes us printing related...
  • TorontoBuilder
    TorontoBuilder replied to the thread 3D Printer Happened.
    This is not always the case. You'd expect it but things can go wrong, especially with cheap companies. Filament is extruded and them...
  • P
    PeterT replied to the thread 3D Printer Happened.
    Yes. I'm just saying we forced to be aware of moisture implications when 3DP printing because when saturated causes us printing related...
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  • Tomc938
    Tomc938 reacted to slow-poke's post in the thread Onan Generators with Like Like.
    Completely agree with that. Plan at this point is to either fix the original control board or possibly just bypass the one aspect of...
  • mickeyf
    mickeyf replied to the thread Dahlgren System 100 user.
    Very nice!
  • TorontoBuilder
    TorontoBuilder reacted to jcdammeyer's post in the thread 3D Printer Happened with Love Love.
    Well yes and no. Moisture absorbed into the filament before printing turns into steam resulting in irregular filament extrusion. The...
  • TorontoBuilder
    TorontoBuilder replied to the thread 3D Printer Happened.
    The main reason we fret about water in the filament is because in the print head the filament rapidly rises in temperature. IF we...
  • Janger
    Janger reacted to TorontoBuilder's post in the thread 3D Printer Happened with Love Love.
    Let's look at the math at 10% rH equilibrium.... If you have a 1kg spool of PLA and a standard 100g pouch of silica gel in a sealed box...
  • Janger
    Janger reacted to TorontoBuilder's post in the thread 3D Printer Happened with Like Like.
    No, it won’t split 50/50. That is a very common assumption, but the physics of sorption isotherms prevents a even split. When two...
  • P
    PeterT replied to the thread Working on my South Bend 9C.
    Thanks for compliment. Take comfort in knowing at some point I had zero CAD knowledge, just manual drafting experience. Learning takes...
  • 140mower
    140mower reacted to Brent H's post in the thread Brent Builds!! with Like Like.
    Hopefully I can make the time to keep posting. Lots of updates and projects happening! Making a music room and setting up for some...
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