Hey brother! I have the presto without timer (im cheap) it works fine but only reaches about 80-90°F. I have read that a convection oven (if you have one) works very well. I noticed that the side of the spool closest to heat is MUCH warmer. I'm pretty sure that these inexpensive dehydrators do not have the strongest thermostats. My concern with you running at 120°F is that you are flirting with the glass transition point of 145°F specifically with the bottom spool. It's my understanding that we are not suposed to get to the GTP as the filament gets very soft at those temps and could deform in shape, and chemically as well.
I did quite a bit of research before I started this adventure, lots of recommendations for 120°F. That video is actually from a month or so ago, just finally got time to edit and post. After drying out 15 or so spools, and getting them to print again, I can say I have not seen a problem at 125°F. I'll run a few cooler and see how that goes. Thanks for the info, Steve
@@makersteve934 Cool!! I like the shells you have posted, ill print one thus summer! Thx for sharing, I'm pretty sure you have the largest array of Creality printers I've seen on youtube, your web site is often my first resource when issues arise with my Ender3.
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At any point later may I reuse my Presto® food dehydrator to dry foods afterwards?!?!
No idea.. But PLA is non toxic. I do not.. I just dehydrate my PLA.
Hey brother! I have the presto without timer (im cheap) it works fine but only reaches about 80-90°F. I have read that a convection oven (if you have one) works very well. I noticed that the side of the spool closest to heat is MUCH warmer. I'm pretty sure that these inexpensive dehydrators do not have the strongest thermostats. My concern with you running at 120°F is that you are flirting with the glass transition point of 145°F specifically with the bottom spool. It's my understanding that we are not suposed to get to the GTP as the filament gets very soft at those temps and could deform in shape, and chemically as well.
I did quite a bit of research before I started this adventure, lots of recommendations for 120°F. That video is actually from a month or so ago, just finally got time to edit and post. After drying out 15 or so spools, and getting them to print again, I can say I have not seen a problem at 125°F. I'll run a few cooler and see how that goes.
Thanks for the info,
Steve
@@makersteve934 Cool!! I like the shells you have posted, ill print one thus summer! Thx for sharing, I'm pretty sure you have the largest array of Creality printers I've seen on youtube, your web site is often my first resource when issues arise with my Ender3.
Update? How long + at what temps do you dry your pla for these days!?