3DPrinting

15468 readers

592 users here now

3DPrinting is a place where makers of all skill levels and walks of life can learn about and discuss 3D printing and development of 3D printed parts and devices.

The r/functionalprint community is now located at: [email protected] or [email protected]

There are CAD communities available at: [email protected] or [email protected]

Rules

No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia. Code of Conduct.
Be respectful, especially when disagreeing. Everyone should feel welcome here.
No porn (NSFW prints are acceptable but must be marked NSFW)
No Ads / Spamming / Guerrilla Marketing
Do not create links to reddit
If you see an issue please flag it
No guns
No injury gore posts

If you need an easy way to host pictures, https://catbox.moe may be an option. Be ethical about what you post and donate if you are able or use this a lot. It is just an individual hosting content, not a company. The image embedding syntax for Lemmy is ![](URL)

Moderation policy: Light, mostly invisible

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

Figuring Out The Most Efficient Way To Reuse Bags Of Desiccant (hackaday.com)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/3dprinting

3 comments fedilink hide all child comments

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/23989846

top 3 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] [email protected] 8 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Cool video. TL;DR : heating dessicant works to remove moisture from it. This applies to loose dessicant as well as the bagged ones. Microwaving at the lowest power level works rather well and what the author said they will do from now on. Downsides are that sometimes the microwave pops/damages the dessicant because of the excessive heat (meaning the packs begin to wear out over repeated reheating times) or some packaging types melting. Microwaves work pretty fast as well.

A another option is a mini oven at 110 degrees which takes longer than the microwave but doesn't damages dessicant.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago

but doesn’t damages dessicant.

As quickly*

Some damage still occurs.

[–] HootinNHollerin 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I just use a toaster oven