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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Drying pellets]]></title>
			<link>https://www.soliforum.com/post/137906/#p137906</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>AZERATE wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Very cool. Post pics if you could.</p><p>I was a little short winded with my earlier response, so for future users, a food dehydrator isn&#039;t the only option. There is a product called <a href="http://www.printdry.com">Print Dry</a> which can not only dry pellets, but also entire spools even while you print. This is spectacular for products like Nylon and PLA. <br />Another option is a convection oven. This is typically more expensive than a dehydrator, but more durable and you have settings to control the heat. I&#039;m going to buy one of either product soon since I melted the plastic trays on my dehydrator while drying PETG. <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/sad.png" width="15" height="15" alt="sad" /></p></blockquote></div><p>So this is my vacuum chamber. I bought a broken pressure cooker for 2 bucks, put silicone on the lid (twice) and cut an aluminum plate to fit and added fittings. 3D printed a filter adapter and cut some high quality household air filter (around the edge of a used filter) so it wouldn&#039;t suck it dirt when I released the pressure. The vacuum only pulls down to about 28 inches so I heat it up to about 110F to ensure the moisture has boiled off. It seals so well, I left it for a week and it didn&#039;t drop a single inch of pressure! But like I said, to keep doing this way, eventually the oil in the vacuum pump will become contaminated and have to be changed out, so although it keeps you from heating the pellets much, it&#039;s not cheap in the long run. But it was a fun project.</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2017 06:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Drying pellets]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>If you want to go cheap you can make a filament dryer . a simple configuration&nbsp; of a 5 gallon bucket with holes a heat bulb&nbsp; AKA 60 watt incandescent and a small fan.</p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[null@example.com (Tin Falcon)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 09 Sep 2017 13:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Drying pellets]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Another option&nbsp; would be a vacuum oven. But these are slower than moving air.</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 09 Sep 2017 13:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Drying pellets]]></title>
			<link>https://www.soliforum.com/post/137861/#p137861</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>Very cool. Post pics if you could.</p><p>I was a little short winded with my earlier response, so for future users, a food dehydrator isn&#039;t the only option. There is a product called <a href="http://www.printdry.com">Print Dry</a> which can not only dry pellets, but also entire spools even while you print. This is spectacular for products like Nylon and PLA. <br />Another option is a convection oven. This is typically more expensive than a dehydrator, but more durable and you have settings to control the heat. I&#039;m going to buy one of either product soon since I melted the plastic trays on my dehydrator while drying PETG. <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/sad.png" width="15" height="15" alt="sad" /></p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[null@example.com (AZERATE)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 21:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Drying pellets]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>I made a vacuum chamber and suck it down for about 30 minutes. Only problem is you have a consumable with this process, the oil.</p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[null@example.com (pap4tinker)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 18:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Drying pellets]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>+1 to food dehydrators. I&#039;ve used them for drying nylon and PETG with efficiency.</p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[null@example.com (AZERATE)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2017 02:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Drying pellets]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Folks have used food dehydrators something with a thermostat would be the most helpful.</p><p>Somthing like this perhaps.</p><p> <a href="https://www.lowes.com/pd/Ronco-5-Tray-Food-Dehydrator/50141991">https://www.lowes.com/pd/Ronco-5-Tray-F … r/50141991</a></p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[null@example.com (Tin Falcon)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2017 00:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Drying pellets]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Bump. </p><p>I still havn&#039;t found anything suitable. Only 25kg ones from China. Any advice?</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2017 21:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Drying pellets]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Hi,</p><p>What are you using to dry your pellets?</p><p>My wife will not care for me hogging the oven time and time again so I sm looking for a drying machine that can handle 1-5kg at a time. </p><p>Any advice?</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2017 19:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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