Filament Dehydrator Addon - Rosewill Food Dehydrator by hintz

Last crawled date: 2 years, 11 months ago

I bought this food dehydrator on Amazon to dry out filament:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018UR4XJI?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details
However, there was not enough vertical space to house my old filament spools. Therefore, I made some extenders that allow the dehydrator to store filament spools that are less than 72 mm in height (Hatchbox and Solutech both fit comfortably in here).
On my Ender 3v2, I had to print the attached .stl 4x (I used 10% infill) in order to reach around the entire circumference of the dehydrator. Additionally, I used both rafts and supports on my print in order to make sure no warping/ unlevel prints were made.
Lastly, I used duct tape to semi-seal the air gaps between the prints and to keep them in place. This should be fine as long as the dehydrator temperature is <140 deg F, according to this source:
https://survivalfreedom.com/can-duct-tape-melt-where-to-use-it-most-effectively/#:~:text=Your%20duct%2Dtape%20will%20do,your%20tape%20falls%20off%20completely.
I was able to run the dehydrator on my spool of Solutech brand PLA overnight at 131 deg F, with no noticeable issues with the duct tape's glue.