TAZ 6 Printed parts, safe in a enclosed/heated chamber?

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Hey there, long time listener first time caller.

I am in the process of building an enclosure for my TAZ 6. Its pretty kick ass (for being entirely free so far).

Ive ran a short test with just PLA and managed to get the air in the enclosure to get to 85 F with an ambient temp of 70 F. (heated bed at 60, extruder at 215).

Ive built the enclosure to print some nice PA-6 CF and GF, as well as Nylon X. I want to add a heating element to the enclosure (perhaps a hair dryer or low temp heat gun) , to bring the inside air temp to around 100 F.

My question is this, do the printed parts on the TAZ 6 stand up to temperatures around 100F? I realize that id likely have to circulate the air to ensure that the avg air temp is 100F. With the bed, and extruder, I realize there will also be hot spots.

Does anyone have any recommendation, tips, best wishes? etc.

Thanks.

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All factory printed parts should be printed with ABS. My main concern would be the control box.

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Heat lamps may be a better option than a dryer or a heat gun. I agree with rhenderson in that try and keep your control box out of the hot box.

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I ended up going with a 150w heat lamp, and yes the electronics are outside of the enclosure. I am enjoying 100* enclosure temps pretty easily. Now I just have to figure out how to do the PT100 upgrade :slight_smile: