Hook Daddy
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Hey guys, i just discovered this project this morning and by tonight I've already ordered my kooltron and a probreeze!
I'm thinking about designing and 3d printing a few things that may help and wanted to ask for some feedback on what would be useful.
After reading through the first 5-10 pages and the most recent 10-15, I have a few questions, some print related and other general questions. Apologies in advance for any misunderstandings on my part lol.
Print-related questions:
1. The pro breeze seems to blow upwards, but it seems like people want it to blow at the door. Could a directional diffuser/vent solve this? Seems like it would be an easy design/print if so.
2. If I didn't want to take apart my ink bird, could i just cut a bigger hole, slip the moisture sensor through and make a bigger plug? Also would be an easy print.
3. Curious how people are mounting the silicone mesh mats (these appear to be meta for airflow/flavor). Theoretically, might there be a way to get more layers through 3d printed adapters that fit into the tray slots?
4. Are there any other printable parts that people would find helpful?
currently considering
--nice lil case to seat the dehu in the fridge
--hooks for the inkbird sensor inside and the controller outside
--and an enclosure for any remaining "guts" from the dehumidifier
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5. General question--Wet/Dry Trim
I have always done the classic dry trim after a 14 day hang the whole plant, followed by a light debuck before a 2-4 day binning stage in the same hanging environment. (As described by exotic genetix big shimmy method on discord).
I originally thought I saw op say he hung for 24-36 hours before cutting to stalks, doing a light debuck to remove any large fan leaves and then proceeding with the .5% incremental adjustment until finish. *could be wrong about where I saw this, I've been reading a lot today lol
However, in later posts I've seen people say they do a full wet trim right on chop day and start the .5% adjustments that day.
I've only ever had bad experiences with day of harvest wet trims, and have even had a bad time with trims that I thought were dry but actually had some moisture left, so I am scared to do a full wet trim.
Instead, I was thinking of doing something more like what I describe above, 24-36hr whole plant hang, then debuck and then start in the fridge. Finally, once I'm dry I'd finish up by trimming the rest of the sugarleaf, and store back in the fridge.
Would that be the safest way to avoid grassy flavor and loss of terps? I have all the time in the world to wait for perfection here haha.
Ok thanks rant over
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I’ll try and answer your questions:
1. I’m not sure if it was ever proven to be a bad thing with the dehumidifier fan blowing up, but mine does blow toward the door. A diffuser to change the direction would work, but may not be necessary and take up extra room. I’ve only used the dehumidifier that blows forward, hopefully someone else will answer this one.
2. Yes, I was comfortable taking the Inkbird apart but you can just cut a bigger hole.
3. I used plastic tie wraps to hold the silicon mats to the trays. Easy enough but I’m sure a printed tray or adapters would work and look more professional. I found a dehydrator that has almost the same size stainless trays, an adapter would be perfect for something like that and very easy.
4. I’m not sure printing a case for the dehumidifier is really needed but would look nicer. The reason I removed the case was to make more room for buds, but a smaller case would work. A holder for the Inkbird outside the cooler would be a nice addition.
5. Originally I hung the branches to dry a couple days, then trimmed and into the cooler. Now I do a quick trim and go straight in, mainly getting the fan leaves and large stems out. I clean it up a bit before bagging it up if needed. Either way works fine, I don’t have a good place to hang dry many times of the year, it’s either too hot and humid or too dry, so it goes straight in. I think taking the buds out after drying and while curing to trim will work.