I’m not scientific about the heating yet, but I have noticed that the initial raft printing works better when I’m pointing a heat gun at the platform. Perhaps on the next print I need to attach the diffuser and prop the heat gun in front of the Cupcake.

The hairdryer is nominally 1200W. I’d have to use a true RMS meter to say with confidence how much power it’s using on half-wave, but obviously in the ballpark of 600W.

The fan still blows too hard and cools the extruder nozzle too much — I have to put the Froufrou a ways away from the CupCake and angle the CupCake so less of the air goes through. I could disconnect the hairdryer’s fan wiring from the heater element and put the fan on a variac so I could dial it down … but I think I’d rather have a more self-contained heated platform anyway, so I feel I’ve reached a point that gives me good ROI and taking this further would give diminishing returns.

Nothing says “power tool” like a Cup Cake with a Curlytop Froufrou.