Good drybox to print from for an XL?
I've got a 2 spool EIBOS filament dryer ontop of our XL that I really kind of hate. The filament ports come out of the middle of the the cover. It's a pain to feed the filament through the hole, then set the roll on the rollers, then get the top on without snarling everything up. Even harder with it sitting about head height over the printer. The bottom of the spools get really warm & the tops not so much. I've made a dry box out of some plastic containers, descant & ptfe tubing before. They end up having the same usability problems as the EIBOS & added hassle of desiccant.
I tend to be a bit erratic on my printing, so a spool might sit there for a few months before I use it again. All my not actively being used PETG, TPU, ASA & other stuff is in vacuum bags with desiccant not pictured (pictured is a fraction of my wife's PLA). It's annoying to have to wait for hours to run a heat cycle on the filament dryer or food dehydrator if I left filament out.
Any recommendations for a dry box? I keep looking at those camera dry boxes that have an electronic dehumidifier rather than a heater. Something like , https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0F1Y5NMVD?th=1 or https://kb-3d.com/store/tools-equipment/418-kb3d-filament-drystoreprint-cabinet-edry-3d90ca-1736130087749.html. Some of those are a bit out of my budget & that big Amazon one doesn't look like you can print out of it.
It would be nice to be able to just toss most of my hygroscopic filament in a cabinet & not mess with desiccant, vacuum bags & the wife's Foodsaver. But I think I'm mostly looking for a dry box I can print out of.
Anybody have any good solutions they are happy with?
RE: Good drybox to print from for an XL?
If you want be ambitious and print your own dry box that mounts onto your XL you can try my XL dry box. Granted you have to start with a dry spool but as long as you replace the desiccant once a week or so your filament will stay dry. https://www.printables.com/model/1219198-xl-mounted-dry-box#preview.oUgx5
