Feeding Mini Enclosure from Drybox?
Hey all - I have officially moved to the official enclosure, but am a little bit stumped by something. Those of you who (like me) live and print in super humid climates, how are you feeding your mini from a drybox? There isn't room inside the enclosure, but I don't see any obvious paths for filament to come into the enclosure through. Am I missing something? Have some of you modded the enclosure to enable this? Have you just given up on having dry filament?
RE: Feeding Mini Enclosure from Drybox?
Some ideas:
- top window - add a through hole in it or print an addon
- front door handle - see https://www.printables.com/model/1000784-prusa-mini-enclosure-door-handle-with-ptfe-magneti
- front - modify hole used for USB port to be an actually a filament hole, https://www.printables.com/model/963146-mini-enclosure-usb-port-cover this looks like a good candidate for modification
See my GitHub and printables.com for some 3d stuff that you may like.
RE: Feeding Mini Enclosure from Drybox?
Hey - thought I replied when I first saw this, but better late than never!
Thanks for the suggestions. One of those actually sent me down a rabbit hole where I discovered a bunch of modifications for the side handles of the original enclosure (the mk3/mk4 one), and playing with that seems like my best bet. Don't want to punch a hole in the top window, the USB port I'm actively using (though that's my backup - I can move the USB port back to the screen where I had it before the enclosure), and that door handle mod looks like it'd get in the way of access.
So, I've mixed a magnetic ptfe connector that I found a while back and was using on my LACK enclosure with the official handle. Waiting on the last piece to print, but hopefully I'll have something to show soon!
Anyway, thanks for the help!
RE:
Aaaaand the mod is up on Printables! It's super simple, but does the thing, and so far is doing it rather well.
Hope this helps someone else, too!
https://www.printables.com/model/1093673-mini-enclosure-magnetic-handle-ptfe-pass-through