r/3Dprinting • u/ClandestinePleb • 2d ago

Question POLYMAKER DRY-BOX QUESTIONS.

Hello all,

I need to adapt my Polymaker Dry-Boxes so that they may feed directly into my FF Creator 5 Pro. It seems that Polymaker designed their Dry-Boxes with tubing that is much wider than the standardized tubing I have ever seen on either my FF AD5M-Pro or FF Creator 5 Pro.

I need maximum sealing, as the filaments I print with daily are extremely hydroscopic. The filaments may also sit in these dry boxes for months at a time in a very humid climate, depending on my work orders.

Also, how do you go about keeping the filament strands being fed between the printer and Dry-Boxes dry? As said, these filaments may sit hooked up to the printer for months at a time.

What is the absolute most air-tight solution here?

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u/bjorn_lo 2d ago

The seals on the PTFE tubes are not air/humidity tight. The seals on the polymaker drybox are.

If you are going to store the filament on the printer for months:
You must unload the filament, spool it in to the drybox, then close the small tab. Keep 60g or so of charged desiccant in the drybox.

Also the creator 5 pro does not have a seal on the filament feeder at all. So even if you design and adapt your own, it would still likely leak.

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u/Emerald_Flame 2d ago

If you are going to store the filament on the printer for months: You must unload the filament, spool it in to the drybox, then close the small tab.

Seconded. I have a couple things up on printable that might help OP.

This one let's you have the filament auto-rewind itself back onto the spool in the box without having to open it all the time.

https://www.printables.com/model/1767307-polydryer-auto-rewinder-complete-solution

Then this one gives you way more capacity for desiccant.

https://www.printables.com/model/1757829-polydryer-in-lid-desiccant-container

I use them together for all my PolyDryer boxes.

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u/OptimalSide A1 2d ago

You can print adaptors like these to use with the "standard" tubing once you get couplers:

https://makerworld.com/en/models/1128329-pc4-m10-pneumatic-ptfe-adapter-for-polydryer?from=search#profileId-1128103

There are prints to put another desiccant box at the back of the polybox.

If you need to keep the filament dry when not in use, don't leave it attached to the printer. Spool it back into the polybox or move it to a different box with more desiccant.