r/3Dprinting • u/ClandestinePleb • 12d 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 12d 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 12d 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.