IKEA 365+ Drybox & Auto rewind Storage Box for 2 Spools supporting eSun, Extrudr, Spectrum, R3d and more

Have you ever looked for a Drybox to print directly out of it while it stands on the top of your printer? Even with the QIDI printers, where you have struts on the backside, it is now possible to print directly out of the storage box.

you will now get a step by step instruction, how to build up this drybox.

Needed parts:

1. Ikea 365+ box (Ikea.de) 
2. M3 brass inlets (Amazon) 
3. M3x8 Screws (Amazon) 
4. Hydrometer (Amazon) 
5. PTFE fittings (Amazon) 
6. Optional silica gel (Amazon) 
7. 608 ZZ Bearings (Amazon)

Parts for printing:

1. Drybox_rear_mounting (either equal or non-equal)
   • Equal means, both support struts have equal distances to each other (72mm)
   • Non-equal means one side is wider than the other one (69mm and 74mm)
2. Drybox_front_mounting
3. Drybox_supports
4. Hygrometer_mounting
5. Silicabox
   1. top/box
   2. or the big box holder/box/top
6. Spoolholder_axis_short
7. Spoolholder_axis_long
8. Spoolholder (depends on the spools you are having) (work and development in progress)
9. Filament_outlet_M10 (You have multiple options. 30° outlet, 45° outlet and also 15° outlet)

Recommended Material:

 eSun PETG (Amazon) in the colour of your choice like the white one I have chosen.

Assembly instructions:

After printing all the parts, take 10 brass inlets and fuse them inside the rear mounting of the drybox. By using a soldering tool, you can “melt” the brass inlets into the drybox rear mounting. Press it slowly down until it is almost inside, turn the part upside down and press it down to a flat high temp resistant surface. Now you can screw the printed supports into the rear mounting. There will be an update soon where you can screw the screws directly into the part so you have no need for brass inserts. 

after finishing the preparation, you can mount the supports as well as the Hydrometer.

Everything else should be assambled like shown on the pictures below:

The silica box can be easily clicked into the front end of the mounting. By lifting the rear, it can also be removed once you have to refill the box with fresh silica gel.

After setting up the mountings for the spools, we have to drill holes into the IKEA 365+ box for mounting the filament guides. 

For the Silica box, just mount the clip onto the top of the box like shown in the picture. If you print it with PETG, you do not need M3 inserts. Then, place the box directly behind the thermometer.

Spool adapters (work in progress)

It is currently made for 54mm spool holes like eSun spools have. Just place the bearing on a table and squeeze it in. It needs a bit of force to do so. I have taken a little helper to place it. You can also use the table for pushing it in. The eSun adapter fits in one direction into the spool due to the conic holes. Other spool adapters are fitting like shown in the pictures as well.

The spool axis has a diameter of 8mm. if you already have anything for 8mm, feel free to use it. There is more in the pipeline now, but it will take a while until I am completely happy with it. I definitely will upload more adapters in time!

The auto-rewinder

Please print the spring with Cura 5 in order to get the best result. Sometimes you have to adjust the “Hole Horizontal Expansion” setting due to the differences of printers. The clutch is at the spool axis. This setting is manipulating the hole which fits to the axis. You definitely have to play a bit with it to get the best results. for me, 0.05 worked quite good.

To mount the spring onto the spool adapter, just place it there and push it in. you can easily remove the spring by pushing it out again. Don't pull it!

filament guide:

the PTFE tube is also the filament guide. The fitting should be screwed directly into the PETG part and onto the box like this:

It's now ready to use!

Now, everything is done. Dry your filament in the oven or a heated drybox before placing it in this box, which is only for keeking it dry.

If you want to add an auto rewind spool axis, just take this one from VincentGroenhuis. It can also  be used with this drybox. You will find the link here

Print Profile:

I recommend PETG because it is flexible and easy to use. It won't break if you flex it a bit. For this drybox, I have used:

Material: eSun PETG (white) and eSun PETG (grey)

Nozzle: 0,6mm plated copper 

Printer: QIDI X-Max  with Icarus Mod from Humebeam 

Speed: 60mm/s @240°C/80°C

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