Dry box bearing cylinder yoke
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Most filament material is hygroscopic and needs to be dried and kept dry to produce quality prints. For drying, I use a small tabletop oven and for keeping dry I make my own drybox. I am impressed with shinondon's thing 4675588 which is simple and easy to reproduce. I retain his designs for the roller and bearing holder but remix the hanging yoke. I find that it is not neccessary to use the Y shaped piece for alignment before installation, and that there is really no need to use any screws at all. The remixed yoke has the mounting holes (with threaded inserts) replaced with short slotted pegs which simply snap into 8mm holes drilled into the plastic sides at the appropriate places. Slots at the end of these pegs make them easy to snap into the tightly dimensioned holes and keep them in place without the need for any fasteners. The Y extensions are removed and I use a printed template to help drill the holes for the pegs at the correct places. I drill the bottom-most hole about 130mm from the rim of the plastic box. For the box, I have found an alternative 5.2 litre food container sold by Loblaws of Canada which is slightly smaller than Rubbermaid but only at 60% of the price. Because the box is translucent and not transparent so I mount the small hygrometer on the outside. I simply cut a 41mm hole and snap it in, again without any need for screws or adhesives. Because I only modified the yoke design, I am not reproducing shinondon's designs for the roller mount, cylinder and spacers here. You can download them from https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4675588 Material PETG (PLA not recommended) Temperature 230/65°C Support none Infill 30% gyroid Walls 3 Nozzle 0.6mm (0.4mm will take longer to print)
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