Larger Eibos EasDry Desiccant Bucket

Credits

This is a remix of @kyleisah's very nice desiccant holder for the Eibos Series X Easdry filament dryer. Credit also goes to @Matten79, who created the bucket kyleisah's design is based on.

What's new?

When I went to print my instance, I noticed that not a lot of the available space was actually being used for desiccant. The space in front of the bucket is hollow, and there is even plenty of volume above the old lid position that could be made use of. Therefore, I took it upon myself to optimize the design. I made the following changes:

1. Increased the desiccant capacity by lifting the lid and giving the bucket a "boot".

2. Stretched the lid to make use of the extra area. 

3. Reduced the mass by optimizing the wall for printing with two parameters with a 0.4mm nozzle, and by shaving off unnecessary parts of the rear structure.

4. Reduced blockage of the humidity sensor by adding a permeable grid where the sensor would otherwise be blocked.

5. Made it easier to handle by extending one of the rear pillars so that it can function as a handle. Use it to take the bucket back out when you need to refresh the desiccant.

How to make the lid

Note that, as per kyleisah's design, the top is supposed to have its grid made in the slicer. I see that he has instructions for how to do that in PrusaSlicer 2.x, so if you use that, then please have a look at his page (and give his model a like while you are there). If you are PrusaSlicer 3.0, then this is how you do it:

1. Load the .stl or the .step into the slicer

2. This step can be skipped if you loaded the .step, which is already correctly split. If you have loaded the .stl, you will need to split the single model into parts. To do this, right-click on either part and select Split > To Parts:

   

3. You can now select individual parts (volumes) from the left-hand side parts list:

   

4. Assuming you have the default shortcuts, select the lid, and then from "Layers and parameters", select "Top solid layers" and "Bottom solid layers". Set both to zero. Also select infil > Fill density and fill pattern, and set those to 35% and "Gyroid" respectively:

   

5. For the handle, from "Walls & Parameters", choose Perimeters and set it to something large, like 10:
   

   

6. Slice, print and enjoy!
   

   

Notes:

• Prints without support.

• This model is optimized for printing with a 0.4mm nozzle. It will not be as strong if you print it with e.g. a 0.6mm nozzle, because it will then not be able to make the wall double-layered.

• Preferably, print this in a heat-resistant. Don't use PLA if you intend to keep in the dryer while it is heating - it may buckle and spread silica beads everywhere. 

• When you fill the bucket with desiccant, tilt it back a little bit so you can fill it up to the lid. Then, then make sure to put the lid on before you put the bucket down, or the desiccant may roll. It took a lot of care to make the desiccant stay in for the thumbnail photo of this Printables page!