Ikea 365 10.6L Drybox (Updated)

UPDATE!

I have added a new narrow version of the filament passthrough (V3). The witdht of the passthrough in this version is 30mm, an accompanying holeguide has been added as well!

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V2 Angled Filament Passthrough is now available!

New Hole Guides included!

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This is my take on a dry box.

I wanted to make a nice storage solution for my situation and came up with this design. The container contains 2 rolls of filament, rolling on some nice rollers with bearings in them. I use 4mm OD 3mm ID PTFE tube to get from my dryboxes to my enclosure. Then I don't use the drybox it is stored with a short piece of PTFE tubing between the couplers.

For the assembly of one box you need:

• 8mm dowel (176mm length)

• 4 skate bearings (6082RS)

• 8 M3x12mm bolts

• 8 M3 nuts

• 2 PC4 M10 pneumatic coupler

• PTFE Tube 4 OD 2.5 or 3mm ID

As for the printed parts you need:

• 2x Rollermount

• 2x Rollermount Backplate

• 2x Roller

• 1x Roller Spacer

• 2x Filament Passthough

• 2x Filament Passthrough Backplate

• 1x Holedrill template for the filament passthrough

• 1x Holedrill for the rollermounts

Start with pre-drilling the holes for the roller mount and the filament pass-throughs. 

To do this use the Hole Guides I provided by lining them up with the centre op the face you are drilling and simply drill the holes that are in the templates. Use a 3mm drill for the mounting holes (the outer ones) and a 6mm drill for the big holes needed for the filament path (the center ones). The one for the roller mount  can be set by using a piece of tape. The one for the filament pass-throughs can be set by drilling one of the holes and then inserting a M3 bolt and securing it with a M3 Nut. There is an extra set of holes (the center ones) to be drilled to be sure the PTFE tube will fit with the angle it now makes through the bin. I used a 3mm drill to make pilot holes and broadened them with a 10mm drill. A sharp knife or a small saw blade van also be used for making the hole bigger to fit the PTFE tube. Pictures on how to fit the hole-guides are included in the gallery above. 

When the holes are drilled continue to mount the printed parts to the container using the M3x12mm bolts and the M3 nuts. It's easier if you insert the hex nuts into the printed backplates before trying to mount them.

When the printed parts are mounted go ahead and cut the dowel to size so it will fit the Roller mount nicely. 

Now insert the bearings into the rollers, they should be snug, the easiest way of doing this is lay the bearing on a table and slowly push the roller over the bearing.

When all four bearing are seated proceed to put the first roller on the dowel, followed by the spacer and finally the second roller. It works best if the smooth print bed sides of the rollers are facing each other.

Now it's time to fit the PC4-M10 coupler into the hole of the filament pass-through. 

You can now fit 2 spools of filament on the rollers and the tubes in the couplers.