Desiccant box for 4L cereal box by Marks

Marks

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X1 Carbon

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P1P

X1E

Solid area, 0.4mm layer, 6 walls, 25% infill

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4.8 h

1 plate

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Slitted, 0.4mm layer, 6 walls, 25% infill

Designer

4.9 h

1 plate

1.0(1)

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Description

This is a desiccant box for the quite common 4L cereal boxes sold under different names.

I couldn't find any that really used the shape of the box or was big enough for a decent amount of desiccant. So I made my own.

It uses a nice spot in the boxes, so it's visible from the top and uses a large space without having problems with big 20cm spools. I placed the slits also on the glue side, so people with color indicator desiccant can see the desiccant from top.

It's a 3 part design, so it can be printed without any supports. There is quite some bridging, but this never was a problem, even with earlier test prints. Front and back have angles that help to adjust the parts. Just put some super glue on the rims and press them together and hold for a while. The top will just slide in. It is quite a tight fit, but it works to slide and since you usually don't change the desiccant that often I wanted to make a tighter fit.

I uploaded 2 versions. One version where the slits are all around the parts and also one version with a solid face on the back. I think this is usefull if you want to put a Label there or write something with a marker.

One tip: It's actually really hard to glue something to PP, which is the material of these cereal boxes. You need a special glue for that or (although not that pretty maybe) just use heat glue sticks. Super glue will not work with PP.

Comment & Rating (5)

@Ability3D

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Slitted, 0.4mm layer, 6 walls, 25% infill

Good idea in theory, but it seems this is only held together with some wishful thinking. Terribly tiny clasps, and the sections that should connect each piece, are very minimal. Definitely would not trust this thing to perform as intended when full of hundreds of dessivant beads. I wasted time and filament on this so you wouldn't have to.

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@Marks

Yes, the overlapping areas are small. But as described in the text, they are only there for alignment. Put some super glue on the borders, align, press together for a few seconds and these things will hold like hell. On the first print I actually tried to rip them appart after glueing and I could not without excessive force. I have 12 containers all outfitted with this design. They all where easy to assemble and hold to this day without any problem even completely full of descicant. I actually just started up my modeling program to check and there are over 700mm² of contact surface. That is 7cm². It's a bit sad that it seems like your review is just based on a bad feeling instead of just trying it.

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@Ability3D

I did try this container. even edited it to have a flange instead and it's still subpar. also, who wants to deal with superglue and 100s of small beads at the same time. sad design overall. it's even sadder when a creator gets in his feelings over an honest review. Your container is wasteful compared to many others out there(hint- they don't need glue aka reusable), fraction of time to print and hold same, if not more quantity.