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I'm thinking of building a new printer and would love to be able to make 2 color prints or dissolvable supports. Does anyone have any experience with this. I see 3 paths.

  1. Two hot ends Pros: Most robust No retraction or filament waste Cons: Alignment issues. Reduced travel Dragging nozzle

  2. Dual filament hot end(taichi style) Pros: Easy to mount No offsets Cons: Jamming? Long retraction

  3. Y splitter Pros: easy to mount No offset Compatible with any hot end Cons jamming Super long retraction

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[-] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Doesn’t Bambu have a multi-filament consumer printer?

[-] freeformz@hachyderm.io 1 points 1 year ago

@dpkonofa sort of. It’s a single filament unit with up to 4 material changers, each with 4 filament capacity.

[-] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

How is that different? You can do multi-color prints and collapsible supports and multi-material prints which is what OP was asking for.

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[-] freeformz@hachyderm.io 1 points 1 year ago
[-] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What is that?

Edit: Ahh… new announce. I wonder how different this is from the AMS system.

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