Behind the scenes; contest EP4 it's finished, even the firmware works!

Guys, do you see it??? This guy is a genius in every way. Making all of these new cool things. I predict in the end, he makes a new machine from a regular printer that can do all kind of things like multi material printing, processing and assembling all to be done with a mouse click away.

fully agree with Jan about this...

Zachary

Im new to Patreon anyone know where i can find the Proper Printing Discord ?

This design just ROCKS, and I'm so happy you succeeded with it. It Seems like you turned something potentially very complicated into an relatively easy modification, that most 3D printing enthusiasts will be able to implement without being hardcore experts... Hats off... again 😉

Thanks Kenny! Yes I've seen that extruder, it's insane. This mf can extrude 900 grams of filament in an hour... This is what I need for my most manly printer "the Ragger". I bet if you hold this thing upside down it can create a fountain of filament🤣 It would be so cool if my first printer from scratch would be equipped with this monster.

Nice! There's much more to come ;)

So awesome! As a last resort you could also lower the temerature of the inactive nozzle. This will however increase printing times. Or maybe you could design some holder for a piece of metal that acts as a schield below the inactive nozzle.

I think you should quit slacking off and put in some effort! 🤣 Seriously, this is badass. I have no idea how you come up with this stuff, but keep doing what you’re doing! On a side note, have you seen the new Dyze extruder 😮 It’s like they saw that monster printer of yours and built you an extruder. You might throw up a little when you see the price tag on that bad boy ($2500 🤮), they certainly are not trying to fit in the “affordable” bracket! But you’re a badass so they might send one over so you can show them how to use it properly.

That's awesome. im interested in any project you have in your mind.

Thanks Oscar!

Thanks Mitch! I can't wait to post this. Good points, thank you. While it was printing I realized that I did something wrong in the firmware. I enabled a 2mm z offset during hotend swap, but this means that it will go over the ooze shield I printed 🤣 I'm going to take a look into adding retraction in the firmware and I'm going to get rid of that offset. I was thinking of using rubber as ooze shield. This is also done with the SigmaX printers and this works pretty well. I don't have that much room to spare though so I hope that these firmware changes will help.

Great job , that's fantastic. Congrats.

I am so happy for you!!! This should definitely have a good chance of winning the contest. Two things that could really help with oozing. - Added retraction distance when tool that is printing completes. You can then add an extruder move just before that tool is going to print again to get the filament back to the position you want. - Add a bimetal heatbreak. Don’t use a knockoff go with the Slice Engineering version. The knockoffs don’t seem to work as well at reducing oozing. The other thought would be adding a spring loaded sheet metal ooze shield. It would need a slight bend on the nozzle entry edge so the nozzle of the tool that is rotating out doesn’t get stuck on the edge of the sheet metal ooze shield. Spring loading it would allow for any nozzle offset variation and it would keep pressure on the nozzle tip to ensure there is no oozing. Awesome job man!!!!

Thank you I'm so happy! :D

That is awesome! Congrats!