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Thanks for the comment! It is not a CoreXY - just a cartesian IDEX(although the bed of course moves in the Z direction, rather than the Y direction). The Y axis is driven by a NEMA23 stepper, and the X and U axes are driven by NEMA17 steppers. I've got some details of the printer linked in the video description if you're interested in learning more.

Thank you! Mirror and duplication modes are nice, but IMO the real advantage of a separate carriage is indeed parking the tool off to the side. You loose the flexibility of doubling output (when compared to IDEX+mirror/duplication), but another great alternative would be a Jubilee (or e3d) toolchanger - 2+ tools, where you have dedicated tool docks for unused tools. Print head has the capability of grabbing tools on demand.

Hey Stuart, thanks for the comment! I just took a quick look at Flashprint.... unsure at how 'locked down' that would be. I do enjoy using Cura, and I think you may be able to find enough information out there from other Flashforge users to get you started with a Creator Pro profile. Regarding IDEX capabilities on the Creator Pro 2 - could you provide me an example mirror and duplication print file? That is mainly for me to take a look at the 'preamble' GCODE, and decipher how the machine preps the two nozzles. In my opinion, slicers seriously lag behind the mechanical capabilities of printers today. Take a look at tool changing printers (Jubilee, e3d), IDEX, or even printers that can print in full color - slicers do not do a good job of working with the advanced capabilities of these machines. Too often the slicers are developed and used by those with experience in single extrusion only.

@@jaredwebber Did you ever get your hands on the Creator Pro 2 preamble? I'd be interested in seeing that as well.

Of sorts, yeah! Check out the video description, just added a link to the Duet forums where I also posted the printer. In there is a Google Drive link - I guess technically it falls under CC BY-SA. So far only I have built (and designed) this printer, but you're free to check out my parts document and CAD files and use them how you see fit.

@@jaredwebbermay the force be with you!

In addition to the Amidex, I've also used 3DXTech's CarbonX and Owens Corning GF30-PA6. The two glass filled materials (in my experience) turn out very similar when using the same settings, however when using the CarbonX I do tend to tweak various extrusion settings. Are you keeping the filament dry? I won't even attempt a print with any sort of nylon or nylon blend unless I've let it sit in a dehydrator at 80°C for at least 12 hours. I haven't done any non-linear extrusion or pressure advance calibrations on any of the machines I run, but I've found I need to drop my flow down to ~80% or so when printing with nylons at higher temperatures - something I would like to look into more.

@@jaredwebber Yes, I have the printdry system that runs 24/7 at 70C / max temperature to keep everything dry. Before beginning any prints with nylons I usually keep them warmed up in the print dry system for at least 7 days, and i have it completely shrouded going to the extruder via ptfe so there's a very small chance for any moisture to get in. In addition, i have an air conditioner running full time for humidity removal from the printing office, so i'm pretty happy with how dry i am getting things. I have dropped the extrusion multiplier a bit, and things seem to be working better.

@@jaredwebber thank you for the reply by the way! Other nylons i have printed - taulman 910 (pretty good), taulman pctpe (pretty good), taulman 960CF (garbage), eSun ePA-CF (awesome), matterhackers nylon X ( pretty great ) . I want to try the esun epa-GF next as well

Hahaha seems like you are definitely keeping the filament dry. I really like Alloy 910 myself - and that is a filament that really shows the impact of moisture absorption on print quality. Another material I have used a little is DuPont's Zytel 3D1000FL (unfilled). I really want to like it (the first prints I did turned out awesome), but for a bunch of reasons I suddenly had a string of really poor prints, and that left a bad taste in my mouth. Its been about 18 months since I really have tried using it seriously.

Hello! Right now I am using / swapping between P3-D Hercules, E3D NozzleX, and the Slice Engineering Vanadium nozzles, and in the past have used standard E3D hardened steel nozzles. I very much like the first three nozzles I have mentioned as they stand up very well to materials filled with glass fiber, and for the most part have coating that help prevent filament buildup.

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